Patent ID: 7360343
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A panel for a raised access floor, the panel comprising: a top surface having a generally horizontal orientation; a hollow frame extending substantially around a periphery of the top surface; and a support rib pressed lengthwise into engagement with opposite portions of the frame to structurally support the top surface, the support rib comprising a top end adjacent to an underside of the top surface; a bottom end displaced from the top surface, and a web extending between the top and bottom ends, wherein the bottom end comprises a thickness perpendicular to the web that is larger than a thickness of the web, wherein the top surface comprises a plurality of substantially parallel top surface portions integrated with a first edge member, a third edge member, and a center member extending parallel to each other, wherein the frame comprises a plurality of frame portions integrated with the first and third edge members and with a second edge member and a fourth edge member, wherein the second and fourth edge members are disposed substantially perpendicular to the first and third edge members, wherein the frame portions of the second and fourth edge members each comprise an exterior web extending substantially perpendicular to the top surface and an interior web substantially parallel to the exterior web, wherein the support rib is pressed lengthwise against the interior webs, wherein the support rib extends generally parallel to the center member, the first edge member, and the third edge member, wherein the second and fourth edge members each comprise a pair of opposing ledges and the bottom end of the support rib comprises a first tab shaped to be pressed into engagement between the ledges of the frame portion of the first edge member and a second tab shaped to be pressed into engagement between the ledges of the frame portion of the second edge member.