Patent ID: 8458987
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B32B,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A studded plate positioned in a floor construction including a substrate and an adhesive material thereon, the studded plate comprising: a layer of synthetic/polymeric material, the layer of synthetic/polymeric material having a plurality of bulges, the plurality of bulges forming a plurality of raised areas on a first side of the layer of synthetic/polymeric material, each of the raised areas defined by an uppermost portion of one of the bulges, the layer of synthetic/polymeric material further comprising a lowered area between the bulges on a second, opposing side of the layer of synthetic/polymeric material; a first layer of absorbent woven or non-woven material having first and second opposed sides, the first side of the first layer of absorbent woven or non-woven material connected to the first side of the layer of synthetic/polymeric material in an even thickness, wherein the first layer of absorbent woven or non-woven material is connected to the plurality of raised areas of the first side of the layer of synthetic/polymeric material; and a second layer of absorbent woven or non-woven material having first and second opposed sides, the first side of the second layer of absorbent woven or non-woven material connected to the second side of the layer of synthetic/polymeric material in an even thickness, wherein the second layer of absorbent woven or non-woven material is connected to the lowered area of the second side of the layer of synthetic/polymeric material; wherein the first and second layers of absorbent woven or non-woven material are adapted such that, when the second side of a respective one of the first and second layers of absorbent woven or non-woven material is secured to the adhesive material on the substrate, the adhesive material only partially penetrates the respective one of the first and second layers of absorbent woven or non-woven material.