Patent ID: 8640403
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B32B,E01C,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A modular floor tile for use in creating a flooring surface comprising a plurality of such tiles, the floor tile comprising: a body having a horizontal, substantially planar web with an upper surface and a general lower surface, the body being molded of a first polymer compound; at least one support member having a core integrally molded with the horizontal web and depending downwardly from a crush pad, the crush pad having a smooth horizontal surface disposed below the general lower surface of the web, the crush pad laterally surrounding said at least one support member, the core having a bottom surface positioned to be downwardly spaced from the general lower surface of the web and at least one sidewall disposed under the general lower surface of the web to extend to the bottom surface of the core; a skin of said at least one support member molded of a second polymer compound, the second polymer compound, in its molded solidified form, is softer than the first polymer compound, in its molded solidified form, the skin molded to adhere to the bottom surface of the core and to at least a portion of said at least one sidewall of the core; said at least one support member being one of a plurality of support members, the cores of which are laterally spaced from each other, a plurality of groups of support members formed from respective ones of the plurality of support members, the respective groups of support members being laterally displaced from each other, the skin of all of the support members in a group being joined together; and the upper surface including an array of raised features, for each raised feature, at least one support member in approximate registration therewith so as to have transmitted to such support member a portion of a load experienced by the last said raised feature.