Patent ID: 9038342
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
1. A rubber unitary safety surface tile and environment, said tile for interlocking with at least one other unitary safety surface tile, said tile and environment comprising: a base of loose fill; a cover of loose fill; a top tile surface and a bottom tile surface, the top surface covered by the cover of loose fill, the bottom surface disposed on the base of the loose fill; a plurality of hollow inverted pyramidal shaped rubber pockets extending from the top surface of the tile through the bottom surface, each of said pockets comprising a top edge and a bottom edge, the top surface of the tile connected to and between at least two of said pockets along the top edge of each of said pockets, each of said pockets for engaging the base of loose fill and for receiving said covering of said loose fill therein, each of said pockets further comprising at least one aperture in the bottom edge of the pocket for allowing the passage of fluid through each of the pockets; and a plurality of side edges proximate the top surface, wherein the plurality of side edges form a border around the plurality of hollow inverted pyramidal shaped pockets adjacent the top edges of the pockets, each of at least two of said plurality of side edges for engaging at least one other unitary safety surface tile.