Patent ID: 7527451

Claim:
A support platform for use in protecting off- road trails and ecologically sensitive terrain comprising: a molded platform having a contiguous sidewall defining an outer edge of the platform and connecting a plurality of longitudinal and lateral intersecting support walls defining a planar top and bottom surface for supporting one of a vehicle or pedestrian thereon; at least one of a recess or projection formed by the sidewall in the outer edge of the molded platform, the recess or projection being sized to receive, or to be received by a corresponding projection or recess in an adjacent support platform; an intersection of the plurality of longitudinal and lateral intersecting support walls defines a plurality of separate grid sections having an intermediate web connected between at least one of the parallel adjacent longitudinal support walls and the parallel adjacent lateral support walls forming each of the separate grid sections; and wherein the intermediate web comprises a middle portion defined by a substantially planar top edge and connecting end portions defined by a sloping top edge extending from the planar top edge to at least one of the parallel adjacent longitudinal support walls and the parallel adjacent lateral support walls forming each of the separate grid sections.