Patent ID: 8225566

Claim:
A tile for use with a synthetic grass system, the tile comprising: a plurality of sections having a top surface, the top surface of each section having a plurality of horizontal trusses and vertical trusses and a first diagonal truss and a second diagonal truss, the first diagonal truss intersecting the second diagonal truss; and, a first set of adjacent sides and a second set of adjacent sides, the first set of adjacent sides having a plurality of inverted u-shaped receiving channels and the second set of adjacent sides having a plurality of attaching bars being configured complimentary to the receiving channels; and, each section from the plurality of sections being hingedly attached to an adjacent section by at least one u-shaped expansion member integrally formed within the tile, wherein each u-shaped expansion member extends away from the top surface and includes a rounded bottom, and the horizontal trusses, the vertical trusses, the first diagonal truss and the second diagonal truss from each section substantially aligning with the respective horizontal trusses, vertical trusses, first diagonal truss and second diagonal truss of the adjacent sections.