Patent ID: 8132385

Claim:
A substantially rectangular, planar benchtop panel configured for interconnection with another benchtop panel, each panel comprising: a top surface and an opposed bottom surface; longitudinal spaced apart edge webs; transverse spaced apart edge webs intersecting said longitudinal spaced apart edge webs, said longitudinal and transverse spaced apart edge webs defining the boundaries of said panel; longitudinal spaced apart intermediate webs disposed between said longitudinal spaced apart edge webs and extending between and connecting said transverse edge webs; and transverse spaced apart intermediate webs intersecting said longitudinal spaced apart intermediate webs, the transverse intermediate webs disposed between the transverse edge webs and extending between and connecting said longitudinal edge webs; wherein a pair of longitudinal intermediate webs extend between said top and bottom surfaces and a pair of transverse intermediate webs extend between said top and bottom surfaces and are spaced more closely adjacent each other than other longitudinal and transverse intermediate webs, said other longitudinal and transverse intermediate webs extending from said top surface to the bottom surface but not all the way to the bottom surface, each one of said pair of adjacent longitudinal intermediate webs serving as longitudinal edge webs when separating a panel into plural sections by cutting the panel between the pair of adjacent longitudinal intermediate webs, and each one of said pair of adjacent transverse intermediate webs serving as transverse edge webs when separating a panel into plural sections by cutting the panel between the pair of adjacent transverse intermediate webs.