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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2023
Newpark Mats & Integrated Services Llc, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Gaurav Agrawal, Katy, TX (US);
Dane Manuel, Youngsville, LA (US);
NPK ACCESS SOLUTIONS LLC, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Abstract
Method of manufacturing mats for use as support surfaces include depositing a resin material in a mold shaped to define a mat, depositing a recycled material on a top surface of the deposited resin material, and at least one of heat treating and pressure treating the resin material and the recycled material to generate a formed mat. The recycled material and the resin material are fused together during the treatment by at least one of the heat treating and the pressure treating to form a friction layer of the formed mat comprising the fused resin material and recycled material.