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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2016
Newpark Mats & Integrated Services Llc, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Richard Lamar Edwards, Jr., Lafayette, LA (US);
Randy Paul Bordelon, Opelousas, LA (US);
James Kerwin McDowell, Lafayette, LA (US);
Newpark Mats & Integrated Services LLC, The WoodLands, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for forming a liquid-tight seal across gaps formed between at least first and second adjacent mats in a load-supporting surface includes at least one seal member configured to be coupled to each among first and second outer edges of at least a first side of each among at least first and second adjacent mats and extend laterally outwardly therefrom into one among at least two gaps formed between the adjacent mats and abut at least one other such seal member extending into the same gap from the other adjacent mat that forms the gap.