Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
  • E01C13/00—Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds; Drainage, irrigation or heating of sports grounds
  • E01C13/04—Pavings made of prefabricated single units
  • E01C13/045—Pavings made of prefabricated single units the prefabricated single units consisting of or including bitumen, rubber or plastics
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C19/00—Design or layout of playing courts, rinks, bowling greens or areas for water-skiing; Covers therefor
  • A63C19/04—Mats or carpets for courts
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
  • E01C13/00—Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds; Drainage, irrigation or heating of sports grounds
  • E01C13/02—Foundations, e.g. with drainage or heating arrangements
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
  • E01C13/00—Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds; Drainage, irrigation or heating of sports grounds
  • E01C13/08—Surfaces simulating grass ; Grass-grown sports grounds
  • E01C13/083—Construction of grass-grown sports grounds; Drainage, irrigation or heating arrangements therefor
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
  • E01C5/00—Pavings made of prefabricated single units
  • E01C5/20—Pavings made of prefabricated single units made of units of plastics, e.g. concrete with plastics, linoleum
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
  • E01C9/00—Special pavings; Pavings for special parts of roads or airfields
  • E01C9/004—Pavings specially adapted for allowing vegetation
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F15/00—Flooring
  • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
  • E04F15/10—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite tiles, hardboard, or with a top layer of other materials

Definitions

• the invention relates to a floor fastening mat made of elastic material with a plate-shaped mat body, a plurality of projections integrally formed on one side of the mat body with uniform distances from one another and with cup-like depressions formed on the other side.
• Such floor mounting mats are used to make floor surfaces outdoors sturdy or passable and in particular as a so-called riding mat for mounting riding arenas. If the mat with the projections arranged on one side is placed on a coarse base, in particular gravel, the position of the mat is secured against slipping away.
• the cup-like depressions on the top collect water and thereby prevent a quick drying out of a covering layer overlying the mat, which, for example, consists of an approximately 15 cm thick layer on riding arenas, e.g. there is sand and chips and thereby dampens the dust development.
• the invention is based on the object of adapting a floor-fastening mat of the type mentioned at the outset to the special requirements on areas stepped on by horses, in particular in order to ensure that the horses are sure-footed.
• the floor fastening mat should also be used as Paddock mat for attaching the horse run serve the lawn areas or for attaching the jump and jump areas of obstacles during show jumping, as well as generally for attaching the ground to lawn sports fields.
• projections are also arranged on the side of the mat body having the recesses, which have two different heights with respect to the surface of the mat body and are arranged in such a way that a higher one is in constant alternation follows a lower lead.
• a preferred embodiment consists in that the projections on one side are designed as support feet that have a greater height than the projections on the other side, which are designed as nub-like elevations. This results in a better elasticity of the mat, above all, by the part of the mat body located between the support feet, which can lower under load, which gives the animals the feeling of walking on an elastic, springy forest floor.
• Another expedient embodiment consists in that the support feet on one side of the mat body are each assigned a cup-like depression on the other side.
• nub-like elevations are arranged between these depressions on the surface of the mat body, which elevations extend up to a first plane parallel to the upper side of the mat body extend and that centrally in the recesses if nub-like elevations are arranged, which extend up to a second plane running between the upper side of the mat body and the first plane and parallel to this.
• the load is transmitted above all to the higher elevations arranged between the depressions and thus to the area of the mat body which is not directly supported between the support feet, which is why an increased elastic effect can be determined in the immediate tread area.
• the elevations arranged in the depressions additionally reduce the risk of slipping.
• Support feet have a cup-like cavity opening in the direction facing away from the mat body, whereby the elasticity and the stackability are improved, in particular if, according to a further preferred embodiment, the depressions are designed such that they are suitable for stacking the mats, the free To receive the end of the support feet, wherein the elevation arranged in the recess preferably engages in the mouth of the cavity of the leg foot engaging in the recess.
• the support feet preferably have the shape of truncated cones.
• the cavity can be designed in the shape of a truncated cone in such a way that it opens in a funnel shape, as a result of which the thickness of the annular wall of the support feet decreases with increasing distance from the mat body.
• a further expedient embodiment consists in that the mat body is supported on its circumference on the one with support feet Provided side is provided with a projecting edge, the free edge of which is a smaller distance from this side of the mat body than the free end of the support feet, wherein the support feet are preferably connected to one another and to the edge by ribs running on the surface of the mat body.
• Another embodiment is particularly suitable for the consolidation of paddoks, which are designed as a lawn, in which the mat body has openings between adjacent support feet and the support feet are the projections with different heights.
• the mat can be laid with the support feet upwards, while the nub-like elevations on the underside of the mat ensure a non-slip arrangement by interlocking with a ballast pad and at the same time ensure that the mat lies firmly on the ground.
• the different heights of the support feet give the hooves support and improve sure-footedness, while the cup-like depressions in the support feet can store a relatively large volume of water that not only inhibits the development of dust, but also promotes and maintains vegetation.
• earth with turf roots can be arranged in the areas surrounding the support feet, which are secured against access, while the perforations prevent the formation of standing moisture above the mats because they allow rapid water drainage.
• the grass roots can reach down through the openings.
• the paddoc mats which are laid on a gravel layer of, for example, 10 to 15 cm in thickness, are included a humus cover of about 5 cm, into which a deep-rooted type of grass is sown. The root system is then in the area of the mat and below it and is protected by the support feet from excessive damage, so that depressed growth can always recover relatively quickly.
• Irrigation lines which cannot be destroyed from above and which can be fixed, for example, by clips which can be clipped in, can be laid between the supporting feet in a protected manner. Heating lines can also be laid, which can keep the paddoks accessible during severe frost periods.
• the paddock mats are therefore also suitable for fastening sports and parking lots with lawn cover. Because, due to the relatively low nub-like elevations, no cavities can form under the mat body, into which sand or soil can be trickled or washed in, the danger that material can accumulate under the mat and the mat can be climbed is avoided .
• a particularly suitable material for the production of the riding mat is soft PVC, the riding mats being able to be pressed very cost-effectively and in a manner which is gentle on the environment from a molding compound obtained from cable jacket waste. Granules made from waste rubber and old tires can also be processed.
• FIG. 1 is a plan view of a corner portion of a riding mat according to the invention
• FIG. 3 shows a section along the line III-III in FIG. 1
• 4 shows a view of a corner section of the riding mat from below
• FIG. 5 shows a plan view of part of a paddock mat
• FIG. 6 shows a section along the line VI-VI in FIG. 5.
• a molding compound obtained from cable jacket waste in the recycling process, pressed, rectangular riding mat 10 has a plate-shaped mat body 12 which is provided along its circumference with an edge 14 projecting towards the underside of the mat body 12.
• support feet 16 are attached at equal distances from one another to the underside of the mat body 12 and end downward in a plane parallel to the underside of the mat body 12, which is below the plane which is determined by the lower edge of the edge 14, so that the riding mat 10 rests on the ground with the support feet 16, but not with the edge 14.
• the support feet 16 are in the form of a tapered annular truncated cone, i.e. the support legs 16 contain a cavity 18 which opens downwards, preferably not all the way to the underside of the mat body 12, and which corresponds to an upwardly tapering truncated cone, so that the wall thickness of the support legs 16 increases with increasing distance decreases from the mat body 12.
• knob-like, truncated cone-shaped elevations 22 are arranged on the upper side 20 of the mat body 12, the upper end faces 24 of the elevations 22 ending in a first plane 26 parallel to the upper side 20 of the mat body 12.
• the support feet 16 are aligned coaxially with them on the top of the mat body 12 opposite recesses 28 penetrating into the mat body 12, which contain centrally knob-like, truncated cone-shaped elevations 30, the upper end faces 32 above the top 20 of the mat body 12 in a second, to the top 20 of the mat body 12 are parallel plane 34, which is located somewhat below the first plane 26.
• the support feet 16 are connected to one another and to the edge 14 by stabilizing ribs 36 which run parallel to the mutually opposite sections of the edge 14.
• the support feet 16, depressions 28, elevations 22 and 30, as well as the ribs 36, shown in the drawing and described above, is only to be understood as an example.
• the support feet may also be arranged in rows running at 45 ° to the direction of the side portions of the edge 14, so that the support feet of one row or row are each aligned with the center of the gap between the support feet of the adjacent rows or rows.
• the depressions and elevations are then also arranged accordingly and the ribs between the support feet would extend at an angle of 45 ° to the edge 14.
• the elevations 22 transmit the pressure of a hoof directly to the particularly flexible region of the mat body 12 located between the support feet 16, which enables an elastically sprung step while at the same time being relatively close to the feet adjacent elevations 22 prevents the hoof from slipping.
• the paddock mat shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 essentially corresponds to the riding mat described above, which is why the same or corresponding elements are identified by the same reference numerals.
• the paddock mat is laid in such a way that the support feet 16 point upwards and that therefore the support feet which serve to keep the horse secure are of different heights, i.e. that support feet 16a protrude up to a plane 26 and support feet 16b only up to a plane 34 above the surface of the mat body and that on the other side, which now forms the underside of the mat, the cup-like depressions 28 are omitted.
• the mat body is traversed by openings 40 so that the knob-like elevations 22 arranged there on the riding mat are omitted.

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