US Patent Issued to NEWPARK MATS & INTEGRATED SERVICES on May 6 for "Overlapping modular mat system including mat components having fortifying members" (Louisiana, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,826, issued on May 6, was assigned to NEWPARK MATS & INTEGRATED SERVICES LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Overlapping modular mat system including mat components having fortifying members" was invented by Randy Paul Bordelon (Opelousas, La.), James Kerwin McDowell (Lafayette, La.), Gaurav Agrawal (The Woodlands, Texas), Saad Aziz (The Woodlands, Texas), Dane Manuel (The Woodlands, Texas) and Adam Marcel (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mat comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side is disclosed. The mat has a body with a thickness defined between the first side and the second side and a width ...