Method for road construction

Claim 1

A method of weight distribution to maximize weight distribution upon a bearing surface said method comprising the steps of: (a) manufacturing a set of substantially similar bearing plates, comprising: (i) an upper bearing plate having a substantially planer upper face and having a plurality of spaced ridges including end ridges and interior ridges forming a lower face and defining spaced channels therebetween, two of said ridges being flush with respective ends of said upper plate, at least one of said interior ridges being of greater width than said end ridges; and, (ii) a lower bearing plate having a substantially planer lower face and having a plurality of spaced ridges forming the upper face thereof, said spaced ridges and channels of said lower face of said upper plate establishing complete interlocking relation with the spaced ridges and channels of said upper face of said lower plate when said upper and lower plates are placed in superposed assembly; (b) setting out a first layer of said lower bearing plates; (c) interlocking a second layer of said upper bearing plates with and over said first layer so that loads bearing upon any one of said upper bearing plates will be distributed over said bearing surface by up to as many as four of said lower bearing plates.

Claim 2

A method of weight distribution to maximize weight distribution upon a bearing surface said method comprising the steps of: (a) manufacturing a set of substantially similar bearing plates, comprising: (i) an upper bearing plate having a substantially planer upper face and having a plurality of spaced ridges including end ridges and interior ridges forming a lower face and defining spaced channels therebetween, two of said ridges being flush with respective ends of said upper plate, at least one of said interior ridges being of greater width than said end ridges; and, (ii) a lower bearing plate having a substantially planer lower face and having a plurality of spaced ridges forming the upper face thereof, said spaced ridges and channels of said lower face of said upper plate establishing complete interlocking relation with the spaced ridges and channels of said upper face of said lower plate when said upper and lower plates are placed in superposed assembly; (b) setting out a first layer of said lower bearing plates; (c) interlocking a second layer of said upper bearing plates with and over said first layer so that loads bearing upon any one of said upper bearing plates will be distributed over said bearing surface by up to as many as four of said lower bearing plates.

Claim 4

A method for laying a plurality of mats in a patterned system for constructing artificial roads and other work sites which may be made permanent but are normally removable after use, said mats being normally substantially rectangular but may be of other shapes and configurations, said method comprising: (a) laying down a first mat on said site, said first mat having a top end, a bottom end, and two lateral sides; (b) laying down a second mat on said site, said second set having a top end, a bottom end, and two lateral sides, said bottom end of said second mat being laid substantially abutting the top end of said first mat wherein said first and second mats are laid end to end; (c) laying down a third mat on said site to both said first and second mats, said third mat having a top end, a bottom end and two lateral sides, wherein one of the lateral sides of said third mat is positioned adjacent of one of the lateral sides of the first mat such that said first and third mats lay side by side but wherein the top end of said third mat extending past the top end of said first mat such that said mats are staggered relative to each other; (d) laying down a fourth mat on said site adjacent to said first, second and third mats, said fourth mat having a top end, a bottom end and two lateral sides, said fourth mat being laid out such that one of the lateral sides of said fourth mat is adjacent to one of the lateral sides of said second mat and the top end of said fourth mat is adjacent to the bottom end of said third mat, wherein said third and fourth mats lie end to end relative to each other and wherein said first and second mats are staggered relative to such third and fourth mats but wherein said first, second, third and fourth mats are adjacent to each other to form an area of load distribution; and (e) laying down a fifth mat on said site such that said fifth mat is placed upon a portion of each of said first, second, third and fourth mats, wherein said fifth mat having a top end, a bottom end and two lateral sides, and wherein a portion of the lateral sides and the top end of said fifth mat are positioned upon said first and third mats, and wherein a portion of the lateral sides and the bottom end are positioned upon said second and fourth mats for enabling weight placed on said fifth mat, such as trucks or other heavy objects, to be distributed throughout said first, second, third and fourth mats, and wherein said pattern may be expanded to form roads or other arrays such that said first, second, third and fourth mats are parts of other arrays of such a road system.

Claim 5

A method for laying a plurality of mats in a patterned system for constructing artificial roads and other work sites which may be made permanent but are normally removable after use, said mats being normally substantially rectangular but may be of other shapes and configurations, said method comprising: (a) laying down a first mat on said site, said first mat having a top end, a bottom end, and two lateral sides; (b) laying down a second mat on said site, said second set having a top end, a bottom end, and two lateral sides, said bottom end of said second mat being laid substantially abutting the top end of said first mat wherein said first and second mats are laid end to end; (c) laying down a third mat on said site to both said first and second mats, said third mat having a top end, a bottom end and two lateral sides, wherein one of the lateral sides of said third mat is positioned adjacent of one of the lateral sides of the first mat such that said first and third mats lay side by side but wherein the top end of said third mat extending past the top end of said first mat such that said mats are staggered relative to each other; (d) laying down a fourth mat on said site adjacent to said first, second and third mats, said fourth mat having a top end, a bottom end and two lateral sides, said fourth mat being laid out such that one of the lateral sides of said fourth mat is adjacent to one of the lateral sides of said second mat and the top end of said fourth mat is adjacent to the bottom end of said third mat, wherein said third and fourth mats lie end to end relative to each other and wherein said first and second mats are staggered relative to such third and fourth mats but wherein said first, second, third and fourth mats are adjacent to each other to form an area of load distribution; and (e) laying down a fifth mat on said site such that said fifth mat is placed upon a portion of each of said first, second, third and fourth mats, wherein said fifth mat having a top end, a bottom end and two lateral sides, and wherein a portion of the lateral sides and the top end of said fifth mat are positioned upon said first and third mats, and wherein a portion of the lateral sides and the bottom end are positioned upon said second and fourth mats for enabling weight placed on said fifth mat, such as trucks or other heavy objects, to be distributed throughout said first, second, third and fourth mats, and wherein said pattern may be expanded to form roads or other arrays such that said first, second, third and fourth mats are parts of other arrays of such a road system.