Non-slip floor grating and method of manufacturing

Abstract

A floor grate having two or more sets of rails with at least one set of rails including a textured portion on a top side of the rails. Additionally, at least one set of rails includes cutouts that are spaced apart and dimensioned to receive at least a part of each of the rails of the other set of rails. The twp or more sets of rails are coupled together by the cutouts.

1 . A floor grate comprising: 
 a first plurality of spaced parallel rails, each first rail having a textured portion on a top side; and    a second plurality of spaced parallel rails, each second rail having a textured portion on a top side and intersecting a plurality of the first rails, each second rail having a plurality of spaced cutouts formed along one side, said cutouts being spaced apart and dimensioned to receive a portion of the first rails, a portion of the first rails being received within the cutouts.    
   
   
       2 . The floor grate of  claim 1  wherein the textured portions of each first rail and each second rail includes a plurality of lateral channels.  
   
   
       3 . The floor grate of  claim 2  wherein each lateral channel has rounded corners.  
   
   
       4 . The floor grate of  claim 3  wherein the first rails and the second rails are each configured from a metal.  
   
   
       5 . The floor grate of  claim 1  wherein the textured portions of each first and second rail include a plurality of lateral channels and the lateral channel of the first rails are generally perpendicular to the lateral channels of the second rails.  
   
   
       6 . The floor grate of  claim 1  wherein each first rail is fixedly coupled to each second rail by welding.  
   
   
       7 . The floor grate of  claim 1  wherein the cutouts are on the same side as the side having the textured portion.  
   
   
       8 . The floor grate of  claim 1  wherein the first rails have a height dimension that is equivalent to the height dimension of the depth of the cutouts and wherein the first rails are received within the cutouts and the top sides of the first rails are substantially planar with the top sides of the second rails.  
   
   
       9 . The floor grate of  claim 1  wherein the cutouts of the second rails are on the top sides and the first rails have cutouts sized to fit within the cutouts of the second rails, said cutouts of the first rails being on the bottom sides of the first rails.  
   
   
       10 . The floor grate of  claim 1  wherein the cutouts of the first and second rails are dimensioned such that when the first rails are coupled to the second rails, the top sides of the first and second rails are generally planar.  
   
   
       11 . A method of forming a portion of floor grate, the method comprising: 
 forming two or more rails from a sheet of material, the rails having a top side with a textured portion and a bottom side; and    forming the top side of the two rails simultaneously with a single cut.    
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11  wherein the single cut is a line having a channel pattern.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the channel has rounded corners.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising forming the bottom side of the rails simultaneously with a single cut that is substantially parallel to the single cut that forms the two top sides.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising alternating cuts on the sheet of material to form two top sides followed by two bottom sides.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the cuts to form the two bottom sides include forming a cutout portion in the bottom sides that are spaced apart.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 11  wherein the cuts to form the top sides include forming a cutout portion in the top sides that are spaced apart.  
   
   
       18 . A floor grate comprising: 
 two or more sets of rails;    at least one set of rails having a textured portion on a top side of the rails;    at least one set of rails having cutouts being spaced apart and dimensioned to receive at least a part of each of the rails of the other set of rails; and    the sets of rails being coupled together by the cutouts.    
   
   
       19 . The floor grate of  claim 18  wherein each rail of a first set of rails is fixedly coupled to each rail of a second set of rails by welding.  
   
   
       20 . The floor grate of  claim 18  wherein each set of rails has a textured portion on a top side.  
   
   
       21 . The floor grate of  claim 18  wherein each set of rails cutouts spaced apart and dimensioned to receive a cutout from another set of rails.