US 10,850,471 B2 · Absorbent floor mat

Abstract

This invention relates to a multi-component absorbent floor mat. The floor mat contains a textile component, an absorbent component, and a base component. The textile component and the base component are attached to one another by a variety of mechanisms, including magnetic attraction. The magnetic attraction is provided by incorporation of magnetic particles in both the textile and base components. The textile component is designed to be soiled, washed, and re-used, thereby providing ideal end-use applications in areas such as building entryways. The absorbent component is designed to be soiled and recycled or otherwise discarded and replaced.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A multi-component, absorbent floor mat comprising:

(a) a textile component comprising (i) a first layer of tufted pile carpet formed by tufting face yarns through a primary backing layer and (ii) a second layer comprised of vulcanized rubber containing magnetic particles,
(b) at least one absorbent component, and
(c) a base component comprised of polyvinyl chloride rubber containing magnetic particles, and
wherein the base component contains a recessed area and the at least one absorbent component is located in the recessed area of the base component, and wherein the textile component and the base component are releasably attachable to one another via magnetic attraction.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/343,282Filed 4 Nov 2016 · us provisional application

Priority

18 Nov 2015

Published

US 2017/0136724 A118 May 2017

Granted

1 Dec 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

B32B 3/06
Characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions: for securing layers together; for attaching the product to another…
A47L 23/266
Mats or gratings combined with brushes ; Mats: mats
B32B 3/30
Characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layer; characterised by a layer with cavities or…
B32B 5/02
Layered products characterised by the non- homogeneity or physical structure , i.e. comprising a fibrous, filamentary, particulate or foam…

Absorbent floor mat

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Abstract

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