# US 11,077,575 B1 · Cutting mat > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,575 B1 - Document ID: US11077575B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/954,755 - Filed: 2018-04-17 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-17 - Applicants: Lavern V. Carnegie - Inventors: Lavern V. Carnegie - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077575B1 ## CPC - B26D 7/01: Means for holding or positioning work - B26D 7/0006: {Means for guiding the cutter (for hand knives B26B29/06; for band-knives B26D1/54)} - B26D 7/28: for counting the number of cuts or measuring cut lenghts (B26D5/24, B26D5/40 take precedence) - B32B 33/00: Layered products characterised by particular properties or particular surface features, e.g. particular surface coatings; Layered products designed for particular purposes not covered by another single class - B25B 11/00: Work holders not covered by any preceding group in the subclass, e.g. magnetic work holders, vacuum work holders (for holding or positioning work for welding, soldering, or cutting by applying heat locally B23K37/04; specially adapted to machine tools B23Q3/00) - B32B 2250/02: 2 layers - B32B 2325/00: Polymers of vinyl-aromatic compounds, e.g. polystyrene - B32B 2327/06: PVC, i.e. polyvinylchloride - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING ## Abstract A dual surface cutting mat for, but not limited to, sewing, crafts, design and drawing. Constructed of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) or cork on one side and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or corrugated fiberboard on the other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fabric and/or crafts activity mat, comprising: a first fabric and/or craft layer formed of a first fabric and/or craft material configured to be utilized for a first fabric and/or craft activity, said first fabric and/or craft layer having a first fabric and/or craft working surface, wherein the first fabric and/or craft material is polyvinyl chloride or corrugated fiberboard; and a second fabric and/or craft layer formed of a second fabric and/or craft material configured to be utilized for a second fabric and/or craft activity different than the first fabric and/or craft activity, said second fabric and/or craft layer having a second fabric and/or craft working surface opposite the first fabric and/or craft working surface of said first fabric and/or craft layer, wherein the second fabric and/or craft material is expanded polystyrene or cork, said first fabric and/or craft layer comprising a discrete first fabric and/or craft layer having a first inner surface opposite the first fabric and/or craft working surface, said second fabric and/or craft layer having a second inner surface opposite the second fabric and/or craft working surface, wherein said first inner surface is coupled to the second inner surface, further comprising one or more folds formed by a cut extending at least partially through the first fabric and/or craft layer and/or the second fabric and/or craft layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mat of claim 1, further comprising one or more folds formed by a cut extending at least partially through the first and/or second fabric and/or craft layers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mat of claim 1, wherein the first fabric and/or craft material is rigid. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mat of claim 1, the mat comprising one or more panels, each panel having an interlocking apparatus that removably couples with another of the one or more panels. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mat of claim 4, wherein the one or more panels form a single continuous surface when the one or more panels are coupled together. ### Claim 6 A fabric and/or crafts activity mat, comprising: a first fabric and/or craft layer formed of a first fabric and/or craft material configured to be utilized for a first fabric and/or craft activity, said first fabric and/or craft layer having a first fabric and/or craft working surface wherein the first fabric and/or craft material is polyvinyl chloride or corrugated fiberboard; and a second fabric and/or craft layer formed of a second fabric and/or craft material configured to be utilized for a second fabric and/or craft activity different than the first fabric and/or craft activity, said second fabric and/or craft layer having a second fabric and/or craft working surface opposite the first fabric and/or craft working surface of said first fabric and/or craft layer, wherein the second fabric and/or craft material is expanded polystyrene or cork, said first fabric and/or craft layer comprising a discrete first layer having a first inner surface opposite the first fabric and/or craft working surface, said second fabric and/or craft layer having a second inner surface opposite the second fabric and/or craft working surface, wherein said first inner surface is coupled to the second inner surface, further comprising one or more folds formed by a cut extending at least partially through the second fabric and/or craft layer but not the first fabric and/or craft layer, or at least partially through the first fabric and/or craft layer but not the second fabric and/or craft layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mat of claim 6, further comprising one or more folds formed by a cut extending at least partially through the first and/or second fabric and/or craft layers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The mat of claim 6, wherein the first fabric and/or craft material is rigid. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The mat of claim 6, the mat comprising one or more panels, each panel having an interlocking apparatus that removably couples with another of the one or more panels. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The mat of claim 9, wherein the one or more panels form a single continuous surface when the one or more panels are coupled together. ### Claim 11 A method for performing a first fabric and/or craft activity and second fabric and/or craft activity, comprising: providing an activity mat having a first fabric and/or craft layer formed of a first fabric and/or craft material for performing a first fabric and/or craft activity on a first fabric and/or craft working surface of the activity mat, wherein the first material is polyvinyl chloride or corrugated fiberboard; providing a second fabric and/or craft layer of the activity mat, the second fabric and/or craft layer formed of a second fabric and/or craft material for performing a second fabric and/or craft activity different than the first fabric and/or craft activity on a second fabric and/or craft working surface of the activity mat opposite the first working surface of the first fabric and/or craft layer, wherein the second fabric and/or craft material is expanded polystyrene or cork, wherein the first fabric and/or craft layer comprises a discrete first fabric and/or craft layer having a first inner surface opposite the first fabric and/or craft working surface, the second fabric and/or craft layer having a second inner surface opposite the second fabric and/or craft working surface, wherein the first inner surface is coupled to the second inner surface; and forming one or more folds by a cut extending at least partially through the first fabric and/or craft layer and/or the second fabric and/or craft layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first fabric and/or craft activity comprises cutting fabrics and/or crafts on the first fabric and/or craft working surface and the second fabric and/or craft activity comprises insertion and removal of pins at the second fabric and/or craft working surface without damage to the second fabric and/or craft working surface.