US 12,251,037 B2 · Equipment providing ground cover and protection from dust and debris

Abstract

New forms of towels, mats, tarps and other ground-covering sheets, and other devices, systems and methods providing protection from sand, dust, debris, and fluids are provided. In some aspects of the invention, ground covering sheets with an inherent guard, partially around a periphery of the sheets, are provided. In several embodiments, specialized ground-covering sheets are provided with reinforced, specialized sections configured to receive and hold legs, ground stakes and/or other parts related to structures to be mounted in, on or about such ground-covering sheets. In some such embodiments, such reinforced, specialized sections include a matrix of expandable receiving brackets, through which the support legs, ground stakes and/or other parts can penetrate, and reach and obtain direct support from the ground below such ground-covering sheets.

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Dependent claims

A ground-covering sheet comprising:

a flat, upper surface;
a sand guard comprising a vertically-oriented outer periphery of said flat, upper surface, wherein said flat, upper surface is configured for a user to lay, and wherein said sand guard extends above said flat, upper surface and comprises a top edge and a lower area, and wherein said top edge is not fully supported by any auxiliary support member;
at least one reinforced, specialized section(s), on or about a corner of said flat, upper surface, wherein said at least one reinforced, specialized section(s) comprises a stronger, more robust, larger and/or additional structural component, other than the material present in parts of the ground-covering sheet other than the at least one reinforced, specialized section(s);
wherein said at least one reinforced, specialized section(s) comprise at least one port or pore;
and
wherein said at least one port or pore comprises at least one downward-facing opening, coplanar, or substantially coplanar, with said flat, upper surface, at a first end of said at least one port or pore.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Equipment providing ground cover and protection from dust and debris

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Equipment providing ground cover and protection from dust and debris

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Abstract

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