Warning dome device and manufacture method thereof
OwnerSydney D Chase, Larry Harden +1inventors
InventorsSydney D Chase, Larry Harden, Rolance Mehserdjian
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Abstract
A patterned warning mat according to the present disclosure having a base and a plurality of domes and patterns formed on the base. The warning mat is obtained by a process comprising the steps of providing an open-face mold having a plurality of textures and a plurality of dome indentations, preparing a liquid mixture capable of solidifying, pouring the mixture over the open-face mold, and allowing the mixture to solidify and form the warning mat. The domes and patterns on the warning mat respectively correspond to the dome indentations and textures of the open-face mold.
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A method of manufacturing a patterned warning mat configured to be placed on walkways, crosswalks, and other areas of pedestrian traffic for providing direction and warning to visually handicapped persons, the method comprising:
- providing an open-face mold having a plurality of dome indentations and textures;
- laying out a mesh layer flat on the mold, the mesh layer has an area greater than an area of the open-face mold;
- preparing a liquid mixture capable of solidifying and chemical reaction;
- pouring the mixture over the open face open-face mold;
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- allowing the mixture to immerse the mesh layer and then solidify to form the warning mat having:
- a continuous and one-piece base;
- the flat mesh immersed within the base and increasing flexibility of the base to facilitate placement over uneven surface;
- a plurality of domes formed on the base and corresponding to the dome indentations;
- and
- a plurality of patterns formed on the base and corresponding to the textures of the open-face mold;
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- removing the warning mat from the mold.
A patterned warning mat, configured to be placed on walkways, crosswalks, and other areas of pedestrian traffic for providing direction and warning to visually handicapped persons,
- the warning mat having:
- a continuous and one-piece base made of polymer;
- a flat mesh layer embedded within the continuous and one-piece base, the flat mesh layer has an area greater than an area of an open-face mold, and increases flexibility of the base to facilitate placement over uneven surface;
- a plurality of domes formed on the base;
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- a plurality of patterns formed on the.
A patterned warning mat, configured to be placed on walkways, crosswalks, and other areas of pedestrian traffic for providing direction and warning to visually handicapped persons, obtained by a process comprising the steps of:
- providing an open-face mold having a plurality of dome indentations and textures;
- laying out a mesh layer flat on the mold, the mesh layer has an area greater than an area of the open-face mold;
- preparing a liquid mixture capable of solidifying;
- pouring the mixture over the open-face mold;
- immersing or saturating the mesh layer in the mixture before solidification occurs;
- and
- allowing the mixture to immerse the mesh layer and then solidify and form the warning mat having:
- i. a continuous and one-piece base;
- ii. a plurality of domes formed on the base and corresponding to the dome indentations;
- and
- iii. a plurality of patterns formed on the base and corresponding to the textures of the mold;
- and
- iv. the flat mesh layer immersed and embedded in the base and increasing flexibility of the base to facilitate placement over uneven surface;
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- removing the warning mat from the mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.