Production of floor mats

A method of producing a plurality of mats comprising the steps of:

• molding a production mat having a plurality of similarly sized and square shaped tiles integrally joined together, the plurality of tiles being integrally joined together by a plurality of junctions formed in the production mat, the molding step further comprising forming a scraper pattern of a plurality of upstanding ribs on an upper surface of each of the plurality of tiles;
• wherein the scraper pattern further comprises a plurality of upwardly projecting ribs arranged in a plurality of triangles on the upper surface, wherein the plurality of upwardly projecting ribs in each of the plurality of triangles is arranged in three pairs with the upwardly projecting ribs of each pair being parallel to each other and each of the plurality of pairs forming a leg of one of the plurality of triangles, wherein each of the plurality of upwardly projecting ribs includes ribs includes an asymmetrical cross-sectional profile with a ramped side which is oppositely oriented with respect to the ramped side of the associated upwardly projecting rib in the respective pair;
• and
• cutting a first set of the plurality of tiles from a second set of the plurality of tiles by severing the production mat along at least one of the plurality of junctions;
• wherein the first set of the plurality of tiles form a first mat and the second set of the plurality of tiles form a second mat;
• wherein all of the production mat is used in the first and second mats;
• wherein the cutting step further comprises bisecting the at least one of the plurality of junctions being severed to result in a first rim bordering the first mat and a second rim bordering the second mat.