Modular work station
AssigneeUnovo, Inc.
InventorsEhsan Alipour, Stephen Jones, Joseph Benjamin Strecker
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Abstract
A mat for pressing articles with a steam iron is configured for connection to additional units of the mat by a mat connector having ribbed posts positioned to engage accessory apertures in each mat. Connected mats form a combined work surface without gaps, channels, or apertures formed along the edges and corners of adjacent mats. Each mat may be made from a textile including wool fibers to facilitate passage of steam and dry air through the work surface.
Claims10
A modular work station comprising a plurality of polygonal mats configured to be joined adjacent and edge-to-edge with one another by thin, flexible mat connectors;
- wherein each mat comprises a plurality of accessory apertures, each configured to receive one of a plurality of mat connectors;
- wherein each mat connector comprises:
- a connector plate having a mat contact surface;
- and two ribbed posts projecting therefrom adapted to engage one of said plurality of accessory apertures;
- wherein said two ribbed posts are spaced apart by a distance D;
- and wherein the modular work station is further configured as a quadrilateral with four straight edges and four square corners, comprising:
- a work surface extending to said four straight edges and said four square corners;
- a bottom surface on a side of said modular work station opposite said work surface;
- wherein, at each of said four square corners, two of said accessory apertures are provided, each formed through said work surface and said bottom surface, and each positioned half of said distance D from one of said straight edges;
- and where one of said ribbed posts is attached to an accessory aperture of one of said mats;
- and a second ribbed post is attached to an accessory aperture of another, adjacent mat, so as to form a smooth, expandable work surface without gaps between the edges and corners of adjacent mats.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.