Continuous roll matting with post applied edges
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorPeter C. Brazier
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Abstract
A substantially rectangular mat comprises an upper layer of fabric (31) bonded to a lower backing layer of natural or synthetic rubber (32). The lower backing layer (32) extends beyond the upper fabric layer to form a border strip (33) at first and second opposite edges (43,44) of the mat. The lower backing layer (32) ends flush with the upper fabric layer at third and fourth opposite edges (41,42) of the mat. Each of the third and fourth edges is provided with a moulded strip (15) of synthetic or natural rubber attached to the lower backing layer (32) to form a border strip.
Claims15
A substantially rectangular mat including an upper layer of fabric bonded to a lower backing layer of natural or synthetic rubber, whereby the lower backing layer extends beyond the upper fabric layer to form a border strip at first and second opposite edges of the mat, and whereby the lower backing layer ends flush with the upper fabric layer at third and fourth opposite edges of the mat, each of the third and fourth edges being provided with a moulded strip of synthetic or natural rubber attached to the lower backing layer to form a border strip.
A mat according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the moulded strip includes a thin web portion that is secured beneath the backing layer and a thick web portion that abuts an edge of the backing layer.
A method of making a mat, the method including the steps of:
- providing an elongate roll of mat material including an upper layer of fabric bonded to a lower backing layer of natural or synthetic rubber, whereby the lower backing layer extends beyond the upper fabric layer to form a border strip at the longitudinal edges of the elongate roll;
- cutting transversely the elongate roll to form a portion of the elongate roll in which the lower backing layer extends beyond the upper fabric layer to form a border strip at first and second opposite edges of the mat, and in which the lower backing layer ends flush with the upper fabric layer at third and fourth opposite edges of the mat;
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- attaching a moulded strip of synthetic or natural rubber to the lower backing layer to form a border strip at the third and fourth opposite edges of the mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.