Advertising system and method utilizing floor mat with recessed advertisement panel, and method of doing business using the same
AssigneesFLOORgraphics, Inc., Kleen-Tex, Ind. Inc.
InventorsFred Potok, Philip Still
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Abstract
A floor advertising system and method that utilizes a floor mat having a recessed area for receiving an advertising panel. In one aspect, the invention is a floor advertising system comprising: a floor mat having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a recessed area in the top surface, the recessed area having a depth; and a panel having an advertisement, the panel positioned in the recessed area. In some embodiments, it is preferred that the panel have a thickness that is substantially equal to or less than the depth of the recessed area. In another aspect, the invention is a method of doing business utilizing such a floor advertising system.
Claims29
A floor advertising system comprising:
- a floor mat having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a recessed area in the top surface, the recessed area having a depth;
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- a panel having an advertisement, the panel positioned in the recessed area.
A method of floor advertising in a space provider comprising:
- a) providing a floor mat having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a recessed area in the top surface, the recessed area having a depth;
- b) inserting a first panel having a first advertisement in the recessed area;
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- c) positioning the floor mat on a floor of the space provider
A method of doing business comprising:
- a) identifying a space provider having vacant floor space;
- b) paying the space provider a first amount of currency for rights to the vacant floor space;
- c) providing a floor mat having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a recessed area in the top surface, the recessed area having a depth, the floor mat having being of an area that fits within the vacant floor space;
- d) identifying an advertiser that desires to advertise at said space provider;
- e) charging the advertiser a second amount of currency to advertise on the vacant floor space of the space provider;
- f) providing a panel having an advertisement for the advertiser, the advertiser's products, and/or the advertiser's services;
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- g) positioning the floor mat on the vacant floor space of the space provider and inserting the panel into the recessed area of the floor mat.
A method of floor advertising comprising:
- providing a floor mat having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a recessed area in the top surface, the recessed area having a first advertisement in the recessed area, for positioning on a floor of a space provider.
A method of doing business comprising:
- a) acquiring rights to vacant floor space in a space provider for advertising;
- b) providing a floor mat having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a recessed area in the top surface, the floor mat having an area that fits within the vacant floor space, wherein said floor mat is positioned in said vacant floor space;
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- c) providing a panel having an advertisement for an advertiser's products, and/or services to be placed in the recessed area of the floor mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.