Edge Attachment for Installation of Multi-Component Floor Mat
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorsFranklin S. Love, Padmakumar Puthillath, Dale S. Kitchen
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Abstract
This invention relates to a washable multi-component floor mat. The floor mat contains a textile component and a base component. The textile component and the base component are attached to one another by at least one edge attachment means. The textile component is designed to be soiled, washed, and re-used, thereby providing ideal end-use applications in areas such as building entryways. The present invention eliminates the need to wash the base component of the floor mat which results in environmental, cost and labor conservation.
Claims16
A multi-component floor mat comprising:
- (a) A textile component comprising (i) a first layer of tufted pile carpet formed by tufting face fibers through a primary backing layer and (ii) at least one edge attachment means;
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- (b) A base component, wherein the base component contains at least one edge attachment means;
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- wherein the textile component and the base component are releasably attachable to one another via the at least one edge attachment means.
A method for installation of a floor mat comprising the following steps:
- (a) Providing a base component, wherein the base component contains at least one edge attachment means;
- (b) Providing a textile component, wherein the textile component is comprised of (i) tufted pile carpet and (ii) at least one edge attachment means that works in corresponding relationship with the at least one edge attachment means of step “a;” and
- (c) Attaching the textile component to the base component, wherein attachment is accomplished via the at least one edge attachment means, and wherein the base component and the textile component are releasably attachable to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.