Optimized chair mat shape
AssigneeDimex Office Products LLC
InventorsPatrick Amrine, Kevin Morey, Forrest Adam Sanders
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Abstract
A chair mat including a body having a perimeter. The perimeter is defined by a rear linear portion disposed opposite an arcuate lip portion, left and right rear arcuate portions separated by the rear linear portion, a left front arcuate portion separated from the left rear arcuate portion by a left linear portion, a right front arcuate portion separated from the right rear arcuate portion by a right linear portion, a left arcuate inwardly projecting portion separating the left front arcuate portion and the arcuate lip portion, and a right arcuate inwardly projecting portion separating the right front arcuate portion and the arcuate lip portion.
Claims20
A chair mat comprising:
- a body having a perimeter defined at least in part by:
- a rear linear portion disposed opposite an arcuate lip portion;
- left and right rear arcuate portions separated by the rear linear portion;
- a left front arcuate portion separated from the left rear arcuate portion by a left linear portion;
- a right front arcuate portion separated from the right rear arcuate portion by a right linear portion;
- a left arcuate inwardly projecting portion separating the left front arcuate portion and the arcuate lip portion;
- and
- a right arcuate inwardly projecting portion separating the right front arcuate portion and the arcuate lip portion,
- wherein the left and right arcuate inwardly projecting portions have an internal radius of between about 6 inches and about 18 inches.
A chair mat comprising:
- a body having a perimeter defined by:
- a rear linear portion disposed opposite an arcuate lip portion;
- left and right rear arcuate portions separated by the rear linear portion;
- left and right front arcuate portions;
- a left arcuate inwardly projecting portion separating the left front arcuate portion and the arcuate lip portion;
- and
- a right arcuate inwardly projecting portion separating the right front arcuate portion and the arcuate lip portion,
- wherein the left and right arcuate inwardly projecting portions have an internal radius of between about 6 inches and about 18 inches.
A combination comprising:
- a chair including a ground engaging base having a chair base radius;
- and
- a chair mat having a body with a perimeter defined at least in part by:
- a rear linear portion disposed opposite an arcuate lip portion;
- left and right rear arcuate portions separated by the rear linear portion;
- a left front arcuate portion separated from the left rear arcuate portion by a left linear portion;
- a right front arcuate portion separated from the right rear arcuate portion by a right linear portion;
- a left arcuate inwardly projecting portion separating the left front arcuate portion and the arcuate lip portion;
- and
- a right arcuate inwardly projecting portion separating the right front arcuate portion and the arcuate lip portion,
- wherein the arcuate lip portion has an arcuate lip portion radius and the ratio of the chair base radius to the arcuate lip portion radius is between about 1:1.5 and 1:1.
A chair mat comprising:
- a body portion having a body portion perimeter;
- and
- a lip portion extending from the body portion, the lip portion having a lip portion perimeter;
- wherein the body portion perimeter further comprises at least one linear
- portion and the lip portion perimeter is entirely non-linear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.