Method for producing an injection molded non-skid safety mat incorporating adhering support portions such as for placement upon a sloping roof
AssigneeSteel Grip Samm, Inc.
InventorNeil A. Warner
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Abstract
A method for producing an injection molded and anti-skid mat providing a lower mold half and an enclosing upper mold half, the mold halves defining therebetween an interior cavity which is a negative of the mat to be produced. A cavity defining surface is configured in the bottom mold half with locations for preplacement of a plurality of underside adhering portions. A flowable plasticized/rubberized material is communicated through a channel in at least one of the mold halves in order to fill the interior cavity, the material setting and cooling prior to removing the upper mold half and the formed mat.
Claims10
A method for producing an injection molded and anti-skid mat, comprising the steps of:
- providing a lower mold half and an enclosing upper mold half, said mold halves defining therebetween an interior cavity which is a negative of the mat to be produced;
- configuring a cavity defining surface of the bottom mold half with locations for preplacement of a plurality of underside adhering portions;
- communicating a flowable plasticized/rubberized material through a channel in at least one of the mold halves in order to fill the interior cavity;
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- setting and cooling the material prior to removing the upper mold half and the formed mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.