Surface and 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 surface attraction means and 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.
Claims38
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 surface attachment means;
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- (b) A base component, wherein the base component contains at least one surface 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 surface attachment means;
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- wherein the textile component and the base component further contain at least one edge attachment means.
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) a second layer of vulcanized rubber material that contains magnetic particles;
- (b) A base component comprised of (i) vulcanized rubber that contains magnetic particles or (ii) vulcanized rubber having a magnetic coating applied thereto;
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- wherein the textile component and the base component are releasably attachable to one another via magnetic attraction;
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- wherein the textile component and the base component further contain at least one edge attachment means.
A multi-component floor mat comprising:
- (a) A textile component comprising (i) tufted pile carpet wherein face fibers are tufted through a primary backing layer and (ii) a magnetic coating wherein the magnetic coating is comprised of magnetic particles and a binder material;
- (b) A base component comprised of (i) vulcanized rubber that contains magnetic particles or (ii) vulcanized rubber having a magnetic coating applied thereto;
- wherein the textile component and the base component are releasably attachable to one another via magnetic attraction;
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- wherein the textile component and the base component further contain at least one edge attachment means.
A multi-component floor mat comprising:
- (a) A textile component comprising (i) a first layer of tufted pile carpet wherein face fibers are tufted through a primary backing layer and (ii) a second layer of vulcanized rubber material that contains magnetic particles or a second layer of magnetic coating;
- (b) A base component comprised of (i) vulcanized rubber and magnetic particles or vulcanized rubber and a magnetic coating and (ii) electronic sensors;
- wherein the textile component and the base component are releasably attachable to one another via magnetic attraction;
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- wherein the textile component and the base component further contain 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 (i) at least one magnetic attachment means and (ii) at least one edge attachment means;
- (b) Providing a textile component, wherein the textile component is comprised of:
- (i) tufted pile carpet, (ii) at least one magnetic attachment means that works in corresponding relationship with the at least one magnetic attachment means of step “a,” and (iii) 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 magnetic attachment means and 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.