Compactable surface covering member and method for compacting the same

Abstract

A surface covering member includes a wrapper panel and pliable sheet material with at least one liquid-penetration-resistant layer. The wrapper panel may at least partially envelop the pliable sheet material when the pliable sheet material is compacted. At least one accordion fold may be provided along one or more peripheral edges, optionally with the wrapper panel forming a pouch. First and second wrapper panels may be arranged at first and second positions of the pliable sheet material. A wrapper panel may be a continuous extension of the pliable sheet material, and at least one selectively deployable adhesive tab at a peripheral edge of the wrapper panel affixes the wrapper panel against the pliable sheet material when the surface covering member is in a non-compacted state, and at least partially envelops the pliable sheet material when it is compacted by rolling and/or folding to maintain the compacted pliable sheet material in the at least partially enveloped state.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.