Floor mat
AssigneeAladdin Manufacturing Corporation
InventorChunming LIU
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a floor mat comprising a substrate layer, a gel layer and a cover layer, wherein said substrate layer, said gel layer and said cover layer have a substantially planar shape, and wherein said gel layer is coupled in between said substrate layer and said cover layer, and wherein the cover layer comprises a plurality of deformations, which deformations protrude at least partly towards the center of the gel layer. In further aspects, the invention relates to a floor mat wherein the thickness of the gel layer and the thickness of the substrate layer are related according to a ratio of between 1:20 and 20:20, as well as to methods for manufacturing a floor mat.
Claims20
1-29. (canceled)
A floor mat comprising a substrate layer, a gel layer and a cover layer, wherein the substrate layer, the gel layer and the cover layer have a substantially planar shape, and wherein the gel layer is coupled in between the substrate layer and the cover layer, wherein:
- a) the cover layer comprises a plurality of deformations, which deformations protrude at least partly towards a center of the gel layer,
- b) the deformations protrude towards the center of the gel layer over a distance of between 1.0% and 20.0% of a total thickness of the gel layer, and
- c) the deformations define a cushioned surface comprised of a plurality of cushion pads, wherein a thickness and an equivalent diameter of the cushion pads are related according to a ratio of between 1:20 and 10:20.
A method for manufacturing a floor mat comprising:
- (a) providing a mold comprising a first and second mold half;
- (b) providing a cover layer on the first mold half;
- (c) providing a gel layer onto the cover layer;
- (d) providing a substrate layer onto the gel layer;
- (e) closing the mold;
- and
- (f) curing the substrate layer;
- wherein the first mold half and/or the cover layer comprises a plurality of deformations, which deformations allow the cover layer to protrude over a distance of between 1.0% and 20.0% of a total thickness of the gel layer towards a center of the gel layer;
- and
- the deformations define a cushioned surface comprised of a plurality of cushion pads, wherein a thickness and an equivalent diameter of the cushion pads are related according to a ratio of between 1:20 and 10:20
A method for manufacturing a floor mat comprising:
- (a) providing a mold comprising a first and second mold half;
- (b) providing a cover layer on the first mold half;
- wherein the cover layer provides a plurality of deformations;
- (c) providing a gel layer onto the cover layer;
- (d) providing a substrate layer onto the gel layer;
- (e) closing the mold;
- and
- (f) curing the substrate layer;
- and
- wherein:
- a thickness of the gel layer and a thickness of the substrate layer are related according to a ratio of between 1:20 and 10:20, and
- the deformations define a cushioned surface comprised of a plurality of cushion pads, wherein the plurality of deformations allow the cover layer to protrude towards a center of the gel layer over a distance of between 1.0% and 20.0% of a total thickness of the gel layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.