Dish drying mat
AssigneeMacneil IP LLC
InventorStephen KANE
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Abstract
A sloping upper surface of a dish mat is supported by nonrectangular support ribs, whose depth decreases as a function of distance from the back of the dish mat body. Angled ribs in a left portion and in a right portion of the upper surface direct fluid to a central channel, which in turn directs the fluid to a spillway. The spillway forwardly and downwardly extends into a sink at which the dish mat has been positioned.
Claims17
A mat on which dishware may be placed in connection with a process for cleaning the dishware, the mat comprising:
- a body having a length and a width at right angles to the length, a front of the body spaced from a back of the body by the length;
- a general upper surface of the body upwardly spaced from a general lower surface of the body by a thickness of the body;
- a plurality of elongate spaced-apart support ribs downwardly extending from the general lower surface of the body, the support ribs each having a back end relatively near the back of the body and a front end relatively remote from the back of the body, each support rib having a lower margin, a depth of each support rib from the general lower surface of the body to the lower margin decreasing as a function of distance from the back end of the support rib, wherein
- the lower margins of the support ribs substantially conform to a horizontal plane, thereby causing the general upper surface of the body to slope from the back of the body to the front of the body.
A mat on which dishware may be placed in connection with a process for cleaning the dishware, the mat comprising:
- a body having a length and a width at right angles to the length, a front of the body being spaced from a back of the body by the length, a left margin of the body being spaced from a right margin of the body by the width;
- a general upper surface of the body downwardly sloped from the back of the body to the front of the body;
- an elongate channel forming a portion of the general upper surface and extending from the back of the body to the front of body, the channel being aligned with the length of the body and disposed between the left margin and the right margin;
- a plurality of elongate spaced apart ribs each upwardly extending from the general upper surface of the body, the body having a left portion disposed to the left of the channel and a right portion disposed to the right of the channel, the ribs including left ribs disposed on the left portion and right ribs disposed on the right portion, each rib having a back end and a front end, the back ends of the left ribs being disposed relatively proximate the left margin of the body and the back of the body, the front ends of the left ribs being disposed relatively proximate the channel and the front of the body, the back ends of the right ribs disposed relatively proximate the right margin of the body and the back of the body, the front ends of the right ribs being disposed relatively proximate to the channel and to the front of the body, wherein
- fluid from the dishware will be directed by the ribs to the channel, and will be directed by the channel to the front of the body.
A mat on which dishware may be placed in connection with a process for cleaning the dishware, the mat comprising:
- a body having a length and a width at right angles to the length, a front of the body being spaced from a back of the body by the length, a left margin of the body being spaced from a right margin of the body by the width;
- a general upper surface of the body downwardly sloped from the back of the body to the front of the body;
- a substantially vertical and planar front sidewall disposed at the front of the body, the front sidewall interrupted by a spillway, the spillway forwardly extending from the front sidewall, an upper surface of the spillway extending downwardly from the general upper surface of the body, whereby the spillway may be positioned over a sink edge and direct fluid from vessels and utensils placed on the body into the sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.