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AssigneeMountville Mills, Inc.
InventorsFranklin S. Love, Sudhanshu Srivaslava, Venkatkrishna Raghavendran, Brandon T. Roberts, Padmakumar Puthillath, Dale S. Kitchen, Ty G. Dawson
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This invention relates to a washable multi-component magnetic 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 magnetic attraction. The magnetic attraction is provided by incorporation of magnetic particles in both the textile and base components. 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. Alignment and deployment of the textile component with the base component in an efficient manner is also described herein.
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The multi-component floor mat of claim 41, wherein the binder material is selected from a thermoplastic elastomer material, a thermoplastic vulcanite material, and mixtures thereof.
The multi-component floor mat of claim 41, wherein the binder material is selected from the group consisting of urethane-containing materials, acrylate-containing materials, silicone-containing materials, and mixtures thereof.
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A process for cleaning a multi-component floor mat, comprising the steps of:
A process for making a multi-component floor mat, comprising the steps of:
A process for making a multi-component floor mat, said process comprising the steps of:
A multi-component floor mat, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.