Spray mat
AssigneeMacneil IP LLC
InventorsDavid F. MACNEIL, Stephen KANE
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Abstract
Left and right foot images on a general upper surface of a spray mat are mesas that are created by laser-etching a mold surface. The distances between peripheral margins of the mat and the left and right foot images are large enough to catch overspray from the application of sunblock, insect repellent and the like. A bottom surface of an outer flange is placed in an interference fit with the floor or supporting substrate. The outer flange may be hollow and supported by spaced-apart peripheral ribs.
Claims11
A mat for protecting a floor or substrate from an aerosol spray product being applied to a human, the mat comprising:
- a body having a horizontal general upper surface;
- a left foot image and a right foot image disposed on the general upper surface of the body to be spaced apart from each other, each of the left foot image and the right foot image being a mesa elevated above the general upper surface, the left foot image adapted to receive a left foot of a human to be sprayed, the right foot image adapted to receive a right foot of the human to be sprayed, wherein
- the body is created by injecting a molten polymer into a mold having a surface, the left foot image and the right foot image being created by forming a left foot depression and a right foot depression in the mold surface.
A mat for protecting a floor or other substrate from an aerosol spray product being applied to a human, the mat comprising:
- a body having a general upper surface extending in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, the longitudinal direction being horizontal, the transverse direction being horizontal and at right angles to the horizontal direction;
- the general upper surface of the body having a front margin, a rear margin of the general upper surface longitudinally spaced from the front margin, a left margin of the general upper surface joining the front margin to the rear margin, a right margin of the general upper surface transversely spaced from the left margin and joining the front margin to the rear margin;
- a left foot image and a right foot image disposed on the general upper surface of the body to be transversely spaced apart from each other, the left and right foot images adapted to receive thereon respective left and right feet of a human to be sprayed, the left foot image and the right foot image having a foot image front margin and a foot image rear margin longitudinally spaced from the foot image front margin, the left foot image having a left foot image margin and the right foot image having a right foot image margin;
- the front foot image margin being spaced from the front margin by a first distance, the rear foot image margin being spaced from the rear margin by a second distance, the left foot image margin being spaced from the left margin by a third distance and the right foot image margin being spaced from the right margin by a fourth distance, a smallest one of the first, second, third and fourth distances being greater than or equal to about 5 inches.
A mat for protecting a floor or other substrate, the mat comprising:
- a body having a central region with a general lower surface and a peripheral margin, the general lower surface conforming to a floor plane, the body being integrally formed of an elastomer;
- an upstanding peripheral wall joined to the peripheral margin and extending upwardly therefrom to an upper end;
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- an outer flange extending outwardly and downwardly from the upper end of the peripheral wall to an outer edge of the outer flange, a lower surface of the outer edge of the outer flange being downwardly displaced from the floor plane, whereby in use the outer edge of the outer flange will be placed in an interference fit with the floor or substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.