Slip resistant mat with molding and method of assembly
OwnerMerritt L. Moffitt, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A slip resistant mat assembly for use on boats and other pleasure craft has a custom molding providing an edge trim and being usable for securing the mat in place against both vertical and lateral movement, whereof the mat portion includes vertically downwardly extending studs upon which it stands, a portion of these studs passing into the molding and being interlocked thereto, the molding being securable to the surface upon which the mat studs rest.
Claims22
A slip resistant mat assembly comprising:
- a slip resistant mat having projections extending from the bottom face thereof;
- means for framing the periphery of said slip resistant mat, said framing means receiving some of said mat periphery bottom projections extending completely through said framing means;
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- means for locking the free ends of said received projections together thereby locking said slip resistant mat to said framing means.
A method of assembling a slip resistant mat, having bottom projections, to a peripheral molding comprising the steps of:
- inserting a portion of said bottom projections at the periphery of said mat through said molding;
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- joining the ends of said bottom projections together after same are passed through said molding.
A slip resistant mat assembly comprising:
- a slip resistant mat having projecting portions extending from the bottom face thereof;
- a molding extending along the periphery of said mat said molding having a raised platform section extending lengthwise therealong, a beveled outer edge, and a lower ledge surface on the side of said molding opposite said beveled outer edge, said lower ledge providing a horizontal surface below the top of said bevel and said raised platform portion;
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- wherein the top face of said mat is at the same height as the top of said raised platform section, said platform section providing a border adjacent said mat and contiguous therewith, and a plurality of said projecting portions passing into said molding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.