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US 4,741,065 AGranted
Interlocking dust control mats
AssigneeMilliken Research Corporation
InventorJohn H. Parkins
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Abstract
A plurality of rubber-backed dust control mats are interconnected by a connecting strip which has projections thereon which engage mating projections on the outer surface of the rubber backing on the mats.
Claims5
A large dust control mat having a plurality of interconnected smaller dust control mats comprising:
- a first dust control mat having a predetermined pattern of cleats on the bottom thereof, a second dust control mat having a predetermined pattern of cleats on the bottom thereof, a connecting strip under said first and said second dust control mats having cleats on the upper surface thereof mating with the cleats on the bottom of said first and second dust control mats, said first and second dust control mats being closely adjacent one another.
A large dust control mat having a plurality of interconnected smaller dust control mats which have an upper nap surface of pile fibers and a rubber-like backing material, said large dust mat comprising:
- a first dust control mat having a pre-determined pattern of cleats molded to the rubber-like backing, a second dust control mat closely adjacent to said first dust control mat and having a plurality of cleats molded in a pre-determined pattern to the rubber-like backing thereof and a rubber-like connecting strip located under said first and second dust control mats having a plurality of cleats molded in the upper surface thereof interconnected with the cleats on the bottoms of said mats. having a plurality of cleats molded in the upper surface thereof interconnected with the cleats on the bottoms of said mats.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.