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US 5,669,089 AGranted
Pleated work mat with integral headrest
OwnerKent L. Deesinventor
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Abstract
A cardboard work mat has a pleated configuration, wherein the mat is folded in pleats for storage, and an unfolded configuration, wherein the mat defines a surface area sufficiently large for supporting a mechanic beneath a vehicle. A headrest is formed on one end of the mat by folding the two or three end-most pleats together and then bonding them together. In an alternate embodiment, the mat is a flexible plastic sheet which has a rolled configuration for storage and an unrolled configuration for supporting a mechanic on the sheet. A headrest is molded or attached to one end of the sheet.
Claims5
A work mat, comprising:
- a pad having a plurality of panels manually movable between an unfolded configuration, wherein the pad is substantially flat such that a person can lie supine on the pad beneath a vehicle, and a pleated configuration, wherein the pad is pleated to facilitate storage of the pad, wherein one of the panels is a head rest defining a first flat surface and another of the panels is an end panel defining a second flat surface, wherein
- the first flat surface is substantially permanently bonded flush against the second flat surface to support the head of a person when the person lies supine thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.