Floor mat
AssigneeMilliken Denmark A/S
InventorsThomas A. P. Brock, Keijo J. Nurmentaus, Patrick Morel
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Abstract
There is provided a mat having multiple sets of pins, each set of pins being located within surrounding, characterized in that the pins do not extend significantly beyond the highest point of the surrounding. Thus the pins are protected by the surrounding and are less likely to break after extended use. The mat may be provided with areas adapted for the receipt of strips of textile materials, eg carpeting which advantageously has a hard-backing and is able to snap into the areas provided. The inclusion of the textile material combines a scraping function together with the visual appearance of a carpet. The strips of textile material will be separated by sets of pins as described above. A set of such mats is also described.
Claims13
A mat having:
- (a) multiple sets of pins, each set of pins being located within a surrounding;
- (b) a lower layer that is formed from a repeating array of shapes;
- (c) an upper layer that is formed from a repeating array of shapes;
- wherein the arrays of the upper and lower layers overlap and are not superimposed;
- and wherein the pins protrude from the upper surface of the lower layer and are located within a surrounding formed by the array of shapes of the upper layer and the height of the pins is at most no higher than the highest point of the surrounding.
A mat having:
- (a) multiple sets of pins, each set of pins being located within a surrounding;
- (b) a lower layer that is formed from a repeating array of first shapes;
- (c) an upper layer that is formed from a second repeating array of shapes, the second repeating array of shapes comprising the first shapes and a second substantially rectangular shape;
- wherein the arrays of the upper and lower layers overlap such that the first shapes are not superimposed;
- and wherein the pins protrude from the upper surface of the lower layer and are located within a surrounding formed by the array of first shapes of the upper layer and the height of the pins is at most no higher than the highest point of the surrounding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.