US 6,886,209 B2 · Advanced floor mat

Abstract

An advanced floor mat is disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, the floor mat includes a cleanable portion. The floor mat may also include a water dissipation component, a water absorbing component, a cushioning component, customized graphics, a transparent cleanable portion, a tacky surface on the cleanable portion, an antibacterial composition, an antifungal composition, and a fragrance. The cleanable portion may be erodible and may include a plurality of cleanable reusable layers. If a tacky surface is included in the floor mat, an anti-slip feature may be associated with the tacky surface to help prevent slipping on a possibly wet tacky surface. Additionally, a sensor system may be included in the floor mat to assist a user in identifying when the floor mat may require cleaning.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A floor mat assembly comprising:

a floor mat perimeter;
a non-tacky exposed top surface to clean at least a portion of a sole of a shoe coming in contact therewith, said non-tacky exposed top surface configured to be at least partly bordered by said perimeter, wherein said perimeter has a different fabrication from said non-tacky exposed top surface;
a tacky insert having a tacky exposed top surface and configured to be at least partly bordered by said non-tacky exposed top surface;
and
wherein said tacky exposed top surface is associated with an anti-slip feature.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/928,429Filed 14 Aug 2001 · continuation in part

Priority

4 May 1999

Published

US 2002/0028313 A17 Mar 2002

Granted

3 May 2005

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G09F 19/228
Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated: ground signs, i.e. display signs fixed on the ground
A47L 23/266
Mats or gratings combined with brushes ; Mats: mats
Y10T 428/18
Stock material or miscellaneous articles: longitudinally sectional layer of three or more sections
Y10T 428/22
Stock material or miscellaneous articles: nonparticulate element embedded or inlaid in substrate and visible

Family

Application09/304,051Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 4 May 1999

Application09/418,752Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 15 Oct 1999

Application09/553,234Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 19 Apr 2000

PCTUS00/30206Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Nov 2000

US 6,219,876 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Apr 2001

US 6,233,776 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 May 2001

US 2002/0028313 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Mar 2002

US 6,886,209 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Advanced floor mat

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Abstract

Claims7