Cooktop mat with control window
US12108512B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 2020 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB32B2307/7265
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A pad with a fiber reinforced silicone rubber material wherein the fiber reinforcement is of a weight of at least 100 grams per square meter, the pad having a thickness over a majority of the pad's surface area which between 0.5 and 4 millimeters thick wherein the pad is flexible and impervious to fluid and has sufficient surface tack to inhibit objects from sliding off the pad. The pad does not include metallic materials. The pad is manufactured by: providing a fiber reinforcement sheet and applying silicone to said fiber reinforcement sheet; curing the fiber reinforcement sheet with applied silicone to create a fiber reinforced silicone sheet which is impervious to fluid; cutting said fiber reinforced silicone sheet in a rectilinear pattern sized based on known cooktop dimensions; printing said fiber reinforced silicone sheet with an ink of a first color.
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