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Roll-up entrance foot mat

US5157804A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 23, 1991
Grant dateOct 27, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 23, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/18
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A foot mat comprises a multiplicity of elongated rail members formed by coextrusion of a substantially rigid polymeric material and a compressible polymeric material. Each rail member has a rigid tread-supporting web portion, at least two rigid leg portions, which are adapted to support the tread-supporting web portion stably on a surface, a cushion portion of the compressible material on the bottom of each leg portion, and a pair of rigid bulbous coupling portions of the substantially rigid material, one on each side of the tread-supporting web portion. Each coupling portion is substantially longitudinally coextensive with the tread-supporting web portion and extends generally laterally outwardly from the tread-supporting web portion. A tread member is received on the top of the tread-supporting web portion of the rail member. Each adjacent pair of rail members is joined by an elongated coupling member formed by extrusion of a metal or a polymeric material, each coupling member having a web portion and a substantially longitudinally continuous socket portion on each side of the web portion, each socket portion defining an undercut groove that opens generally laterally outwardly wi…

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