A - Human Necessities – 47 – L
Patent
A - Human Necessities
47
L
15/98
A47L 23/24 (2006.01) A47L 23/26 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2025760
Floor Mat With Rigid Rails Joined by Living Hinges Abstract A floor mat is composed of a multiplicity of rigid elongated rails (10) arranged parallel to each other, each rail having a body portion (12) adapted to receive a tread member (13) and a coupling portion (14) by which it is joined to an adjacent rail. The body and coupling portions are found by extrusion of a rigid high-impact strength thermo- plastic polymeric material and are joined by a living hinge in the form of a thin strand (38) of a highly flexible thermoplastic elastomer formed by coextrusion with the body and coupling portions and constituting a distinct bending line between the body and the coupling portion. Each rail includes at least two ribs (34) along its underside laterally spaced apart from each other and adapted to support the rail on a surface, each rib being formed by coextrusion with the body and coupling portions and the living hinge of a soft, compressible thermo- plastic polymeric material and serving as a cushion and an anti-slip element of the mat. A tread surface (32) of the rail body portion on either side of the tread member has myriad protuberances (40 or 46) imparting a non-slip characteristic that is highly effective in all directions.
Bereskin & Parr
Construction Specialties Inc.
LandOfFree
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