CA1214008A - Tile for an entrance mat - Google Patents
Tile for an entrance matInfo
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- CA1214008A CA1214008A CA000437040A CA437040A CA1214008A CA 1214008 A CA1214008 A CA 1214008A CA 000437040 A CA000437040 A CA 000437040A CA 437040 A CA437040 A CA 437040A CA 1214008 A CA1214008 A CA 1214008A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L23/00—Cleaning footwear
- A47L23/22—Devices or implements resting on the floor for removing mud, dirt, or dust from footwear
- A47L23/24—Rigid cleaning-gratings; Tread plates or scrapers for cleaning the soles of footwear
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A tile for use in constructing an entrance mat.
The tile has a flat base and low walls surrounding the base for retaining water on the base. Scraper means are provided on the base for scraping snow, water and/or slush off the feet of people using the mat. Means are provided on each wall for use in connecting the tile to an adjacent tile. A plurality of the tiles are connected together to form a mat. Means are provided in each wall of a tile for directing water out of the tile when it reaches a certain level. The invention is also directed toward a mat made up of a plurality of the tiles.
A tile for use in constructing an entrance mat.
The tile has a flat base and low walls surrounding the base for retaining water on the base. Scraper means are provided on the base for scraping snow, water and/or slush off the feet of people using the mat. Means are provided on each wall for use in connecting the tile to an adjacent tile. A plurality of the tiles are connected together to form a mat. Means are provided in each wall of a tile for directing water out of the tile when it reaches a certain level. The invention is also directed toward a mat made up of a plurality of the tiles.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTI~N
__ This invention is directed toward a tile for uae ln constructing an entrance mat, and to an entrance mat made from a number of the tiles.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Entrance mats in the entrances of busy places, such as stores and hotels, are at present made in one piece. The mnts are made in various ~sizes ln Qrder to fit different locations.
However, it is costly to provide a stock of different sized mat~.
The known mats are also usually made from thickly-woven or knitted materiaI ~nd the snow and/or water tracked onto the mat usually accumulates in the most heavily-used portion of the mat until the water runs off that portion of the mat onto the floor adjacent the mat. The water on the floor i8 then tracked into the building from the entranceway, thus considerably reducing if-notnegating the effectivenes~ of the mat.
It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a tile, a plurality of which can be connected together to form ; a mat of desired size. Thus, only one 8ize of tile need be manufactured and maintained in stock~ Various sizes of entrn~ce m~ts can be constructed from the tiles, using only that number of tiles needed to make each desired size of mat. It is understood that each mat size is a multiple,of the tile size. It is also understood that the inventlon is not limited to quAdrangulAr shApes~ Tiles having any shape which allow easy connection may be used. How-ever, if non quadrangular shapes are used, it may be necess~ry to provide additional tiles which occupy only a fraction of the surface oi regular tiles in order to produce quadrangular mat~.
It iB another purpose of the present invention to provide a tile which can retain a relatively large amount of wate~, whereby providing a mat, made from the tlles, which can alro retain a relatively large amount of water. More importantly, ....... ~ : i ~,,,, ' it i~ a purpose of the present invention to provide a ma~, made from tiles, in which water can be distributed over the surface of the mat. Thus, as wa~er accum~lates in the tiles of the most-used portion of the mat, means ln the tiles allow the water to be distributed to lesa-used portiona of the mat before lt is allowed to spill off the mat. Thus, the mat can hold more water before overflow occur~.
In accordance wich the present lnventlon, a tile of quadrangular shape i~ provided, which has a bar~e and low walls surrounding the base to hold water on the base. Scraplng means, such as ribs, are provided on the base within the walls, pro~ecting up from the base, 80 that snow and/or water and/or slush can be scraped off the feet of people wal~lng on a mat made up of the tiles. Connecting means are provided on the walls of the tile for use in connecting the tile to adJacent tiles in order to form a mat. The connecting means preferably cor~prise female conneccing means on two ad~acent walls of the tile, and male connectlng means on the other adjacenr walls of the tlle.
Also Ln accordance with the p}esent invention, each tile 18 provided with water-directlng meAns for directlng water between the tile and one or more ad~acent tiles, 80 as to more uniformly distribute water over the surface of a mat made up frorn che tiles. The water-directirlg rneans preferably comprises one or more shallow channelr~ formed in che top of each wall of a tile. When the water level in a tile reaches the height oE the channels in its walls, the water flows out of the tile through the charlnels into ad~acent tiles. In this manner, water accumulatecl in che mat is generally evenly distributed over the mat before overflow occurs.
Means may be provided about the periphery of the mat 3~ for providing a smooth edge about the mat and for retaining water on the mat by blocking those channels in the walls of the tiles forming the outer edge of the mat. These edging means comprise 4~
edging strips, each having a smooth outer side and connecting means on its inner side cooperating with the connecting mean3 of the tiles on each edge of the mat. These edglng means preferably straddle adjacent tile3, to reinforce the connecting means between adjacent marginal tiles.
The tiles are molded in one piece from rubber-like plastic material, such as P.V.C., 80 they are flexible and watertight.
I The invention i~ particularly direeted toward a tile for use in constructing a mat, which tile has a flat base.
The tile 18 of a shape that allows a plurality of same to be connected together to form a mat. A low wall i~ provided along the perimeter of the base to hold water on the base. Scraper means are provided on the base within the walls. There are alflo preferably provided channels in the scraper means to allow exce3s water to flow off the scraper means. MPan~ are provided on the outer surface of each wall for use in connecting the ~ile adjacent tiles.
The tile of the present invention also includes ... . . ..
means in each wall for use in directing water out of the tile when it reaches a certain level on the base.
iThe inventlon is al~o particularly directed toward a mat from a plurality of such tiles connected to each other by appropriate connecting means.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWtNGS
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The invention wlll now be described in detail having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. l i5 an exploded, detail view oi one corner of an entrance mat incorporating the ti`les of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a detail view oE one corner of an entrance mat;
Fig. 3 i8 a cross-section view taken along line 3 3 -- 3 _ ~2~
in Fig~ l;
Fi~. 4 is a cross-section view taken along line 4-4 in Fig. ï; and Fig. 5 is an end view of an edging strtp in Fig.' 2.
DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The entrance mat 1 oi the present invention,as shown in Figs 1 and 2, comprises a plurality of interlocked tiles 3 surrouncled by edging strips 5, 7. The tilea 3 are arranged in rows "R" and columns "C" with the same number of tlle0 ln ench row, and the same number of tiles in each column. The number of tiles in each row "R"`can differ from the number of tiles in each column "C".
The tiles 3 are identical and each has a quadrangular, preferably squ~re, shape~ Each tile 3 has a flat base 9 surrounded on its four sides by short walls 11, 13, 15, 17. The walls 11, 13, 15, 17 are ~oined together and serve to hold water or other liquid, on the base 9. Scraper means 19 are provided on the base within the walls 11 to 17 for scraping snow, and/or water, and/or slush, off shoes or boots. The scraper means 19 preferably comprise a plurality of spaced-apart ribs 21, as shown in Fig. 3, integral with the base 9 and pro3ecting up therefr~m. The ribs 21 preferably have the s~me height as the walls 11 to 17 and extend diagonally across the base 9. The ribs 21 are spaced close enough together 80 that spike heels cannot be caught between the ribs.
The ends 23 of each rib 21 terminate Just short of the walls 11, 13, 15, 17 providlng a continuous outer channel 25 between the ribs 21 and the walls 11, 13, 15, 17. The channels 27 between the ribs 21 communicate with the outer channel 25.
Means are provided in each wall 11, 13, 15, 17 oi the tile 3 for directing water in or out ~ji; the tile. These water-directin,, means, a8 shown in Fi8~ 4; preferably comprise at least one slot or channel 31 in each wall e~tending down a short distance from its upper surface 33. Preferably, at least .
-,~ -- 4 `~'~7 ' ' . '-two channels 31 are provided in each wall near each end of the wall.
Means are provided on each tlle 3 Eor use in attaching it to adjacent tiles or to edging strips 5, 7. Female connectinS
means 37 are provided on the outer surface 39 of two adjacent walls 11, 13. Male connecting meana 41 are provided on the outer surface 43 of the other two ad~acent walls 15, 17. The female connecting means 37 preferably comprlse~ a pair of shallow slots 45 in the outer surface 39 of each wall ll, 13, each slot having a base wider than its mouth. The male connectlng meana preferably comprise a pair of short pro~ections 47 on the outer surface 43 of each wall 15, 17. Each projection 47 i8 located and sized to fit snugly into a slot 45 on an ad~acent tlle when two tiles are interlocked slde by side.
Each tile 3 19 flexible and is prefer2bly molded in one piece from a rubber-like, plastic material, such a9 PVC
polyurethane, for example. The tile~ preferably have a hardness, measured on the durometer ~cale, of seventy-five to eighty-flve.
Some abrasive ma~erial can be incorporated in the top surface 2Q of the tile when it is molded, ii desired, to make it less slippery.
The tiles 3 are assembled into a mat 1 of desired ~ize by connecting the required number of tiles together in rows and column~. The tiles in each row are connected together in the same manner. For example, each tile ln a row can be arranged with one wall ll, with the female connecting means 37 therein, on l'top" as when viewing Figs 1 and 2; and with the other adjacent wall 13, with the other female-connecting means 37 therein, on the "right" when viewing Figs 1 and 2. Each tile 3Q will, as a resl~lt, have one wall 15, with the m~le-connecting means 41 thereon, on the "botton~", as when viewing Figs 1 and
__ This invention is directed toward a tile for uae ln constructing an entrance mat, and to an entrance mat made from a number of the tiles.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Entrance mats in the entrances of busy places, such as stores and hotels, are at present made in one piece. The mnts are made in various ~sizes ln Qrder to fit different locations.
However, it is costly to provide a stock of different sized mat~.
The known mats are also usually made from thickly-woven or knitted materiaI ~nd the snow and/or water tracked onto the mat usually accumulates in the most heavily-used portion of the mat until the water runs off that portion of the mat onto the floor adjacent the mat. The water on the floor i8 then tracked into the building from the entranceway, thus considerably reducing if-notnegating the effectivenes~ of the mat.
It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a tile, a plurality of which can be connected together to form ; a mat of desired size. Thus, only one 8ize of tile need be manufactured and maintained in stock~ Various sizes of entrn~ce m~ts can be constructed from the tiles, using only that number of tiles needed to make each desired size of mat. It is understood that each mat size is a multiple,of the tile size. It is also understood that the inventlon is not limited to quAdrangulAr shApes~ Tiles having any shape which allow easy connection may be used. How-ever, if non quadrangular shapes are used, it may be necess~ry to provide additional tiles which occupy only a fraction of the surface oi regular tiles in order to produce quadrangular mat~.
It iB another purpose of the present invention to provide a tile which can retain a relatively large amount of wate~, whereby providing a mat, made from the tlles, which can alro retain a relatively large amount of water. More importantly, ....... ~ : i ~,,,, ' it i~ a purpose of the present invention to provide a ma~, made from tiles, in which water can be distributed over the surface of the mat. Thus, as wa~er accum~lates in the tiles of the most-used portion of the mat, means ln the tiles allow the water to be distributed to lesa-used portiona of the mat before lt is allowed to spill off the mat. Thus, the mat can hold more water before overflow occur~.
In accordance wich the present lnventlon, a tile of quadrangular shape i~ provided, which has a bar~e and low walls surrounding the base to hold water on the base. Scraplng means, such as ribs, are provided on the base within the walls, pro~ecting up from the base, 80 that snow and/or water and/or slush can be scraped off the feet of people wal~lng on a mat made up of the tiles. Connecting means are provided on the walls of the tile for use in connecting the tile to adJacent tiles in order to form a mat. The connecting means preferably cor~prise female conneccing means on two ad~acent walls of the tile, and male connectlng means on the other adjacenr walls of the tlle.
Also Ln accordance with the p}esent invention, each tile 18 provided with water-directlng meAns for directlng water between the tile and one or more ad~acent tiles, 80 as to more uniformly distribute water over the surface of a mat made up frorn che tiles. The water-directirlg rneans preferably comprises one or more shallow channelr~ formed in che top of each wall of a tile. When the water level in a tile reaches the height oE the channels in its walls, the water flows out of the tile through the charlnels into ad~acent tiles. In this manner, water accumulatecl in che mat is generally evenly distributed over the mat before overflow occurs.
Means may be provided about the periphery of the mat 3~ for providing a smooth edge about the mat and for retaining water on the mat by blocking those channels in the walls of the tiles forming the outer edge of the mat. These edging means comprise 4~
edging strips, each having a smooth outer side and connecting means on its inner side cooperating with the connecting mean3 of the tiles on each edge of the mat. These edglng means preferably straddle adjacent tile3, to reinforce the connecting means between adjacent marginal tiles.
The tiles are molded in one piece from rubber-like plastic material, such as P.V.C., 80 they are flexible and watertight.
I The invention i~ particularly direeted toward a tile for use in constructing a mat, which tile has a flat base.
The tile 18 of a shape that allows a plurality of same to be connected together to form a mat. A low wall i~ provided along the perimeter of the base to hold water on the base. Scraper means are provided on the base within the walls. There are alflo preferably provided channels in the scraper means to allow exce3s water to flow off the scraper means. MPan~ are provided on the outer surface of each wall for use in connecting the ~ile adjacent tiles.
The tile of the present invention also includes ... . . ..
means in each wall for use in directing water out of the tile when it reaches a certain level on the base.
iThe inventlon is al~o particularly directed toward a mat from a plurality of such tiles connected to each other by appropriate connecting means.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWtNGS
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The invention wlll now be described in detail having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. l i5 an exploded, detail view oi one corner of an entrance mat incorporating the ti`les of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a detail view oE one corner of an entrance mat;
Fig. 3 i8 a cross-section view taken along line 3 3 -- 3 _ ~2~
in Fig~ l;
Fi~. 4 is a cross-section view taken along line 4-4 in Fig. ï; and Fig. 5 is an end view of an edging strtp in Fig.' 2.
DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The entrance mat 1 oi the present invention,as shown in Figs 1 and 2, comprises a plurality of interlocked tiles 3 surrouncled by edging strips 5, 7. The tilea 3 are arranged in rows "R" and columns "C" with the same number of tlle0 ln ench row, and the same number of tiles in each column. The number of tiles in each row "R"`can differ from the number of tiles in each column "C".
The tiles 3 are identical and each has a quadrangular, preferably squ~re, shape~ Each tile 3 has a flat base 9 surrounded on its four sides by short walls 11, 13, 15, 17. The walls 11, 13, 15, 17 are ~oined together and serve to hold water or other liquid, on the base 9. Scraper means 19 are provided on the base within the walls 11 to 17 for scraping snow, and/or water, and/or slush, off shoes or boots. The scraper means 19 preferably comprise a plurality of spaced-apart ribs 21, as shown in Fig. 3, integral with the base 9 and pro3ecting up therefr~m. The ribs 21 preferably have the s~me height as the walls 11 to 17 and extend diagonally across the base 9. The ribs 21 are spaced close enough together 80 that spike heels cannot be caught between the ribs.
The ends 23 of each rib 21 terminate Just short of the walls 11, 13, 15, 17 providlng a continuous outer channel 25 between the ribs 21 and the walls 11, 13, 15, 17. The channels 27 between the ribs 21 communicate with the outer channel 25.
Means are provided in each wall 11, 13, 15, 17 oi the tile 3 for directing water in or out ~ji; the tile. These water-directin,, means, a8 shown in Fi8~ 4; preferably comprise at least one slot or channel 31 in each wall e~tending down a short distance from its upper surface 33. Preferably, at least .
-,~ -- 4 `~'~7 ' ' . '-two channels 31 are provided in each wall near each end of the wall.
Means are provided on each tlle 3 Eor use in attaching it to adjacent tiles or to edging strips 5, 7. Female connectinS
means 37 are provided on the outer surface 39 of two adjacent walls 11, 13. Male connecting meana 41 are provided on the outer surface 43 of the other two ad~acent walls 15, 17. The female connecting means 37 preferably comprlse~ a pair of shallow slots 45 in the outer surface 39 of each wall ll, 13, each slot having a base wider than its mouth. The male connectlng meana preferably comprise a pair of short pro~ections 47 on the outer surface 43 of each wall 15, 17. Each projection 47 i8 located and sized to fit snugly into a slot 45 on an ad~acent tlle when two tiles are interlocked slde by side.
Each tile 3 19 flexible and is prefer2bly molded in one piece from a rubber-like, plastic material, such a9 PVC
polyurethane, for example. The tile~ preferably have a hardness, measured on the durometer ~cale, of seventy-five to eighty-flve.
Some abrasive ma~erial can be incorporated in the top surface 2Q of the tile when it is molded, ii desired, to make it less slippery.
The tiles 3 are assembled into a mat 1 of desired ~ize by connecting the required number of tiles together in rows and column~. The tiles in each row are connected together in the same manner. For example, each tile ln a row can be arranged with one wall ll, with the female connecting means 37 therein, on l'top" as when viewing Figs 1 and 2; and with the other adjacent wall 13, with the other female-connecting means 37 therein, on the "right" when viewing Figs 1 and 2. Each tile 3Q will, as a resl~lt, have one wall 15, with the m~le-connecting means 41 thereon, on the "botton~", as when viewing Figs 1 and
2, and the other adjacen~ wall 17, with the other male-connectlng means 41 therein, on the "let" as when viewlng Flg 1 and 2.
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Thus, in each row "R", ~ith the rows running across when viewing ~igs 1 and 2, each tile has Its male-connecting means 41 in wall 17, mating with the female-connecting means 37 in wall 13 on the adjacent tiLe to the left side.
In each column "C", with the columns running up down when viewing Flgs 1 and 2, each tile has its ~ther male-connectlng means 41 in wal] 15, mating with the other female-connecting means 37 in wall 11 on the adJacent bottom tile.
The assembled mat 1 has a row of female-connecting means 37 on two sides, the top and right sides, when viewing Flgs 1 and 2; and a row of male-connecting means 410n ita other two sides, the bottom and left sides, when viewing Fig~ 1 and 2. Edging ~trips 5,7 are provided for the mat 1 about its outer edge. E~ch .. . . _ edging strip S on the top and right sides of the mat has male-con-necting means 51 on its ~nner side 53 cooperating with the female-connecting means 37 on the top and right sides of the mat. Each edging strip 7 on the bottom and left sides of the mat has female-connecting mean355 on lts inner side 57 cooperating with the male-connecting means 41 on the bottom and leit side of the mat.
The outer side 59,610f each edging strip 5,7 respectively, is strai~ht and its upper surface 63,6S respectively, curves down from its inner side S3, S7 to its outer side S9,61 respect-ively. This is shown in Fig.5 for strip 7.
Edging strips S and 7 are of the same length as the side of a tile 3 and equally overlap two adjacent tile~ to further reinforce the connecting means 4l,55 of marglnal or border tiles. Each strip 5 and 7 is further provided with a stud 67 ~t one end and a mating cavity 69 at lts other end to interconnect abutting strips 50r 7. Right angular cor~ner strips 71 are also provided with each leg half the length of a tile side and provided wi~h male- and female-connecting means 51,550f a ~tud 67 and a cavity 69.
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The assembled ma-t is placed adjacent an entrance and snow, water and/or slush is scraped off the feet of people walking over the mat by the scraper means 19. Any snow, water and/or slush scraped off falls between the scraper means 19 and melts. The water accumulates in each tile 3 on i-ts base 9 within its wal1s lls 13, 15, 17. If the water level in one tile becomes -too high, the water is directed out of the tile into adjacen-t tiles by the aligned channels 31 at each corner.
0 In this way the accurnulated water spreads out over the mat while retained within the ma-t by the edging st~ips 5, 7.
The tiles 3 are interlocked tightly together so tha-t water, flowing ~hrough the channels between tilesl will not readily flow down between the tiles. If any one tile is darnaged it can be easily replaced.
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Thus, in each row "R", ~ith the rows running across when viewing ~igs 1 and 2, each tile has Its male-connecting means 41 in wall 17, mating with the female-connecting means 37 in wall 13 on the adjacent tiLe to the left side.
In each column "C", with the columns running up down when viewing Flgs 1 and 2, each tile has its ~ther male-connectlng means 41 in wal] 15, mating with the other female-connecting means 37 in wall 11 on the adJacent bottom tile.
The assembled mat 1 has a row of female-connecting means 37 on two sides, the top and right sides, when viewing Flgs 1 and 2; and a row of male-connecting means 410n ita other two sides, the bottom and left sides, when viewing Fig~ 1 and 2. Edging ~trips 5,7 are provided for the mat 1 about its outer edge. E~ch .. . . _ edging strip S on the top and right sides of the mat has male-con-necting means 51 on its ~nner side 53 cooperating with the female-connecting means 37 on the top and right sides of the mat. Each edging strip 7 on the bottom and left sides of the mat has female-connecting mean355 on lts inner side 57 cooperating with the male-connecting means 41 on the bottom and leit side of the mat.
The outer side 59,610f each edging strip 5,7 respectively, is strai~ht and its upper surface 63,6S respectively, curves down from its inner side S3, S7 to its outer side S9,61 respect-ively. This is shown in Fig.5 for strip 7.
Edging strips S and 7 are of the same length as the side of a tile 3 and equally overlap two adjacent tile~ to further reinforce the connecting means 4l,55 of marglnal or border tiles. Each strip 5 and 7 is further provided with a stud 67 ~t one end and a mating cavity 69 at lts other end to interconnect abutting strips 50r 7. Right angular cor~ner strips 71 are also provided with each leg half the length of a tile side and provided wi~h male- and female-connecting means 51,550f a ~tud 67 and a cavity 69.
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The assembled ma-t is placed adjacent an entrance and snow, water and/or slush is scraped off the feet of people walking over the mat by the scraper means 19. Any snow, water and/or slush scraped off falls between the scraper means 19 and melts. The water accumulates in each tile 3 on i-ts base 9 within its wal1s lls 13, 15, 17. If the water level in one tile becomes -too high, the water is directed out of the tile into adjacen-t tiles by the aligned channels 31 at each corner.
0 In this way the accurnulated water spreads out over the mat while retained within the ma-t by the edging st~ips 5, 7.
The tiles 3 are interlocked tightly together so tha-t water, flowing ~hrough the channels between tilesl will not readily flow down between the tiles. If any one tile is darnaged it can be easily replaced.
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Claims (10)
1) A tile having a flat imperforate base with a top surface and a shape defined by straight sides, said tile comprising low straight walls protruding from said top surface along each side of the base, said wall forming the entire perimeter of the base to hold water on the base, means for use in removably connecting the tile to adjacent identi-cal tiles to form a mat with the outside surface of a straight wall of the tile abutting the outside surfaces of the straight walls of adjacent tiles, scraper members upstanding from and uni-formly distributed over said top surface within the confines of said wall, the scraper members comprising a series of spaced apart ribs extending across the base, one end of each rib being spaced a short distance from the nearest wall, through areas between and around said scraper members and between said scraper members and said walls to allow water to flow between said scraper members and reach said walls, and water-directing means formed through each straight wall, said water directing means being located between the corners defined by the junctions of successively adjacent straight walls, said water-directing means po-sitioned for alignment with the water-directing means of adjacent connected tiles for directing water out of the tile to adjacent tiles when the water reaches a certain level on the top surface of the base.
2) A tile as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tile is square and flexible.
3) A tile as claimed in claim 1 wherein the ribs extend diagonally to the walls.
4) A tile as claimed in claim 1 wherein the water directing means comprises at least one channel in the top of each wall of the tile.
5) A tile as claimed in claim 4 wherein one channel is provided in the top of each wall near each end of the wall.
6) A tile as claimed in claim 1 wherein the means for use in connecting the tile to adjacent tiles comprises female connecting means on the outer surface of two adjacent walls of the tile and male connecting means on the outer surface of the other two adjacent walls of the tile.
7) A tile as claimed in claim 6 wherein the female connecting means on each wall comprises two spaced-apart, inwardly directed slots, and the male connecting means on each wall comprises two spaced-apart outwardly directed projections shaped and positioned to mate with the slots.
8) A mat made from a plurality of individual identi-cal tiles, each tile in accordance with claims 1 or 7.
9) A mat as claimed in claim 8 wherein the means on each tile for use in connecting in to an adjacent tile comprises female connecting means on the outer surface of two adjacent walls of the tile, and male connecting means on the outer surface of the other two adjacent walls of the tile.
10) A mat as claimed in claim 8 including edging strips about the outer periphery of the mat for retaining water in the mat, each edging strip having means on its inner side for use in con-necting each strip to the tiles defining the outer edge of the mat, and a smooth outer side.
Priority Applications (1)
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| CA000437040A CA1214008A (en) | 1983-09-19 | 1983-09-19 | Tile for an entrance mat |
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| CA000437040A CA1214008A (en) | 1983-09-19 | 1983-09-19 | Tile for an entrance mat |
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| CA1214008A true CA1214008A (en) | 1986-11-18 |
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