EP0325040A1 - Zweiteilige Fussmatte - Google Patents

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EP0325040A1
EP0325040A1 EP88311775A EP88311775A EP0325040A1 EP 0325040 A1 EP0325040 A1 EP 0325040A1 EP 88311775 A EP88311775 A EP 88311775A EP 88311775 A EP88311775 A EP 88311775A EP 0325040 A1 EP0325040 A1 EP 0325040A1
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Robert Charles Kerr
John Hunter Murray
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Milliken Research Corp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G27/00—Floor fabrics; Fastenings therefor
    • A47G27/04—Carpet fasteners; Carpet-expanding devices ; Laying carpeting; Tools therefor
    • A47G27/0406—Laying rugs or mats
    • A47G27/0412—Anti-skid layers
    • 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
    • A47L23/26—Mats or gratings combined with brushes ; Mats
    • A47L23/266—Mats

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  • This invention relates generally to rubber-backed dust control floor mats of the type which have a pile surface on one side and a rubber or rubber-like material on the other side.
  • Mats of this type are generally used in access ways where people tend to brush or scrape their feet in order to prevent carrying of moisture and/or dirt, accumulated on their footwear, into other areas of the premises. Normally these mats are located in areas of high pedestrian traffic, such as doorways.
  • the rubber-backed dust control mat historically, has been an integrated structure in which the rubber-like backing has been laminated and/or molded to the undersurface of the pile fabric to provide a unitary structure. This provides a strong mat with a long service life but has the disadvantage that the weight and volume of the rubber backing material requires a large washing capacity and at the same time exposes the rubber material to high heat every time the mat is washed and dried. This high heat has a deleterious effect on the rubber-like material over a period of time resulting in a shorter service life.
  • a dust control mat 10 consisting basically of a pile fabric 12 and a rubber-like base mat 14 on which the fabric 12 is placed.
  • the upper surface of the base 14 and the lower surface of the mat 12 is treated to increase the friction resistance therebetween.
  • the pile fabric 12 consists of pile yarns 16 of cotton, nylon, etc. tufted through a woven or nonwoven substrate 18 of suitable material.
  • a thin rubber-like material 20 is molded or otherwise secured to the bottom of the fabric 12 and has a plurality of cleats 22 formed therein in any suitable design to interlock with the cleats 24 on the upper surface of the rubber-like base mat 14. This material is about 50% less than that in the backing of a unitary mat.
  • the base mat or strip 14 of rubber or other suitable material has cleats 24 on the upper surface thereof for reasons previously ser forth.
  • the mat 14 also has cleats 28 on the bottom thereof in any suitable pattern which, like cleats 22, act as friction resistant elements to resist creeping to minimize movement of the carpets on the surface on which it is placed.
  • the dust control mat 10 is made as a unit and is as such provided to rental laundries.
  • the rental laundries rent the mats 10 to a user of a period basis of a week, month, etc. Then the rental laundry picks up the mat, replaces it with a clean mat and takes the soiled mat back for cleaning.
  • the rubber-like backing material is fairly thick and heavy only a preselected number of mats can be washed and dried at one time. This process is slow due to the small number of mats that can be processed at one time and has a harsh, deleterious effect on the rubber-like material due to repeated washing and drying of same.
  • the herein-described mat 10 eliminates several of these disadvantages.
  • the rental laundry now can place base mat 14 in situ at its customer's location and merely remove and replace the pile fabric 12.
  • the cleats 22 on the bottom of pile fabric 12 allow it to be placed in a fixed position of the rubber-like base 14 by interengagement with the cleats 24 on the upper surface thereof.
  • the pile fabric 12 becomes soiled it can be removed from the base 14 and replaced by a clean pile fabric.
  • the consumption of energy is less since there is less material to wash and dry.
  • the base rubber-like material remains in situ at the customer's location with its lower cleats engaging the surface on which it has been placed.
  • the lower surface of the pile fabric 12 and the upper surface of the base mat 14 are treated to increase the friction resistance so that one will not slide relative to another and remain in interengagement.
  • this treatment involves the formation of cleats therein but other methods may be employed.
  • the undersurface of the fabric 12 could be coated with latex, foamed latex, a rubber/vinyl material, foamed rubber, hot melts, etc., while the rubber-like mat 14 surface could be coated like above, embossed or textured to provide a cooperating surface.
  • Other combinations are possible so long as the mating surfaces are treated to provide a releasable engaging connection between the pile fabric 12 and rubber-like base mat 14.
EP88311775A 1988-01-20 1988-12-13 Zweiteilige Fussmatte Expired - Lifetime EP0325040B1 (de)

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JP (1) JPH0217023A (de)
AT (1) ATE109639T1 (de)
CA (1) CA1318764C (de)
DE (1) DE3851048T2 (de)
DK (1) DK22889A (de)

Cited By (9)

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WO1999053811A1 (en) * 1998-04-16 1999-10-28 Act - Advanced Cleaning Technics Ab Mat for use at entrances and the like for wiping shoes or other soiled objects
WO2001012429A1 (en) * 1999-08-13 2001-02-22 Milliken & Company Cushioned carpeted floor covering article comprising at least one integrated rubber protrusion
US6420015B1 (en) 2000-09-27 2002-07-16 Milliken & Company Cushioned rubber floor mat and process
US6455123B1 (en) * 1998-09-08 2002-09-24 Ernest B. Poe, Sr. Nonslip padded mat
US6589631B1 (en) 2000-10-04 2003-07-08 Milliken & Company Flashless rubber floor mat and method
USRE38422E1 (en) 1999-08-13 2004-02-10 Milliken & Co. Cushioned carpeted floor mat with at least one cushioning integrated rubber protrusion
US6709728B2 (en) * 1999-09-24 2004-03-23 Milliken & Company Cleated anti-creep floor mats
US6921502B1 (en) 2000-09-01 2005-07-26 Milliken & Company Cushioned rubber floor mat article and method
WO2017023594A1 (en) * 2015-08-05 2017-02-09 Milliken & Company Installation of multi-component floor mat

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JPH04210036A (ja) * 1990-12-08 1992-07-31 Tigers Polymer Corp マット
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DE427909C (de) * 1926-04-17 Otto Kossack Unterlagplatte fuer Teppiche
US2065450A (en) * 1935-09-04 1936-12-22 Gordon Peter Padding for carpets and the like
FR981094A (fr) * 1948-02-24 1951-05-22 Revêtement en caoutchouc pour planchers
US2763587A (en) * 1953-05-07 1956-09-18 Masland C H & Sons Tile floor covering
DE2601712A1 (de) * 1976-01-19 1977-07-21 Heinrich Beck Kg Fussbodenmatte
US4479280A (en) * 1979-12-24 1984-10-30 Duskin Franchise Kabushiki Kaisha Mat base plate
DE8620256U1 (de) * 1986-02-28 1986-11-20 Tasibel N.V., Hamme, Be

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE427909C (de) * 1926-04-17 Otto Kossack Unterlagplatte fuer Teppiche
US2065450A (en) * 1935-09-04 1936-12-22 Gordon Peter Padding for carpets and the like
FR981094A (fr) * 1948-02-24 1951-05-22 Revêtement en caoutchouc pour planchers
US2763587A (en) * 1953-05-07 1956-09-18 Masland C H & Sons Tile floor covering
DE2601712A1 (de) * 1976-01-19 1977-07-21 Heinrich Beck Kg Fussbodenmatte
US4479280A (en) * 1979-12-24 1984-10-30 Duskin Franchise Kabushiki Kaisha Mat base plate
DE8620256U1 (de) * 1986-02-28 1986-11-20 Tasibel N.V., Hamme, Be

Cited By (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999053811A1 (en) * 1998-04-16 1999-10-28 Act - Advanced Cleaning Technics Ab Mat for use at entrances and the like for wiping shoes or other soiled objects
US6455123B1 (en) * 1998-09-08 2002-09-24 Ernest B. Poe, Sr. Nonslip padded mat
WO2001012429A1 (en) * 1999-08-13 2001-02-22 Milliken & Company Cushioned carpeted floor covering article comprising at least one integrated rubber protrusion
US6296919B1 (en) * 1999-08-13 2001-10-02 Milliken & Company Cushioned carpeted floor mat with at least one cushioning integrated rubber protrusion
USRE38422E1 (en) 1999-08-13 2004-02-10 Milliken & Co. Cushioned carpeted floor mat with at least one cushioning integrated rubber protrusion
US6709728B2 (en) * 1999-09-24 2004-03-23 Milliken & Company Cleated anti-creep floor mats
US6921502B1 (en) 2000-09-01 2005-07-26 Milliken & Company Cushioned rubber floor mat article and method
US6420015B1 (en) 2000-09-27 2002-07-16 Milliken & Company Cushioned rubber floor mat and process
US6589631B1 (en) 2000-10-04 2003-07-08 Milliken & Company Flashless rubber floor mat and method
WO2017023594A1 (en) * 2015-08-05 2017-02-09 Milliken & Company Installation of multi-component floor mat
US11771253B2 (en) 2015-08-05 2023-10-03 Milliken & Company Installation of multi-component floor mat
US11779144B2 (en) 2015-08-05 2023-10-10 Milliken & Company Installation of multi-component floor mat

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EP0325040B1 (de) 1994-08-10
CA1318764C (en) 1993-06-08
DE3851048D1 (de) 1994-09-15
ATE109639T1 (de) 1994-08-15
DK22889A (da) 1989-07-21
JPH0217023A (ja) 1990-01-22
DE3851048T2 (de) 1995-04-06
DK22889D0 (da) 1989-01-19

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