EP0556967A2 - Fussmatte mit Stollen - Google Patents

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EP0556967A2
EP0556967A2 EP93300706A EP93300706A EP0556967A2 EP 0556967 A2 EP0556967 A2 EP 0556967A2 EP 93300706 A EP93300706 A EP 93300706A EP 93300706 A EP93300706 A EP 93300706A EP 0556967 A2 EP0556967 A2 EP 0556967A2
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John Hunter Murray
Robert Charles Kerr
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Milliken Research Corp
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Priority claimed from US07/836,604 external-priority patent/US5170526A/en
Priority claimed from US07/858,642 external-priority patent/US5227214A/en
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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
    • A47L23/26—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 whore 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 mats 10 consist of pile yarns 14 of nylon, cotton, polyester, etc. tufted through a woven or nonwoven substrate 16 of suitable material with the bottom 18 of the tufts adhered to the rubber or rubber-like backing 20 during vulcanization. Molded integral with or otherwise secured to the bottom of the backing 20 are a plurality of anti-creep cleats 22 and 23. Each of the mats commonly have a border portion 24 therearound.
  • the cleats 22 are elliptical shaped with the length of the major axis thereof being substantially longer than the length of the minor axis. In other words the length of the cleat 22 is substantially longer than the width thereof on the order of 5 to 1.
  • the floor or surface engaging surface of the cleat is rough ended or pebbled to increase the friction resistance thereof.
  • each cleat in any one row is parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the cleats 22 in the next adjacent rows.
  • the major axis of each cleat forms an angle of approximately 45° to the border portion 24. It con be seen that the cleats 22 are widely spaced one from the other with approximately two cleats per 4 square inches of back mat surface.
  • the cleats 23 in each row lie in a plane which is substantially parallel to the adjacent cleats 22 in the row and spaced equally distant therefrom.
  • there are six substantially circular cleats 23 in each line between the cleats 22 but such number is only preferred and other numbers of cleats 23 may be used, if desired.
  • This limited number of circular cleats 23 in the arrangement shown maintaing a high resistance to mat creep when placed over looped pile type carpets when the individual circular cleat diameters do not exceed 3/32 inch.
  • the plane passing through the circular cleats 23 in each set is it an angle approximately equal to the angle of the major axis of the cleats to the border portion 24.
  • the above-described cleat arrangement provides hard floor creep performance about equal to a flat-back design but has significantly better creep performance than the small cleats abundantly used on current dust control mats.
  • the new cleat pattern provides cleats of much larger size with significantly less cleats being required and increases the friction resistance between the mat and a wet floor similar to the action of the treads of an automobile tire on a wet road. This results in a less aggressive scrubbing action against the mat pile during laundry processing in the washwheel and significantly reduced linting.
  • the rubber molding pads now become much easier to fabricate and it is thought that they can be produced on a simple rotary die cutter rather than the costly vertical die cutting procedure now being used. The resulting pads should also be much more resistant to tearing due to the greater spacing between cleats.
EP19930300706 1992-02-18 1993-02-01 Fussmatte mit Stollen Ceased EP0556967A3 (de)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US07/836,604 US5170526A (en) 1992-02-18 1992-02-18 Dust control mat with improved cleat
US07/858,642 US5227214A (en) 1992-03-27 1992-03-27 Anti-creep mat
US836604 1992-03-27
US858642 1992-03-27

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EP0556967A2 true EP0556967A2 (de) 1993-08-25
EP0556967A3 EP0556967A3 (de) 1993-10-06

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Cited By (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1995013731A1 (en) * 1993-11-15 1995-05-26 S. Berendsen Ab Floor mat arrangement
EP0702929A1 (de) * 1994-08-26 1996-03-27 Milliken Research Corporation Waschbare Türmatte mit Ozonwiderstand
EP1075937A2 (de) * 1999-08-13 2001-02-14 Milliken & Company Gepolsterter Bodenbelag aus mit Teppich belegten Platten enthaltend mindestens eine integrale Erhebung aus Gummi
USD734062S1 (en) 2013-11-01 2015-07-14 Custom Accessories, Inc. Floor mat retaining cleat
USD796228S1 (en) 2016-06-23 2017-09-05 Custom Accessories, Inc. Floor mat retaining cleat

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3578738A (en) * 1969-02-25 1971-05-18 Bissell Inc Floor mat
FR2510633A3 (fr) * 1981-07-28 1983-02-04 Sirs Soc Int Revetements Sol Revetement de sol permeable, imitant le gazon, muni d'un envers drainant
US4478901A (en) * 1982-11-29 1984-10-23 Teknor Apex Company Floor mat construction
GB2171902A (en) * 1985-03-08 1986-09-10 Cannon Rubber Ltd Floor mat
US4902554A (en) * 1988-06-30 1990-02-20 Milliken Research Corporation Vulcanized rubber article, method for production of same, and label to be used for the method

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3578738A (en) * 1969-02-25 1971-05-18 Bissell Inc Floor mat
FR2510633A3 (fr) * 1981-07-28 1983-02-04 Sirs Soc Int Revetements Sol Revetement de sol permeable, imitant le gazon, muni d'un envers drainant
US4478901A (en) * 1982-11-29 1984-10-23 Teknor Apex Company Floor mat construction
GB2171902A (en) * 1985-03-08 1986-09-10 Cannon Rubber Ltd Floor mat
US4902554A (en) * 1988-06-30 1990-02-20 Milliken Research Corporation Vulcanized rubber article, method for production of same, and label to be used for the method

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1995013731A1 (en) * 1993-11-15 1995-05-26 S. Berendsen Ab Floor mat arrangement
US5811165A (en) * 1993-11-15 1998-09-22 S. Berendsen Ab Floor mat arrangement
EP0702929A1 (de) * 1994-08-26 1996-03-27 Milliken Research Corporation Waschbare Türmatte mit Ozonwiderstand
US5902662A (en) * 1994-08-26 1999-05-11 Milliken & Company Launderable floor mat with ozone resistance
EP1075937A2 (de) * 1999-08-13 2001-02-14 Milliken & Company Gepolsterter Bodenbelag aus mit Teppich belegten Platten enthaltend mindestens eine integrale Erhebung aus Gummi
EP1075937A3 (de) * 1999-08-13 2002-01-09 Milliken & Company Gepolsterter Bodenbelag aus mit Teppich belegten Platten enthaltend mindestens eine integrale Erhebung aus Gummi
AU777243B2 (en) * 1999-08-13 2004-10-07 Milliken & Company Cushioned carpeted floor covering article comprising at least one integrated rubber protrusion
USD734062S1 (en) 2013-11-01 2015-07-14 Custom Accessories, Inc. Floor mat retaining cleat
USD796228S1 (en) 2016-06-23 2017-09-05 Custom Accessories, Inc. Floor mat retaining cleat

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EP0556967A3 (de) 1993-10-06
JP3308017B2 (ja) 2002-07-29
JPH05337072A (ja) 1993-12-21

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