JP3124198U - Multi-function mat - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a multifunctional mat with a small thickness that can be used as a water absorbing / holding mat and a cushion mat with a single mat.
A water-repellent layer is formed on one side and a water-absorbing and water-retaining layer is formed on the other side, and used as a water-absorbing mat in an expanded state so that the water-repellent layer is on the outside and the water-absorbing and water-retaining layer is on the inside. By folding, the multifunctional mat 10 can be used as a cushion mat. Since it can be used together, it is not expensive and does not require storage space. Since it is only necessary to exhibit cushioning properties in the folded state, the thickness of the expanded state can be reduced. The water absorbing / retaining water layer 11 is divided into two parts to form a divided part 11a, which is easily bent at an interval part 12a therebetween. Moreover, the hook-and-loop fastener 13 is attached to both sides. Therefore, the shape stability in the folded state is excellent. If the total thickness of the water-absorbing / retaining water layer 11 and the water-repellent layer 12 before folding is 3 mm to 20 mm, it is thin and easy to use, the material cost is low, and the cushioning property is sufficient.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a multifunctional mat that can be used as a water absorbing / retaining mat in a spread state and can be used as a cushion mat in a folded state.

  Conventionally, a plurality of mats having different uses are used in stores such as convenience stores and supermarkets.

For example, in a cash register installation place, a cushion mat is laid on the floor in order to reduce the burden on the legs and legs of a cashier who is standing at one place.
In addition, on rainy days, at the book rack installation site, an absorbent mat is placed on the floor so that rainwater adhering to the shoes of customers who choose books does not collect on the floor.

Although none of these are very inconvenient, there will be a cost if prepared separately.
Also, it takes up space when not in use.

  On the other hand, it is possible to give the water absorbing / retaining mat a thickness so as to have a cushioning property as well, but since the weight increases, it is inconvenient to carry and the material cost also increases.

  In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a multifunctional mat having a relatively small thickness that can be used as a water absorbing / holding mat and a cushion mat with a single mat.

In order to solve the above-described problems, one surface of the multifunction mat according to the present invention is constituted by a water repellent layer made of a water repellent material, and the other surface is made of a water absorbing / retaining layer made of a water absorbing material or a water retaining material.
Then, it is used as a water absorbing / retaining mat in a spread state, and can be used as a cushion mat by folding it so that the water repellent layer is on the outside and the water absorbing / retaining layer is on the inside.

In this way, since one mat can be used in common, the cost is lower than when two types of mats are prepared.
Also, at the time of storage, since only one sheet that has been required in the past is needed, there is no space.

Furthermore, since it is only necessary to exhibit cushioning properties in the folded state, the thickness in the expanded state may be relatively small.
As described above, since the thickness can be suppressed to the same level as that of the conventional mat product, there is no concern that the burden of transportation increases and the material cost is increased.

Dividing the water-absorbing water layer into a plurality of divided portions, providing a predetermined interval between adjacent divided portions, and forming the bendable portion by this interval portion, the interval portion is thin, so that it is easy to fold and is convenient. improves.
In addition, since the thickness of the gap portion is small in this way, the restoring elasticity of the mat material reduces the force of spreading and returning to the original state, the shape is stable in the folded state, and it is easy to use as a cushion mat Get better.

When a detachable binding member such as a hook-and-loop fastener or a snap button is attached to the side portion of the surface formed by the water-absorbing water-retaining layer and is folded, the shape when used as a cushion mat becomes more stable.
Since this binding member is detachable, it can be used as a water-absorbing water mat again when the binding is released and spread.

  When the water-absorbing / holding material is a pile fabric or non-woven fabric, good water-absorbing / holding water is obtained, and furthermore, when folded, good cushioning properties are obtained.

  When the total thickness of the water-absorbing and water-repellent layers and the water-repellent layer before folding is 3 mm to 20 mm, sufficient cushioning properties in the folded state can be ensured while suppressing the thickness and the weight and material cost.

In JP-A-11-56583, a mat formed by tufting a large number of pile yarns on the surface of a base fabric and forming a rubber layer on the back surface is overlaid so that the pile yarn side surface is inside, A technique for forming a cushion mat by binding around the mating surfaces is shown.
However, in this case, after being bound at one end, it can no longer be used as a water absorbent mat such as a foot wipe mat.
Therefore, the idea as a multifunctional mat does not appear here.
In addition, since it is assumed to be bound, no means for suppressing the restoring elasticity of the material in the folded state is taken.
Therefore, the idea which stabilizes the shape of the mat | matte folded in the state which does not bind here does not appear.

  By providing a multifunctional mat that can be used as a water absorbing / retaining mat in the expanded state and can be used as a cushion mat in the folded state, cost reduction and space saving can be achieved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the multifunction mat 10 having a rectangular shape in plan view according to the embodiment has a two-layer structure in which a water absorbing / retaining layer 11 made of a water absorbing material or a water retaining material and a water repellent layer 12 made of a water repellent material are laminated. It has become.
As shown in the figure, the water repellent layer 12 is continuous in the longitudinal direction of the multifunctional mat 10, and the water absorbing / retaining layer 11 is divided into two substantially in the middle in the longitudinal direction of the multifunctional mat 10, each of which is a divided portion. 11a is formed.
These two layers 11 and 12 are bonded together.
Further, as shown in the figure, a predetermined interval is provided between the adjacent divided portions 11a, and the multifunction mat 10 has a single layer structure composed of the water-repellent layer 12 in this interval portion 12a. The thickness is smaller than
The total thickness of the water absorbing / retaining layer 11 and the water repellent layer 12 is about 3 mm to 20 mm.

Here, as the water repellent material, rubber and elastomer are suitable.
Specifically, natural rubber, styrene-based, butadiene-based, chloroprene-based, polyurethane-based, acrylic-based, polyester-based, and polyolefin-based resins are considered, and these have moderate elasticity and are particularly excellent in water repellency.

As the water-absorbing material and water-retaining material, pile fabric and nonwoven fabric are suitable.
Specifically, polyamide-based, polyolefin-based, acrylic-based, and polyester-based resins are conceivable. These are flexible and particularly excellent in water absorption and water retention.
When a pile fabric is used as a water absorbing material or a water retaining material, the water absorbing and retaining layer 11 is formed of a base fabric and pile yarn tufted on the base fabric, and the surface form of the pile is a cut pile or a loop. Pile, cut loop pile, etc.

  Moreover, as shown in the drawing, a pair of male and female hook-and-loop fasteners 13 are attached to both sides in the longitudinal direction of the surface on the water-absorbing / retaining water layer 11 side.

  The configuration of the multifunction mat 10 according to the embodiment is as described above. Next, a method of using the same will be described.

First, when the multifunctional mat 10 is used as a water absorbing / retaining mat, as shown in FIG. 1, the water repellent layer 12 is directed to the floor side and the water absorbing / retaining layer 11 is directed to the ceiling side, as shown in FIG. Place.
When a person passes over the mat 10 on a rainy day or the like, the moisture on the shoes is absorbed or retained by the water-absorbing / retaining layer.
Moreover, since the water-repellent layer 12 corresponding to the floor surface does not pass moisture, moisture does not penetrate and the floor surface is not wetted.

Next, when this multifunctional mat 10 is used as a cushion mat, as shown in FIG. 2, the water-absorbing / water-retaining layer 11 is on the inner side and the water-repellent layer 12 is on the outer side, as shown in FIG. Bend at the space 12a between 11a and fold it in half.
Then, the hook-and-loop fasteners 13 are engaged with each other and placed on the floor surface.
Since the space | interval part 12a to be bent consists of a single layer of the water-repellent layer 12, the thickness is small and easy to fold, and the restoring elasticity is small.
Further, the hook-and-loop fasteners 13 are engaged with each other in a folded state.
Therefore, the shape in the folded state is very stable.
When a person is placed on the folded mat 10, the flexible water-absorbing water-retaining layer 11 that is folded and increased in thickness by two times exhibits good cushioning properties and reduces the burden on the legs.

In this embodiment, the water absorbing / retaining water layer 11 is divided into two in the longitudinal direction of the multifunction mat 10, but the dividing direction and the number of divisions of the water absorbing / retaining water layer 11 are not limited thereto.
For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the multifunction mat 10 may be divided into two in the short direction.
Moreover, you may divide the water absorbing / retaining water layer 11 into three so that it can be folded in three, or may be divided into four so that it can be folded in four.
If the material of the multifunctional mat 10 is excellent in shape stability in the folded state, the spacing portion 12a and the hook-and-loop fastener 13 can be omitted.

  Hereinafter, more detailed examples will be given to further clarify the contents of the present invention.

As Example 1, a multifunctional mat using a pile fabric was produced.
A total of 240 decitex ultra-fine nylon yarns were prepared by twisting two single yarns having a thickness of 10 decitex.
Using a tuft machine with a pile density of 1/8 gauge, the pile height is set to 7.5 mm, and a nonwoven fabric base fabric having a basis weight of 100 g / m ² has a pile portion of 45 cm in the gauge direction (lateral direction). Tufting was performed in the order of 2 cm pile portion and 45 cm pile portion.
After the pile fabric was subjected to a retaining process, a polyolefin-based 1 mm-thick sheet was bonded to the back surface, cut into 180 cm in the length direction, and surface fasteners were attached to both sides to prepare a multifunctional mat.

As Example 2, a multifunctional mat using a nonwoven fabric was produced.
Two 5 mm thick, 45 cm wide polyester nonwoven fabrics punched by needles were juxtaposed at 2.5 cm intervals, bonded to the same polyolefin sheet as in Example 1, and cut into 180 cm in the length direction. A multifunctional mat was produced by attaching a hook-and-loop fastener to the side.

When the multifunctional mats of Examples 1 and 2 were used in a state where the floor surface side was expanded as a polyolefin sheet surface, good water absorption and retention water was exhibited as a water absorption and retention mat.
Moreover, when these were folded in half in the middle with the polyolefin sheet surface outside, and hook-and-loop fasteners were engaged with each other, good cushioning properties were exhibited as a cushion mat.
The thickness of the mat of Example 1 is 8.5 mm, and the thickness of the mat of Example 2 is 6 mm. Each mat is very thin and convenient to carry, and the cost for manufacturing, especially the material cost, is low. Met.

(A) which shows the state which expanded the multifunctional mat of embodiment, (b) is a side view The side view which shows the state which folded the multifunctional mat of embodiment The top view which shows the state which expanded the multifunctional mat of other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Multifunctional mat 11 Water absorbing / retaining layer 11a Dividing part 12 Water repellent layer 12a Spacing part 13 Surface fastener

Claims (5)

One side is formed with a water-repellent layer made of a water-repellent material, and the other side is formed with a water-absorbing / holding layer made of a water-absorbing material or a water-holding material,
Use as a water-absorbing and retaining mat in the expanded state,
A multifunctional mat used as a cushion mat by folding it so that the water repellent layer is on the outside and the water-absorbing and retaining layer is on the inside.   The multifunctional mat according to claim 1, wherein the water-absorbing / water-retaining layer is divided into a plurality of divided portions, a predetermined interval is provided between adjacent divided portions, and the mat can be bent at the interval portions.   The multifunctional mat according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a detachable binding member is attached to a side portion of the surface formed by the water-absorbing and water-retaining layer.   The multifunctional mat according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the water-absorbing and retaining material is a pile fabric or a nonwoven fabric.   The multifunctional mat according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the total thickness of the water absorbing / retaining layer and the water repellent layer before folding is 3 mm to 20 mm.

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