US1045762A - Mat. - Google Patents

Description

E. P. WHITE.

MAT.

APPLICATION FILED 313.23, 1909.

. L045762a Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

EDMOND P. WHITE, OF CHICAGG, ILLINOIS.

MAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, i912.

Application led February 23, 1909. Serial No. 479,581.

r"o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDMOND P. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to improvements in the class of mats that ordinarily are made of rubber and similar material. Such mats when rolled are liable to crack or break, and it is one of the objects of this invention to provide a rubber mat which may be rolled up without injury.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mat from which worn portions may be removed and new portions substituted.

The invention also relates to the other improvements in mats hereinafter set forth.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of a mat embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a modication. Fig. A is a similar view of another modified form. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the form illustrated in Fig. A.

The mat shown in Fig. l is substantially rectangular, but it will be understood that a mat embodying the features of my invention may be any desired outline. As shown in Fig. l, the mat is sectional, each section consisting of a member l of rubber or similar material, which member may be of any suitable form, for example, in the form of a disk. rlhe members l are preferably separable one from the other; hence, in the present instance, each is represented as provided with a surrounding frame 2 which may be in the form of a ring, the members 1 being peripherally grooved as at 3 to receive the ring.

The means herein shown for securing the sections of the mat together consists of closed loops or links 4l connecting the rings 2 of adjacent sections. Notches 5 may be provided in the periphery of the members l to receive the ends of said links.

As suggested in Figs. 3 and l the sections of the mat need not be solid disks of rubber, but may comprise members 6 of annular form, said members 6 being stiffened by means such as a ring 7 engaging in a groove 8 in the walls of the central opening of the member.

Each section of the mat may have a covering or facing 9 upon its upper side, which covering may be of leather or other durable material. in Fig'. l such a covering has been shown as applied to the form of section represented in Fig. 3, the leather covering being attached to the rubber ring in the process of vulcanizing, or in any other suitable manner. lf desired, the covering 9 may have one or more metal wear plates 10 thereon, as indicated in Figs. A and 5. The wear plates may be in the form of rivets set in the covering 9.

A mat construct-ed in accordance with my invention is very flexible and may be rolled up from any side without injury to the mat. When any section of the mat becomes suiliciently worn to make desirable its renewal, it may be readily forced from its inclosing ring 2 and another section placed in said ring.

l would have it understood that I desire not to be limited to the details of construction herein shown and described, for various modiications will occur to persons skilled in the art.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a mat a plurality of sections each comprising a rubber member and a surrounding metallic frame, and links flexibly connecting said sections together so that the mat may be bent or rolled in any direction.

2. In a mat, a plurality of relatively thin horizontally disposed metallic rings arranged edge to edge, circular members of yielding material fitting in said rings, each of said members having a groove running about its periphery to receive its ring, and relatively small links each having its ends looped through two adjacent rings, whereby each ring is ieXibly connected to the rings surrounding it. v

3. A mat comprising a plurality of members of yielding material connected together, and a covering for each of said members.

t. A mat comprising a plurality of members of yielding material connected together, a covering for each of said members, and metallic wear plates fixed to said coverings.

5. A mat consisting of a plurality of similar sections, each section comprising a member of yielding material having an opening therein, a frame surrounding said member, a sti'ening part fitting in said opening, and a wearing covering on the upper side of said member and covering said opening.

6. A mat consisting of a plurality of similar sections, each section comprising a member of yielding material having an opening therein, a frame surrounding said member', a stiffening part fitting in said opening, a Wearing covering on the upper side oi said member and covering said opening, and metallic Wear plates fixed to said Wearing covering.

7. A mat comprising a plurality of rings fiexibly loosely connected together, circular members of yielding material fitting in said rings, and leather coverings for said members.

8. A mat comprising a plurality of rings flexibly connected together, circular members of yielding material fit-ting in said rings, leather coverings for said members, and a plurality of metallic Wear plates fixed to each of said leather coverings.

9. A mat comprising a plurality of rings connected together, annular members of yielding material fitting in said rings, rings tting in the inner surface of said annular members, and leatherl disks covering said annular members and the openings therein.

10. A mat comprising a plurality of rings connected together, annular members of yielding material fitting in said rings, rings fitting in the inner surface of said annular members, leather disks covering said annular members and the openings therein, and a plurality of metallic Wear plates fixed to each of said leather disks.

l1. A mat consisting of a plurality of substantially similar sections lying side by side and spaced apart, each section comprising a relatively thin metallic ring, a member of resilient material fitting in each ring and having a groove in its edge to receive said ring, and metallic loops extending through each ring and flexibly connecting each section to every adjacent section, said members having notches therein adapted to receive the ends of said loops and hold said loops in `position on said rings.

Vitnesses:

C. PAUL PARKER, GEORGE L. CHINDAHL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. GQ

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