US1401333A - Asbestos table-mat - Google Patents

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G. R. HEALEY.

ASBESTOS TABLE MAT. APPLICATION men FEB. 25. I920.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

GE E HEALEY 6/ 4 2M ditgazzgu GEORGE B. KELLEY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

ASBESTOS TABLE-HAT.

Speciflcati on 0! Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

Application fled February 26, 1920. Serial No. 361,345.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. HEALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Asbestos Table- Mats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a protecting cover for dining tables or the like and has for its ob'ect to provide an extensible protecting ta le mat, and the invention consists of the construction and details, an bodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and described and claimed herein.

Figure 1 is a plan view of improved mat, parts being assembled and partly assembled for use.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of an end of the mat partly broken away to show details of construction.

Fig. 3 is a tranverse section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the intermediate extension leaf partly broken away.

The improve table mat is shown as comprising a suitable number of sections which in the present case include semi-circular end sections 2 adapted for use on a circular table, but it is understood that the sections may be of any desired contour or shape in plan. End sections 2 are disconnected from each other and form complete and reversible and interchangeable umts which may be arranged with their diametrical edges together to form a complete circle to form a circular mat when a dining table is contracted to the circular form. If it be desired to use the mat on an extension table, then the end mat units 22 are obviously separated and one or more intermediate extension leaves, of which one is indicated at 3, are introduced between the diametrical ed es of the end units.

The several sections or unit members preferably comprise an outer cloth or other suitable covering sheet on u per and lower faces, as indicated at 4, this coverin sheet inclosing an inner body structure, pre erably of asbestos or some good non-conducting material, and in this case the inner body is shown as com rising a lurality of layers of asbestos boar indicated at 4' and 5. These boards may be of any desired width and length but for the purpose of enabling the compact foldin of the entire mat into small compass for t e conservation of storage space, the inner body boards are of such len 11 and width as to enable the units to be fol ed along suitable lines such as indicated at 6 in the several views. Each of the subdivisions of a unit has the outer margins of its superposed boards 45 connected by a selvage or strip 7 of cloth preferably cut on the bias as indicated 1n the drawing so that the selvage strip or binding may be laid around the curved edges of the several units without crinkling. The binding selvage or strip may be stitched as along the lines of stitching indicated at 8. This leaves the boards 4-5 of each sub-division otherwise free between their adjacent surfaces and the parallel edges of difi'erent sub-divisions of a unit are foldably connected together so that one sub-division can be folded over the other along the lines 6. An effective means for connecting contiguous edges of folding subsections may, and preferably does, comprise short elastic transverse strlps 9, a number of which may be placed at desired spaces along contiguous edges as clearly shown in Fig. 2 and serve therefore as hinges to connect but lpermit the folding of the sub-sections of t e unit. By forming the hinge or connecting members 9 of the elastic material they not only permit the ready folding of sub-sections one over the other but they also serve to draw the contiguous edges closely together when the units are arranged in an open position in a plane.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my inv tion as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a protecting mat for tables, a unit having substantially rigid subsections, each of which comprises a plurality of layers of relatively thin stiflt' material, elastic hinges connecting the adjacent edges of the subsections to permit the same to be folded, one over the other, the end portions of said elastic hinges being positioned between the sheets of material forming said subsections, and binding strips covering the outer edges of said subsections.

2. In a protecting mat for tables, a unit having substantially rigid subsections. each of which comprises a plurality of layers of relatively thin stiff material, elastic hinges connecting the adjacent edges of the sub sections to permit the same to be folded one over the other, the end portions of said elastic hinges being positioned between the sheets of material forming said subsections, binding strips covering the outer edges of said subsections, and a flexible sheet covering the entire unit.

In testimony Whereoi I have signed my name to this specification.

GEO. R. HEALEY.

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