US1465550A - Mat - Google Patents

Description

Aug. 21, 1923.

' A. C. HAYDEN MAT Filed March 15. 1922 /N l ENTOR A TTO REY name c. Barium, en 5.. r;

a umm summon 15,1022. Serial 1!. meta.

wear out, and must be re laced by new.

ones. A good durable mat or automobiles and other uses, may comprise a checkerwork or assembl of leather blocks, preferably formed of leather laminations strung on wires or tie-rods to hold the blocks in their assembled relation.

The margins of the mat adjacent the side doors of the automobile, experience considerable wear, and sometimes persons entering the automobile, when stepping on these edges of the mat, are liable to slip and experience I serious in'j ury.

One of the purposes of the present invention, therefore, is to provide margins or edges of a' mat such a referred to, with means to increase the durability thereof, and prevent persons stepping thereon from slipping.

ith the aforesaid and other purposes in view, the character of the invention will be best understood by reference to the followmg description of one good form thereof,

shown in the accompanying drawing,where- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a mat embodymg the invention;

-Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale is a perspective view of a portion of the mat; and Figs. 3 and 4, are details to be referred to. Referring to the drawing, the that shown therein as one good formof the invention,

.coin rises an assembly'of blocks orj; elements 1 w 'ch may be formed of leatheror other appropriate material. 'In the present instance, each of these blochi is formed of four leather laminations 3, but the number of the laminations may bevaried as desired.

The blocks may be arranged in rows, and the blocks of adjacent rows ma overlap one another somewhat, thereby giving themat a checkerworl: appearance.

mat ma Suitable means may be provided for securing the block or elements in assembled relation. This means, in the present instance, comprises tie-rods or loops 5 which,

may be formed of material. Y

These tie-rods may be entered through registering hole in the overlapping tions of the blocks of adjacent rows. construction is such that the mat may flex wire or other suitable along lines. parallel to the ax es of thetie-' rods. I

In some instances it is desirable that the longitu inal axes ofthe tie-rods. To. ac-

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flex along line transverse to the complish this, inthe present instance, a

sing e wire loop such as the link 5 referred to, does not extend theentire length of the mat, but a plurality of such wire 100 s are arranged in alinement, and the ad acent ends of the alined wire loops may be connected by flattened sleeve 7;. The construcii'ex along the axes of said sleeves. I The mat as a whole may b constructed of suitable form and size for thepurposes to which themat is to be put. In the present tion is such that the-mat ma instance, the matis formed topresent an elongated central aperture 9 adapted to receive the usual heater for the body of the automobile. The mat may also be formed to present recesses 11 adjacent an edge thereof to accommodate the usual automobile control levers.

To contribute to the strength of the mat,

the blocks at opposed edges thereof may made somewhat larger than the blocks in the-body of the mat,.and rods 13 may be. My

entered through registerin holes adjacent the outer ends of these blocks. The

terminals of these rods may upset to secure them in position. v

' The means for preventing sllppmg of persons'step ing on a mar in or margins of the mat, suc for examp e, as those adjacent .the. side doors of the automobile, may be off any suitable construction. In the present instance, this means' comprises lates 15 of metal or other suitable materia and havi a general shape similar to the leather lamnations. The .upper edges may be formed to present angular'points 17, or to other 'uivalent cw, preferably promoting some-, w at above t e upper surface of the mat. These plates may be interp between 'leat her laminations of the. blocks; and, some 7 ter may j larger plates. operate with of the platesmay desirably be at the outer iacesofthe edge blocks. o

The wire loops 5 referred to, may be entered through pairs of holes in the plates and thereby secure the latter inassembled relation with the leather laminations.

The plates adjacent the terminals of the strengthening rods ina 'bevmade somewhat larger than the other p ates, in order to conform to the size of the larger leather blocks through which the rods extend, and the latbe'entered through holes in these The latter will desirably cothe upset ends of the rods to secure the same.

The plates having the pointed or rough tread edges, not only tend to prevent slipping, of persons stepping on the margins of the mat, but also materially contribute to the strength and durability of the latter.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiment shown and that var1ous deviations may be made neeaeeo therefrom without departing from the spirit and? s eeps of the appended claims.

'What is"clain1ed is LA mat comprising an assembly of blocks fori'nedejf leatherlaminations, wires entered through said blocks to hold the same in assembled relation, and metal plates interposed, between the leather laminations of blocks at a margin of the mat, said plates bging provided with upper slip preventing e es.

5. A mat comprising an assembly of blocks formed of leather laminations, the blocks at a margin of the mat having plates at the outer faces of said blocks and intermediate the laminations thereof, said plates being provided with rough upper edges tending to prevent slipping of persons stepping on margin of the mat.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ARTHUR o. HAYDEN.

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