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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter N Ecker, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Proform, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428156 ; 428174 ; 428180 ;
Abstract
A nonskid structural surface (10) is disclosed. The nonskid surface (10) includes a plurality of planar strips (12) alternated with strips (14) having protrusions (16). Protrusion strips (14) preferably have pyramidal-shaped protrusions (16) with adjacent rows of protrusions (16) staggered and alternate rows aligned with one another. Each protrusion (16) has a four-sided pyramidal shape with a rounded apex (20) and a base (18) of four corners. A longer length between one set of opposite corners than width between a second set of opposite corners is preferred.