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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1988
Roger L Rumsey, Wichita, KS (US);
Jorge O Andreo, Belle Plaine, KS (US);
Balco International, Inc., Wichita, KS (US);
Abstract
A floor mat is disclosed which provides a flexible, resilient, cushioned, tread surface and substantial foreign matter collection area. The preferred floor mat includes a plurality of elongated, flexible, resilient, spaced-apart, intercoupled rails. Each preferred rail includes a plurality of elongated, upstanding, spaced-apart cleaning structures extending upwardly from the rail top surface with a transverse wall between adjacent cleaning structures which together cooperatively define respective collection troughs. Each transverse wall includes a plurality of foreign matter removal openings and each rail includes a plurality of elongated, longitudinally disposed passageways extending substantially along the length of each rail and positioned respectively beneath a corresponding cleaning structure for cushioning impact on the cleaning structures.