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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1993
Roger D Wilson, Boise, ID (US);
Other;
Abstract
Various embodiments of a floor and countertop protector pad are shown and described, as well as the method of protecting a floor or countertop with the invented protector pad. The protector pad includes a barrier means that is a top layer of moisture-impermeable, and puncture-, tear-, and deformation-resistant high density polymeric film and a bottom layer of closed-cell polymeric foam bonded to the film. The film and foam thicknesses are selected to make the protector pad lightweight and easily rollable and unrollable into a flat and uncurled shape, while still performing the barrier and cushioning jobs. The film serves as the barrier to liquid spills and to gouging, scraping, or falling objects and deforms only slightly and in a shallow, spread-out manner. The foam efficiently adsorbs and dissipates the force of what little film deformation does occur and also lies over small debris and dirt on the floor or countertop to temporarily trap it and prevent it from being drug and scrapped along the floor or countertop.