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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Myron Ullman, Canfield, OH (US);
M. Robert Burman, Potomac, MD (US);
Ronald N. Kessler, Girard, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/10 ;
Abstract
A rubber or plastic floor mat has a series of parallel upper ribs ( ) on its upper surface which define slots ( ) in which respective strips ( ) or carpeting or the like are removably held. The strips are retained along their lengths by retaining means which run continually or continuously along the slots. The strip retainers include hook-and-loop fastening (e.g., VELCRO), and/or overhanging edges above the strip edges, preferably formed in one-piece fashion along the side of the upper ribs adjacent the slots. The overhangs may be interrupted, e.g., crenelated as seen from above, and may include bevels.