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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Macneil Ip Llc, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Inventors:
David F. MacNeil, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Frederick W. Masanek, Jr., Barrington, IL (US);
Stephen Lipa, Mokena, IL (US);
Assignee:
MacNeil IP LLC, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 7/00 (2006.01); A47G 29/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 29/00 (2013.01); A45C 7/00 (2013.01); F16M 13/00 (2013.01); F16M 2200/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A foldable mat has a flat flexible base portion with a margin and has finger tabs integrally molded with the base portion out of a polymeric material. The finger tabs extend upward from the base portion. The finger tabs can be grasped and pulled upward to allow the mat to fold so that the bottom surface halves of the mat fold inward on each other, masking the potentially contaminated bottom surface of the mat from contact with anything else. The mat can then be stored in a folded condition.