IP Library Granted Patent US 8,603,605
Granted Patent B2
US 8,603,605 · App. 13/136,985 · Granted Dec 10, 2013

Contour sink mat

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Patent No.
US 8,603,605
App. No.
13/136,985
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sink mat made of soft, pliable material comprising a set of slits defining flaps in said sink mat enabling said sink mat to fit in a sink smaller than said sink mat and for the flaps to curve against the walls of said sink and overlap and lie flat against each other.

Claims (6)

1. A sink mat comprising:

a soft and pliable body portion configured to fit into a sink, said body portion having a rectangular configuration with four rounded corners and exterior edges extending along the rectangular portion and around said respective four corners

a set of straight slots extending inwardly from said spaced exterior edges along said respective four rounded corners of said sink mat to define flaps around said sink mat, said straight slots dividing said respective corners into symmetrical halves, said straight slots consisting respectively of a single straight slot; and

a set of apertures disposed across said sink mat, each of said apertures consisting of rectangular apertures for draining water;

wherein said flaps bend when said sink mat is placed in a sink smaller than said sink mat, said flaps curving over each other at said respective slots when forced to do so by the walls of the sink in which said sink mat has been placed, and wherein said sink mat is devoid of any openings other than said set of slots and said set of apertures.

2. A sink mat according to claim 1 wherein said sink mat is made of PVC 60-65 durometer.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2025
From: INTERDESIGN, INC.
To: TIGER FINANCE, LLC
Reel/Frame 072339/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 31, 2025
From: ACF FINCO I LP
To: TIGER FINANCE, LLC
Reel/Frame 072292/0482 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2024
From: INTERDESIGN, INC.; INTERDESIGN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; INTERDESIGN SPV LLC; PARK 31B LLC
To: ACF FINCO I LP
Reel/Frame 068730/0699 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: INTERDESIGN, INC.
Reel/Frame 068735/0110 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2019
From: INTERDESIGN, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049744/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2011
From: DRETZKA, PHILIP C.
To: INTERDESIGN, INC.
Reel/Frame 026832/0381 →