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Granted Patent B2
US 9,289,085 · App. 14/630,232 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Floor matting

Inventor: Bruce A. Thrush (San Juan Capistrano, CA)
Assignee: PARALLAX GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLC
A47G27/0218B32B3/02B32B3/06B32B3/10B32B3/263B32B3/30B32B5/18B32B5/32B32B25/04B32B25/14E01C13/045E04F15/10B32B2250/02B32B2250/22B32B2266/025B32B2266/0221B32B2266/0278B32B2307/404B32B2471/04E01C2201/14E04F2201/095Y10T428/24612
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Patent No.
US 9,289,085
App. No.
14/630,232
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Floor mats comprising two layers bonded together with an undulating boundary between them. The surface color and/or surface texture of the first layer being different from the surface color and/or surface texture of the second layer. The mats having an interlocking periphery boundary adapted so the mats can be interlocked with adjoining mats to form a continuous planar mat flooring.

Claims (19)

1. A reversible floor matting comprising:

a body with an interlocking peripheral wall having a plurality of teeth and a plurality of receiving slots, the body comprising a first layer and a second layer that have the same coefficient of thermal expansion;

wherein the first layer has a first color and the second layer has a second color that is different than the first color; and

wherein the first layer and second layer are bound together to form an undulating inner boundary therebetween.

2. The floor matting according to claim 1 wherein the body has a general overall shape selected from the group consisting of rectangular shapes, triangular shapes, square shapes, and hexagonal shapes.

3. The floor matting according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of teeth are sized and dimensioned to dovetail with a plurality of receiving slots of an interlocking peripheral wall of an adjacent floor mat, and the plurality of receiving slots are sized and dimensioned to dovetail with a plurality of teeth of an interlocking peripheral wall of the adjacent floor mat to lock the floor mats together.

4. The floor matting according to claim 1 wherein the interlocking peripheral wall has a thickness that is substantially the same as the thickness of the body.

5. The floor matting of claim 1 , wherein the first layer has a first texture and the second layer has a second texture that is different than the first texture.

6. The floor matting of claim 1 , wherein the first layer and the second layer have the same elastomeric properties.

7. The floor matting of claim 1 , wherein the body is square and comprises a first peripheral wall, a second peripheral wall adjacent to the first peripheral wall, a third peripheral wall adjacent to the second peripheral wall, and a fourth peripheral wall adjacent to the third peripheral wall.

8. The floor matting of claim 1 , wherein the first layer is formed by pressing and heating a first plurality of sheets of a first raw composition together.

9. The floor matting of claim 8 , wherein the second layer is formed by pressing and heating a second plurality of sheets of a second raw composition together.

10. The floor matting of claim 9 , wherein the first layer and second layer have the same chemical composition except for a different colorant.

11. The floor matting of claim 1 , wherein the body is made of a foam elastomeric material.

12. The floor matting of claim 11 , wherein the material comprises ethylene vinyl acetate polymer.

13. The floor matting of claim 12 , wherein the material comprises polyethylene polymer.

14. The floor matting of claim 13 , wherein the ethylene vinyl acetate polymer is virgin and the polyethylene polymer is recycled.

15. The floor matting of claim 1 , wherein the first layer has a first texture and the second layer has a second texture that is the same as the first texture.

16. The floor matting of claim 1 , wherein the first layer has a first texture and the second layer has a second texture that is different than the first texture.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 28, 2017
From: THRUSH, LINDA
To: PARALLAX GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 041772/0080 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2015
From: THRUSH, BRUCE A.
To: PARALLAX GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 035082/0857 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 11105182 · Apr 13, 2005
Continuation In Part 29203027 · Apr 8, 2004
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