IP Library Granted Patent US 9,004,967
Granted Patent B2
US 9,004,967 · App. 13/872,685 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Skidproof sports mat

Inventor: Tzong In Yeh (Fremont, CA)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,004,967
App. No.
13/872,685
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sports mat includes a foam sheet, an adhesive bonding film, a patterned layer and a skid proof layer. The foam sheet is made of polyethylene foam. The adhesive bonding film applied to a top surface of the foam sheet. The patterned layer has a plastic film and a pattern printed in a bottom surface of the plastic film. The plastic film together with the pattern is joined on top of the adhesive bonding film. The skid proof layer, made of thermal plastic rubber, is coated over a top surface of the plastic film. Additionally, the skid proof layer together with the patterned layer, the adhesive bonding film and the foam sheet defines a plurality of indentations and protrusions over a top surface of the skid proof layer so as to strengthen connection therebetween.

Claims (9)

1. A laminated object comprising:

a first foam layer;

a second foam layer laminated to a top surface of the first foam layer; and

an embedment embedded between the first foam layer and the second foam layer, the embedment having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front end surface and a rear end surface, the entire top surface of the embedment contacting with a bottom surface of the second foam layer, the entire bottom surface of the embedment contacting with the top surface of the first foam layer, the front end surface of the embedment exposing a front end surface of the first foam layer and a front end surface of the second foam layer, and the rear end surface of the embedment exposing a rear end surface of the first foam layer and a rear end surface of the second foam layer.

2. The laminated object of claim 1 wherein the first foam layer and the second foam layer are made of polyethylene foam.

3. The laminated object of claim 2 wherein a destiny of the first foam layer and the second foam layer is in the range of 2 to 8 pcf, a total thickness of the first foam layer and the second foam layer is in the range of 2 to 8 mm.

4. The laminated object of claim 1 further comprising a cover coated over a top surface of the second foam layer.

5. The laminated object of claim 4 wherein the cover consists of a plurality layers, and one of the layers is a plastic film.

6. The laminated object of claim 1 wherein the embedment is pliable.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2015
From: YEH, TZONG IN
To: AGIT GLOBAL IP HOLDINGS, LLC
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Continuity (8)
Continuation 12941699 · Nov 8, 2010
Continuation In Part 12370405 · Feb 12, 2009
Continuation In Part 12134704 · Jun 6, 2008
Continuation 10797094 · Mar 11, 2004
Continuation In Part 10040404 · Jan 9, 2002
Continuation In Part 12222470 · Aug 11, 2008
Continuation In Part 11653208 · Jan 16, 2007
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