Floor mat, system and method
CA 2416593 A1 · Owner: Streeton, Amy B. · Inventors: Brown, V. Christopher; Streeton, Amy B.
Overview
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A floor mat, system and method, wherein one embodiment of the mat comprises a nonwoven substrate through which carpet pile fibers are tufted and which also comprises either a foam rubber backing sheet which exhibits the same degree of shrinkage as the carpet pile component or a rubber backing sheet which possesses a strength modulus above about 1,000 pounds per square inch. With such backing sheet requirements either the overall shrinkage of the mat will be even or the backing sheet will be strong enough to compensate for varying degrees of shrinkage between the pile substrate and the backing sheet. The resultant floor mat meets industrial laundry standards of rippling (i.e. curling …
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- Filed August 10, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 10, 2021.
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