Stair mat

• US 4,321,293 A
• Filed: 11/13/1979
• Issued: 03/23/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hiromitsu Naka
• Original Assignee: Hiromitsu Naka
• Inventors: Naka, Hiromitsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Lesmes, George F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thomas, Alexander S.
• Application Number:
  US06/094,303
• Time in Patent Office: 861 Days
• Field of Search: 428/45, 428/68, 428/99, 428/101, 428/121, 428/192, 428/223, 428/40, 428/41, 428/57, 428/58, 428/61, 428/44, 428/62, 428/56, 428/47, 428/60, 428/167, 428/188, 52/179, 52/191, 52/188, 52/822, 52/827
• US Class Current: 428/60
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 11/166 with means for fixing a separate edging strip
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/19 Sheets or webs edge spliced or joined
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/195 Beveled, stepped, or skived in thickness
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/198 Pile or nap surface sheets connected
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24008 including fastener for attaching to external surface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2457 Parallel ribs and/or grooves
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24744 Longitudinal or transverse tubular cavity or cell
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24777 Edge feature

Abstract

A stair mat is installed on the stairs by adapting an edge cushion cover and a tread mat on the tread of the stairs adjacent to each other; a rigid or semi-rigid fixing tongue is projected from the front edge of the tread mat, and the edge cushion cover is detachably set on the fixing tongue so as to cover the forward edge of the stairs.

Claims

1. A stair mat comprising:

an edge cushioning cover adapted to cover the front edge of a step, including a main body having a longitudinal hollow portion in the inside thereof and a non-skid top surface portion on the upper surface thereof, and a shirt extended downwardly from the front edge of the main body;

a tread mat adapted to be secured onto the tread of the step;

a fixing tongue formed integrally at the front edge of the tread mat; and

a detachable adhesive sheet securing means detachably securing the edge cushioning cover onto the upper surface of the fixing tongue.

2. A stair mat as claimed in claim 1, in which the edge cushioning cover is provided with a notched cavity at the under surface of the main body, wherein the thickness of the fixing tongue is embedded in the notched cavity of the main body.

3. A stair mat as in claims 1 or 2 in which the non-skid surface has serrations thereon.

4. A stair mat according to claims 1 or 2 in which the tread mat is a carpet.