Matting
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1. Matting including:
- a flexible base layer;
a flexible upper layer comprising spaced, upstanding strips and defining upper scraper surfaces with continuous slots therebetween defined between sidewalls of adjacent strips; and
strips of carpet located in and extending along the slots to define, together with said upper scraper surfaces, a substantially planar upper matting surface, said carpet strips fitting snugly between said sidewalls to substantially fill said slots.
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Abstract
Entrance matting includes a flexible base layer (12) and a flexible upper layer (14) comprising spaced, upstanding strips (16) and defining slots (18) therebetween. Strips of carpet and the like (20) are fixed in the slots (18). The matting is located on a floor at a building entrance with the strips (16, 20) perpendicular to the direction of traffic over the matting for use in scraping dirt and taking moisture from the feet of people entering the building.
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1. Matting including:
- a flexible base layer;
a flexible upper layer comprising spaced, upstanding strips and defining upper scraper surfaces with continuous slots therebetween defined between sidewalls of adjacent strips; and
strips of carpet located in and extending along the slots to define, together with said upper scraper surfaces, a substantially planar upper matting surface, said carpet strips fitting snugly between said sidewalls to substantially fill said slots. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
- a flexible base layer;
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8. A method of producing matting comprising the steps of:
- extruding a slab of flexible substrate including a base layer and an upper layer;
forming the upper layer to define spaced strips defining upper scraper surfaces with continuous slots therebetween defined between sidewalls of adjacent strips;
providing strips of carpet; and
adhering the strips of carpet in the slots to lie along the slots and sizing said strips such that they fit snugly between said sidewalls. - View Dependent Claims (9, 15, 16)
- extruding a slab of flexible substrate including a base layer and an upper layer;
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10. Entrance matting including:
- a flexible base layer;
a flexible upper layer comprising spaced, upstanding strips and defining a plurality of ribbed scraper surfaces with continuous slots therebetween, the base layer and the upper layer being integral and formed of a material selected from rubber or soft PVC; and
lengths of carpet located in and extending along the slots such that the carpet and the scraper surfaces collectively define a substantially planar upper matting surface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
- a flexible base layer;
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