Patent ID: 6434779
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A47L,B32B,E04F

Abstract:
A foot mat comprisinga plurality of substantially rigid elongated rail members arranged closely adjacent each other with a gap between each adjacent pair of rail members, each rail member being of substantially uniform cross section along its length and including a body portion having side edges, an upper surface and a lower surface, an elongated tread member received on an upper surface of a web portion of each rail member, and a connector member joining each pair of adjacent rail members to each other, each connector member being an extrusion of at least one polymeric material and being of substantially uniform cross section along its length and including a connecting web portion extending across the gap between the adjacent rail members, wherein each rail member has a pair of leg portions projecting generally downwardly from the lower surface of the web portion and spaced apart from each other and from the side edges of the web portion, each connector member has a pair of generally U-shaped socket portions, each socket portion defining a cavity that receives the leg portion of one of the adjacent rail members and being configured to be snap-fitted onto the rail members by pressing the socket portions onto the leg portions of the rail members, and each leg portion and each socket portion have interengaging shoulders configured to retain the leg portion in the socket portion.