Patent ID: 7597949
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: A47G,A47L,B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A liquid absorbing mat for placement on a surface and protecting the surface from liquid spills, said mat comprising: a generally planar cartridge, said cartridge comprising, at least in part, an upper layer of fluid absorbing material, and a lower layer of fluid impervious material that resists passage of fluid, and a top layer including a bottom side adhered, at least in part, to said upper layer and adapted to be placed on said surface, and an array of hexagonal shaped funnels extending through the top layer for directing liquid from the topside downwardly and onto the upper layer of said fluid absorbing material, the bottom side of said top layer including a substantially continuous floor engaging surface, wherein the mat has a thickness, each hexagonal shaped funnel forms a throat that narrows from an inlet to an outlet opening proximate to the upper layer of fluid absorbing material, each outlet opening has a lateral dimension, and the lateral dimension of each outlet opening is substantially the same as the thickness of said mat.