Patent ID: 6572952
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A47G,B32B,D06N,Y10T

Abstract:
A carpet assembly with shock absorbing properties comprising;a mat of closed cell foam composition having shock damping properties and having a top side and a bottom side and a thickness not less than substantially &frac58; inch and perimeter edges connecting said top side and said bottom side; a layer of adhesive covering the top side of the mat; a layer of carpet having a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side of the carpet being fastened in contact with the adhesive for adherence thereto; wherein the mat has an edge of closed cell foam forming least one perimeter edge of the carpet mat; and wherein the edge of closed cell foam has a decreasing thickness, the width of the decreasing thickness is 1 to 12 times the thickness of the mat.