Patent ID: 6453485
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A47K,Y10S

Abstract:
A padded mat device for covering the edge of a bathtub over which a person steps to enter the bathtub, said device comprising:a top surface having a periphery defined by a first set of parallel side edges and a second set of parallel side edges; a bottom surface having a periphery defined by a first set of parallel side edges and a second set of parallel side edges, wherein said periphery of said top surface is joined to said periphery of said bottom surface, thereby defining an enclosed interior region within said side edges, said top surface and said bottom surface being periodically joined in direct abutment to each other along linear seams between said side edges, wherein said linear seams are disposed along a plurality of parallel rows, and each of said parallel rows contains a plurality of linear seams that are symmetrically spaced apart so that said top surface and said bottom surface are joined along each linear seam line in a parallel row and are separated between each linear seam line in that same parallel row, and wherein said linear seams in adjacent parallel rows are not aligned laterally; and a plurality of suction cups extending from said bottom surface proximate said peripheral edge.