Patent ID: 9044917
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A47G,B32B

Abstract:
1. A non-skid protective cloth or pad, consisting of: a) a single, absorbent, plain woven upper layer free from any projecting cut pile and having an upper and a lower major surface; b) a single lower, resilient layer having an upper and a lower major surface, said upper major surface of said single lower resilient layer being disposed adjacent said lower layer of said single, absorbent, woven upper layer, said lower resilient layer comprising a network of downward projecting bumps interconnected one to another by a resilient grid, said downward projecting bumps comprising bumps having at least two different circumferential sizes, said downward projecting bumps each having a height, said height of bumps having the smaller of said at least two different circumferential sizes being greater than said height of bumps having said larger of said at least two circumferential sizes; and c) stitching disposed through both said single, absorbent, upper, woven layer and said single lower resilient layer; whereby when said lower major surface of said single lower resilient layer is placed on a support surface, a Sliding Coefficient of Friction measured in accordance with TAPPI T548 specification is greater than approximately 0.75.