Patent Publication Number: US-2021177181-A1

Title: Infant Feeding Mat Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to mat devices and more particularly pertains to a new mat device for protecting a floor from spillage when an infant is being fed in an infant high chair. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first mat that is positionable beneath an infant high chair. The first mat has a pair of slots to accommodate legs of the infant high chair. A second mat is coupled to the first mat such that the second mat is positioned beneath the infant high chair when the first mat is positioned beneath the infant high chair. The second mat is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit food spilled thereon from contacting a support surface. The second mat has a pair of slots therein to accommodate legs of the infant high chair. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top view of an infant feeding mat assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross sectional view taken along line  4 - 4  of  FIG. 2  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new mat device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the infant feeding mat assembly  10  generally comprises a first mat  12  that is positionable on a support surface  14 , such as a floor in a room of a house or the like. The first mat  12  is positioned beneath an infant high chair  16  that is positioned in the room of the house. The first mat  12  has a pair of slots  18  therein and each of the slots  18  accommodates legs  20  of the infant high chair  16 . Moreover, the first mat  12  is comprised of a deformable material such that the first mat  12  is inhibited from scratching the support surface  14 . 
     The first mat  12  has a top surface  22 , a bottom surface  24  and a perimeter edge  26  extending therebetween, and the perimeter edge  26  has a front side  28  and a back side  30 . Each of the slots  18  extends from the front side  28  toward the back side  30 . Moreover, each of the slots  18  is spaced in opposite directions from a centerline of the first mat  12  to define a central flap  32  that is positioned between a pair of outward flaps  34 . Thus, the central flap  32  is positioned beneath the infant high chair  16  when the legs  20  of the infant high chair  16  are positioned in the slots  18 . The first mat  12  may have a length and a width of approximately 36.0 inches, and the central flap  32  and each of the outward flaps  34  may have a width of approximately 12.0 inches. 
     A second mat  35  is provided and the second mat  35  is coupled to the first mat  12 . In this way the second mat  35  is positioned beneath the infant high chair  16  and extends forwardly from the infant high chair  16  when the first mat  12  is positioned on the support surface  14 . Moreover, the second mat  35  is exposed when the first mat  12  is positioned on the support surface  14 . The second mat  35  is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit food spilled thereon from contacting the support surface  14 . 
     The second mat  35  has a pair of slots  36  therein and each of the slots  36  in the second mat  35  is aligned with a respective one of the slots  18  in the first mat  12 . Thus, each of the slots  36  in the second mat  35  accommodates legs  20  of the infant high chair  16 . The second mat  35  has an upper surface  38 , a lower surface  40  and an exterior edge  42  extending therebetween. The lower surface  40  is bonded to the top surface  22  of the first mat  12  and the exterior edge  42  is aligned with and is coextensive with the perimeter edge  26  of the first mat  12 . 
     The exterior edge  42  has a forward side  44  and a rearward side  46 . Each of the slots  18  in the second mat  35  extends from the forward side  44  toward the rearward side  46 . Each of the second slots  18  defines a central flap  48  that is positioned between a pair of outward flaps  50 . The central flap  48  of the second mat  35  is aligned with the central flap  32  of the first mat  12 . Additionally, each of the outward flaps  50  of the second mat  35  is aligned with a respective one of the outward flaps  34  of the first mat  12 . 
     In use, the first mat  12  is placed on the support surface  14  such that the second mat  35  is exposed. The legs  20  of the infant high chair  16  are positioned in respective ones of the slots  18 , 36  in each of the first  12  and second  34  mats. In this way the central flap  48  of the second mat  35  is positioned beneath the infant high chair  16  and each of the outward flaps  50  of the second mat  35  is positioned on opposite sides of the infant high chair  16 . Additionally, the second mat  35  extends forwardly from the infant high chair  16 . In this way the second mat  35  captures food and liquids that are spilled when an infant in the infant high chair  16  is being fed. Thus, the support surface  14  is protected from stains or the like that would otherwise result from the food and liquids being spilled on the support surface  14 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.