Patent Publication Number: US-2019174965-A1

Title: Friction Reducing Pad System

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 pad devices and more particularly pertains to a new pad device for sliding an appliance along a support surface. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pad that is selectively positioned on a support surface. An appliance is selectively positioned on the pad. The pad facilitates the appliance to be slid along the support surface. 
     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 perspective view pad of a friction reducing pad system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a top view of a pad of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a top view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view of an alternative 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 pad 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 friction reducing pad system  10  generally comprises a pad  12  that is selectively positioned on a support surface  14  such as a counter top in a kitchen or the like. The pad  12  is comprised of a friction inhibiting material such as plastic, Teflon and other flexible, friction inhibiting material. Thus, the pad  12  is inhibited from frictionally engaging the support surface  14  thereby facilitating the pad  12  to be easily slid along the support surface  14 . The pad  12  has a first surface  16  and a second surface  18  and the first surface  16  abuts the support surface  14 . The pad  12  may have a length ranging between approximately 25.0 cm and 50.0 cm, a width ranging between approximately 20.0 cm and 40.0 cm and a thickness of approximately 2.0 mm. 
     An appliance  20  is provided and the appliance  20  is selectively positioned on the pad  12 . Thus, the pad  12  facilitates the appliance  20  to be easily slid along the support surface  14 . The appliance  20  is positioned on the second surface  18  of the pad  12 . Additionally, the appliance  20  may be an electric kitchen appliance  20 , a pot full of food and any other heavy object commonly found in a kitchen. The pad  12  facilitates the appliance  20  to be easily slid along the support surface  14  regardless of how heavy the appliance  20  is. In this way a single individual can easily reposition the appliance  20  on the support surface  14 . 
     In an alternative embodiment  22  as shown in  FIG. 4 , a plurality of apertures  24  may extend through the first  16  and second  18  surfaces of the pad  12 . The apertures  24  may be spaced apart from each other to define a pair of grips  26  on the pad  12 . Thus, each of the grips  26  may be gripped to facilitate urging the pad  12  along the support surface  14  when the appliance  20  is sitting on the pad  12 . In an alternative embodiment  28  as shown in  FIG. 5 , an opening  30  may extend through the first  16  and second  18  surfaces of the pad  12 . The opening  30  may be longitudinally elongated to define a grip  32  on the pad  12 . Thus, the grip  32  may be gripped to facilitate urging the pad  12  along the support surface  14  when the appliance  20  is sitting on the pad  12 . 
     In use, the pad  12  is positioned on the support surface  14  and the appliance  20  is positioned on the pad  12 . The pad  12  is selectively gripped and urged along the support surface  14  to selectively reposition the appliance  20  on the support surface  14 . In this way a single individual may reposition the appliance  20  without having to lift the appliance  20 . Additionally, the friction inhibiting quality of the pad  12  reduces the amount of effort required to move the appliance  20 . 
     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, system 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.