Improvements in or relating to Guards for Door Mats or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 8th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Guards for Door Mats
or the like.
We, ALFRED MILLS, Hosiery Manufacturer's Manager, and JOSEPH ALFRED
MILLS, Mechanic, both of Albert House, Albert Place in the Borough of
Loughborough, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention is more especially applicable to door mats for cleaning the
feet which mats are made of a considerable thickness, and it has for its object
to provide means for holding such mats in their position and reducing the risk of
persons kicking the edge of and stumbling over such mats when not let into a
recess in the floor.
In carrying out this invention the guard is formed by a preferably metal framing
of such a size and shape in plan as to entirely surround the mat, this framing is
formed so that its inner edge stands as high as the upper surface of the mat or
nearly so, and is bevelled off or curved from this point to the outer and lower edge
which rests on the ground, thus forming an inclined plane from the floor to the
height of the mat all round.
The framing in section may be formed hollow or may be merely a shell extending
from the inner to the outer edge, it may also be provided with a base if desired
thus forming a receptacle for dirt or be strengthened at intervals by cross stays.
Dated this 8th day of June 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or relating to Guards for Door Mats
or the like.
We, ALFRED MILLS, Hosiery Manufacturer's Manager, and JOSEPH ALFRED
MILLS, Mechanic, both of Albert House, Albert Place, Loughborough, in the
County of Leicester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention is more especially applicable to doormats for cleaning the feet,
which mats are made of a considerable thickness, and it has for its object to
provide means for holding such mats in position and reducing the risk of persons
kicking the edge of and stumbling over such mats when not set into a recess in the
floor.
It will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a guard constructed according to our invention
applied to a doormat.

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Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a guard, and
Fig. 3. a vertical cross section shewing an alternative construction.
Like ietters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
In carrying out this invention the guard is formed by a framing A of such a
size and shape in plan as to entirely surround the mat, and preferably constructed
of metal.
This framing is of such form in section that its inner edge B is as high as the
upper face of the mat or nearly so, and it is bevelled off or curved from the
inner edge B to the outer and lower edge C which rests on the ground. The
framing A thus forms an inclined plane all round the mat from the floor to the top
thereof.
The framing A may in section be merely a shell extending from the inner edge B
to the outer edge C, the wall D being dispensed with, or it may be formed hollow
with an interior side D fitting up to the sides of the mat.
The framing A may also be provided with a base E and the whole thus forms a
receptacle for the mat and retains the dirt; or if preferred the framing may be
strengthened at intervals by cross stays.
In the alternative construction shewn in Fig. 3 the base E is preferably formed
of sheet iron and is secured to the interior side D by rivetting or other suitable
means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A doormat guard consisting of a frame such as A having a bevelled face or
slope such as that from B to C with or without the wall D substantially as and for
the purpose described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. A doormat guard_comprising a frame such as A having a bevelled face or
slope such as that from B to C and a tray constituted by the parts D and E sub-
stantially as and for the purpose described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 7th day of March 1895.
ALFRED MILLS.
JOSEPH ALFRED MILLS.
Alfred J. Boult,
Agent for the Applicants.