Patent ID: 8652608

Claim:
A floor mat for absorbing fluids, the floor mat comprising: a shell of a flexible non-woven spunbond fabric, said shell comprising a first portion and a second portion connected together portion-wise to form a pocket; at least one absorbent material comprising a superabsorbent material arranged in said pocket; said first and second shell portions having a length of 200 mm to 1000 mm and a width of 200 mm to 600 mm; said first and second shell portions being connected together to form precisely three first portions of a first thickness and two second portions of a second thickness, each of said two second portions residing between two adjacent first portions to thereby form three spaced first portions; said second thickness being less than said first thickness; said second portions forming fold lines between adjacent first portions to enable said first portions to be pivotable toward each other; said three first portions being configured with a narrow side and a wide side, said narrow sides being connected to said second portions to form the floor mat of alternating second thicknesses interconnecting absorbent filled said first portions which are at their narrow sides about said second thickness portions.