Patent ID: 8603605

Claim:
A sink mat comprising: a soft and pliable body portion configured to fit into a sink, said body portion having a rectangular configuration with four rounded corners and exterior edges extending along the rectangular portion and around said respective four corners a set of straight slots extending inwardly from said spaced exterior edges along said respective four rounded corners of said sink mat to define flaps around said sink mat, said straight slots dividing said respective corners into symmetrical halves, said straight slots consisting respectively of a single straight slot; and a set of apertures disposed across said sink mat, each of said apertures consisting of rectangular apertures for draining water; wherein said flaps bend when said sink mat is placed in a sink smaller than said sink mat, said flaps curving over each other at said respective slots when forced to do so by the walls of the sink in which said sink mat has been placed, and wherein said sink mat is devoid of any openings other than said set of slots and said set of apertures.