Patent ID: 7832044

Claim:
A floor mat for wiping and scraping matter from the underside of peoples' shoes, said floor mat comprising: a base having an upper surface and a lower surface; a plurality of spaced apart fibrous regions extending outwardly away from the upper surface of the base; a plurality of impervious regions interspersed between the fibrous regions; a plurality of spaced apart bosses being provided in each impervious region with each boss having a top surface spaced a distance from the upper surface of the base, and the top surface of each boss includes a plurality of nodules spaced a distance apart from each other, and each nodule extends upwardly and outwardly away from the top surface, and the top surface intermediate the nodules is substantially planar; and wherein each nodule is substantially circular in shape when viewed from above and has a substantially planar uppermost surface spaced a distance vertically above the top surface, and the uppermost surfaces of the nodules are adapted to be contacted by the shoes of persons walking over the mat; at least one well formed in at least one of the impervious regions adjacent the bosses therein; said well having a bottom wall that is substantially free of apertures, whereby the well is adapted to receive and retain the scraped and wiped matter therein.