Patent ID: 6935382

Claim:
A woven exercise rug comprising: a woven rug portion having an exercise surface, wherein said exercise surface has a first edge and a second edge, said second edge being substantially longer than said first edge; a plurality of contours comprising a plurality of supplementary wefts creating a textured effect, located on at least a portion of the exercise surface of the woven rug portion, each said contour having a longer dimension and a shorter dimension, wherein the longer dimension of each of said contours is oriented substantially perpendicular to the second edge of said exercise surface, wherein each said contour is substantially linear and substantially parallel to each other contour in the direction of said longer dimension, and, wherein said contours are sufficient to provide a user of the exercise rug an improved grip on the contoured surface portion of the exercise surface, relative to the user's grip on a non-contoured surface portion of the exercise surface.