Patent ID: 8663782

Claim:
A floormat arranged to handle fluids: (a) said floormat having a topside and an underside and being formed, at least in part, of compressible and resilient material; and (b) said topside having a spaced plurality of channels feeding at least one gutter on a side of the gutter that has a height at least as great as the opposite side thereof, said channels being sized to avoid a risk of tripping, said topside having a central region and a border region, said border region tapering outwardly from said at least one gutter, said central region occupying most of said topside and being substantially flat throughout except for the channels, said border region having a height no greater than that of said at least one gutter, said floormat comprising: tubing lying in said at least one gutter and occupying at least most of its length, said tubing having one or more intake apertures located downstream of at least some of said plurality of channels.