US 12,392,563 B2
Flexible mat with fluid conduit, method of manufacture thereof and apparatus for the manufacture thereof
Jim Rearden, Petaluma, CA (US)
Assigned to BioTherm Hydronic, Inc., Cotati, CA (US)
Filed by BioTherm Hydronic, Inc., Cotati, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/006,611.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/893,773, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0063096 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. F28F 3/12 (2006.01); A01G 25/02 (2006.01); A01G 25/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/18 (2006.01)
CPC F28F 3/12 (2013.01) [A01G 25/02 (2013.01); A01G 25/06 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/18 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7324 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible mat with fluid conduit, comprising:
a flexible base layer;
a plurality of fluid conduits arranged substantially in parallel to each other and adjacent to the base layer; and
a plurality of long and narrow strips of tape arranged substantially in parallel to each other and substantially orthogonal to the fluid conduits, the fluid conduits being positioned between the base layer and the strips of tape, and the strips of tape being thermoplastically welded to the base layer, thereby trapping the fluid conduits between the strips of tape and the base layer.