US 12,403,664 B2
Production of floor mats
Patrick Amrine, Williamstown, WV (US); and Lyle A. James, Kettering, OH (US)
Assigned to Westlake Dimex, LLC, Marietta, OH (US)
Filed by Dimex Office Products LLC, Marietta, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/158,527.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,539, filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249413 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 69/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 69/001 (2013.01) [B29L 2031/7324 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing a plurality of mats comprising the steps of:
manufacturing a production mat having a plurality of similarly sized and shaped tiles integrally joined together, the plurality of tiles being integrally joined together by a plurality of junctions formed in the production mat; and
separating a first set of the plurality of tiles from a second set of the plurality of tiles by severing the production mat along at least one of the plurality of junctions;
wherein the first set of the plurality of tiles form a first mat and the second set of the plurality of tiles form a second mat; and
forming a scraper pattern on an upper surface of each of the plurality of tiles, wherein the scraper pattern further comprises a plurality of upwardly projecting ribs arranged in a plurality of triangles on the upper surface, wherein the plurality of upwardly projecting ribs in each of the plurality of triangles is arranged in three pairs with the upwardly projecting ribs of each pair being parallel to each other and each of the plurality of pairs forming a leg of one of the plurality of triangles, wherein each of the plurality of upwardly projecting ribs includes an asymmetrical cross-sectional profile which includes a ramped side which is oppositely oriented with respect to the ramped side of the associated upwardly projecting rib in the respective pair.