US 12,171,355 B2
Multi-piece rug and mat arrangement and assembly for forming a floor covering
Justin Soleimani, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Zachariah Dannett, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to TUMBLE LIVING, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by TUMBLE LIVING LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/506,529.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/094,238, filed on Oct. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117426 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 3/06 (2006.01); A47G 27/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/09 (2019.01)
CPC A47G 27/0212 (2013.01) [A47G 27/0268 (2013.01); A47G 27/0281 (2013.01); B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/263 (2021.05); B32B 7/09 (2019.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2262/148 (2021.05); B32B 2307/7265 (2013.01); B32B 2471/04 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An area rug assembly, comprising:
a rug portion;
a plurality of pocketed areas affixed to a bottom surface of the rug portion at each corner area thereof only and at no other position along the bottom surface; and
a mat portion having substantially the same dimensions as the rug portion, the mat portion comprised of multiple pieces that interlock to form a single mat, and having a non-slip material on a top surface of the mat portion,
wherein each corner of the mat portion is insertable into a pocketed area of the plurality of pocketed areas at one of the corner areas of the bottom surface of the rug portion to secure the rug portion and the mat portion together, so that the bottom surface of the rug portion lies flush with a top mat surface of the mat portion, and
wherein the plurality of pocketed areas and the non-slip material on the top surface of the mat portion allow the rug portion to remain loosely positioned relative to the mat portion without having to stretch the rug portion over the mat portion, while at the same time preventing the rug portion and mat portion from moving relative to each other and so that the rug portion is fixed relative to the mat portion to form an area rug assembly in which the rug portion and the mat portion are movable together as a single piece when the area rug assembly is placed on an underlying surface.