Patent Application
20210177181
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The disclosure and prior art relates to mat devices and more particularly pertains to a new mat device for protecting a floor from spillage when an infant is being fed in an infant high chair.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first mat that is positionable beneath an infant high chair. The first mat has a pair of slots to accommodate legs of the infant high chair. A second mat is coupled to the first mat such that the second mat is positioned beneath the infant high chair when the first mat is positioned beneath the infant high chair. The second mat is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit food spilled thereon from contacting a support surface. The second mat has a pair of slots therein to accommodate legs of the infant high chair.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The first mat 12 has a top surface 22, a bottom surface 24 and a perimeter edge 26 extending therebetween, and the perimeter edge 26 has a front side 28 and a back side 30. Each of the slots 18 extends from the front side 28 toward the back side 30. Moreover, each of the slots 18 is spaced in opposite directions from a centerline of the first mat 12 to define a central flap 32 that is positioned between a pair of outward flaps 34. Thus, the central flap 32 is positioned beneath the infant high chair 16 when the legs 20 of the infant high chair 16 are positioned in the slots 18. The first mat 12 may have a length and a width of approximately 36.0 inches, and the central flap 32 and each of the outward flaps 34 may have a width of approximately 12.0 inches.
A second mat 35 is provided and the second mat 35 is coupled to the first mat 12. In this way the second mat 35 is positioned beneath the infant high chair 16 and extends forwardly from the infant high chair 16 when the first mat 12 is positioned on the support surface 14. Moreover, the second mat 35 is exposed when the first mat 12 is positioned on the support surface 14. The second mat 35 is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit food spilled thereon from contacting the support surface 14.
The second mat 35 has a pair of slots 36 therein and each of the slots 36 in the second mat 35 is aligned with a respective one of the slots 18 in the first mat 12. Thus, each of the slots 36 in the second mat 35 accommodates legs 20 of the infant high chair 16. The second mat 35 has an upper surface 38, a lower surface 40 and an exterior edge 42 extending therebetween. The lower surface 40 is bonded to the top surface 22 of the first mat 12 and the exterior edge 42 is aligned with and is coextensive with the perimeter edge 26 of the first mat 12.
The exterior edge 42 has a forward side 44 and a rearward side 46. Each of the slots 18 in the second mat 35 extends from the forward side 44 toward the rearward side 46. Each of the second slots 18 defines a central flap 48 that is positioned between a pair of outward flaps 50. The central flap 48 of the second mat 35 is aligned with the central flap 32 of the first mat 12. Additionally, each of the outward flaps 50 of the second mat 35 is aligned with a respective one of the outward flaps 34 of the first mat 12.
In use, the first mat 12 is placed on the support surface 14 such that the second mat 35 is exposed. The legs 20 of the infant high chair 16 are positioned in respective ones of the slots 18,36 in each of the first 12 and second 34 mats. In this way the central flap 48 of the second mat 35 is positioned beneath the infant high chair 16 and each of the outward flaps 50 of the second mat 35 is positioned on opposite sides of the infant high chair 16. Additionally, the second mat 35 extends forwardly from the infant high chair 16. In this way the second mat 35 captures food and liquids that are spilled when an infant in the infant high chair 16 is being fed. Thus, the support surface 14 is protected from stains or the like that would otherwise result from the food and liquids being spilled on the support surface 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
