Foldable door mats
Foldable door mats
The storage, transport and, in particular, the display of door mats in retail outlets causes problems because of the bulk of the product and the fact that a typically sized doormat, for example, is far too large for standard size shelving, which creates problems in storage in warehouses and stores, and in retail outlets inevitably means that the mats have to be stacked on the floor and cannot be displayed adequately. It is known to roll up such mats but this is extremely inefficient and wasteful of shelf space particularly, since the product cannot be satisfactorily stacked on top of each other when they are rolled up, since inherently any such stable pile will be unstable. Again, the product cannot be satisfactorily displayed to the potential purchaser when rolled tip. These problems increase costs for storage and transportation and potentially reduce sales because of the difficulties in adequately displaying the product.
The present invention comprises a foldable planar doormat having at least two sections and a foldable hinge connecting the sections. In a preferred embodiment the door mats are made of a backing layer bonded to a matting layer. The foldable hinge is formed integrally in the backing layer. The sections can be folded along the hinge so that they lie on top of each other in an orderly stack. Other embodiments include three or more sections.
According to the present invention there is provided a foldable planar door mats having at least two sections, and a backing layer having formed integrally therewith a hinge extending across one dimension of the mat to enable at least a section of the mat to be folded over to lie flush with the surface of an adjacent section of the mat, wherein the hinge comprises a thin film hinge formed in said backing layer of the mat.
In another preferred embodiment, a further hinge is provided extending across a dimension of the covering normal to said one dimension, to enable the covering to be folded into a quarter of its open size.c
The storage, transport and, in particular, the display of door mats in retail outlets causes problems because of the bulk of the product and the fact that a typically sized doormat, for example, is far too large for standard size shelving, which creates problems in storage in warehouses and stores, and in retail outlets inevitably means that the mats have to be stacked on the floor and cannot be displayed adequately.
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