Modular Floor Mat Assembly for Large-Area Heavy Traffic
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional floor mats for cleaning footwear soles are not suitable for large spaces with heavy traffic due to inefficiencies in covering large surfaces and handling multiple users, leading to movement issues, increased costs, and complex installation and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A modular assembly mat with U-shaped base profiles and an elastic covering profile, featuring easy installation and removal, adjustable length and width, and a sponge sheet for shock absorption, allowing for customizable size and enhanced durability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If conventional floor mats are used in large spaces with heavy traffic, then coverage area is limited, but installation cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mat system is divided into multiple modular base profiles that can be coupled together laterally to form mats of any desired width and length. This segmentation allows large surface coverage to be achieved by simply adding more modules rather than installing a single complex large mat, thereby increasing coverage area while keeping installation complexity manageable through standardized coupling mechanisms.
2Stability of the object's composition
If conventional mats are used in high-traffic areas, then movement control is poor, but fixing solutions increase cost and maintenance difficulty
Solution Approach 1:
The base profiles incorporate lateral engaging shapes that allow the mat to be dynamically adjusted and reconfigured. The profiles can be easily coupled and decoupled to accommodate movement and repositioning needs in high-traffic areas, maintaining stability while enabling simple maintenance and reconfiguration without permanent fixing solutions.
3Area of stationary object
If modular coupling assemblies are developed to extend mat size, then coverage area increases, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The base profiles are designed with universal lateral engaging shapes that can couple any base profile to any other base profile regardless of position or orientation. This universality allows the system to achieve any desired coverage area using the same standardized components and coupling mechanism, avoiding the need for different specialized assemblies for different sizes, thereby reducing overall device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The modular design provides a cost-effective, easy-to-install, and maintainable solution for large spaces, ensuring effective dirt removal and stability under heavy traffic conditions.
Implementation Method 1
A sponge sheet (6) or the like is arranged under the base profiles (1), which sponge sheet determines a shock absorbance preventing the sonority of the mat
Implementation Method 2
an upper closing profile (2) which is provided in its outer surface with a layer (3) of elastic material, such as rubber or the like, defined with a rough configuration surface
Implementation Method 3
a layer (3) of elastic material, such as rubber or the like, defined with a rough configuration surface
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a modular mat which is formed by base profiles (1) in the form of U-shaped grooves, with respect to 0which covering profiles determining the mat surface are incorporated by means of fitted coupling, the base profiles (1) being able to be joined by means of lateral engagement there between so as to form the desired mat extension.