Sporting towel mat having continuous Anti-slip strip background
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sporting towel mats with discrete anti-slip projections can be uncomfortable to touch and provide insufficient anti-slip effect without sweat, and may cause slipping issues when used with the anti-slip projections facing downward.
Innovation Solution
A sporting towel mat with a continuous anti-slip strip having a predetermined width and a stereoscopic structure, featuring side parts higher than a middle part, which covers the fabric towel incompletely to provide a larger anti-slip surface area and improve comfort and grip.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If discrete anti-slip projections are used on the towel mat surface, then the anti-slip effect on sweaty skin is improved, but the comfort of touch deteriorates and the anti-slip effect on dry skin becomes insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the anti-slip strip and fabric towel into a composite structure where the anti-slip strip is attached to the fabric towel surface. This combination allows the anti-slip strip to provide reliable anti-slip effect while the fabric towel maintains comfort of touch, resolving the contradiction between anti-slip performance and tactile comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The anti-slip strip is designed with varying thickness (higher side parts and lower middle part) to create different local qualities on the surface. This local variation provides enhanced anti-slip effect at the raised edges while maintaining comfort in the center area, addressing both anti-slip reliability and touch comfort.
2Reliability
If discrete anti-slip projections are arranged on the towel mat, then the anti-slip effect on sweaty skin is enhanced, but the coverage area for dry skin anti-slip becomes insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the anti-slip strip with the fabric towel to create a hybrid surface that provides both types of anti-slip effect. The continuous anti-slip strip ensures adequate coverage area for dry skin contact while maintaining the textured surface needed for sweaty skin grip.
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 continuous anti-slip strip enhances the comfort of touch and provides a reliable dry and wet anti-slip effect, reducing the risk of slipping and improving overall grip both on the user's skin and the ground.
Implementation Method 1
the anti-slip layer has the anti-slip effect on the skin, but the fabric surface doesn't. Therefore, the aforesaid conventional sporting towel mat has the dry and wet anti-slip effect
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AI summary
A sporting towel mat includes a fabric towel (11)(21)(11') having first and second surfaces (12)(22)(12')(14), and an anti-slip strip (15)(25)(15') having a predetermined width and attached on the first surface (12)(22)(12') of the fabric towel (11)(21)(11') to form a predetermined pattern which covers the first surface (12)(22)(12') incompletely, so the first surface (12)(22)(12') of the fabric towel (11)(21)(11') has at least one exposed part (16)(26)(16'). The anti-slip strip (15)(25)(15') is shaped in a continuous form and has two side parts (151) and a middle part (152)(252) located between the two side parts (151) and lower or higher than the two side parts (151) on a surface of the anti-slip strip (15)(25)(15'). The first surface (12)(22)(12') of the fabric towel (11)(21)(11') is defined with a plurality of partial sections (121). The at least one exposed part (16)(26)(16') and the anti-slip strip (15)(25)(15') are both partially included in any area equal to the area of the human palm excluding all fingers in each of the partial sections (121).