Alarm mat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9115849-B2
Application number	US-201213589854-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2012
Priority date	Aug 20, 2012
Publication date	Aug 25, 2015
Grant date	Aug 25, 2015

Abstract

An alarm mat includes a sheet, and sound producer from which sound is produced by air inflow and outflow. The sheet is provided with a plurality of projections made of an elastic material, projecting toward an upper-surface side of the sheet with top portions thereof continuously extending, and each having a sealed cavity inside. The plurality of projections are juxtaposed to each other. The sound producer is loaded in the sheet in a manner that air flows in and out of the projections through the sound producer alone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mat, including:
a sheet having a rectangular shape; and
sound producer from which sound is produced by air inflow and outflow,
wherein the sheet is provided with a plurality of semi-cylindrical projections and a flat portion,
each of the projections is made of an elastic material, have a dented inside, and projects toward an upper-surface side of the sheet, the flat portion is formed to an upper-surface portion of the sheet other than the plurality of projections and is colored in a different color from the plurality of projections,
each of the plurality of projections has a continuous straight line shape extending substantially from one end of the sheet to another end of the sheet, with each end of a given projection of the plurality of projections extending linearly near a respective end portion of the sheet,
the plurality of projections are disposed in parallel with a diagonal line of the sheet and are spaced from each other with given intervals,
the sound producer is held in ends of the projections on at least one of both sides in a longitudinal direction thereof in a manner that air flows in and out of the projections through the sound producers alone,
the flat portion has fitting holes for fitting joint members for jointing mats on a location near the end portions of the sheet,
the sheet includes a medium having a plate shape and a cover sheet,
the cover sheet is made of elastic materials and is provided on the upper surface of the medium,
the projections have a projection body provided in the cover sheet and the medium,
the projection body is inclined so that both ends thereof are low outwardly and high inwardly and a central portion of each of the both ends is depressed inwardly,
the medium is adhered to a lower surface of the cover sheet to seal the projection body,
the projection body has an opening communicating inside and outside of the projections in at least one of both ends of the projection body in the longitudinal direction,
the sound producer has an air inflow/outflow port,
the cover sheet has holders therein to hold the sound producer,
the holders have a C-shape groove corresponding to the opening of the projection body,
the sound producer is held in the C-shape groove in a manner that the sound producer is accommodated in the C-shape groove, and
the holders are formed integrally within the projections upon forming the cover sheet.

2. The mat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of projections is provided on a diagonal line of the sheet.

3. The mat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of projections is provided on a diagonal line of the sheet.

Assignees

• Ido mineo
• Daifuku Kk

Inventors

• Ido mineo

Classifications

• G08B3/06

  using hydraulic transmission; using pneumatic transmission · CPC title

• G08B21/02

  Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons · CPC title

• G08B13/10

  by pressure on floors, floor coverings, stair treads, counters, or tills · CPC title

• A63B5/00

  Apparatus for jumping (mats for jumping A63B6/00; for racing or riding sports, e.g. hurdles A63K) · CPC title

• F16P3/12 Primary

  with means, e.g. feelers, which in case of the presence of a body part of a person in or near the danger zone influence the control or operation of the machine (F16P3/08 takes precedence) · CPC title