| 摘要 |
A floor covering suitable as an entrance mat comprises a plurality of tread strips (15/16) of substantially resilient and flexible material, each tread strip having at least one wear layer (15) of fibrous (like) material where said tread strips provide a fibrous tread surface, and a plurality of spacer strips (12) of substantially rigid material arranged interposed between the tread strips (15/16) whereby each successive pair of tread strips is spaced apart by at least two of said spacer strips (12), and the pluralities of strips (12, 15/16) being secured together in side by side relationship by connecting means (14) which pass through aligned apertures (17, 21) in the strips, each spacer strip (12) comprising a pair of longitudinally extending and co-planar abutment faces (20) to bear against and provide lateral support to a side face of a tread strip, the maximum spacing of extreme edges of said abutment faces (20) as viewed in cross-section being less than the height of the side face of the tread strip (15/16) whereby said pairs of spacer strips (12) provide a recess region between a successive pair of tread strips. The lateral support provided by the abutment faces (20) allows the use of tread strips of construction which differ from those used hitherto, eg those which are transversely relatively less rigid. <IMAGE> |
