Protective Placemat

Abstract

A protective placemat for providing protection against injury against edges of a table. The protective placemat includes a platform. The protective placemat includes a bumper region positioned at one end of the platform. The protective placemat includes loops at the second end of the platform, opposite the bumper region. When the protective placemat is placed on top of the table, the bumper region is positioned over and across one edge of the table. This positioning provides safety to an individual at a table because instead of a person's head accidentally coming in contact with the edge of the table, the bumper region provides cushioning to prevent the individual from getting injured on the sharp edge of the table. The platform rolls up such that the loops encircle the rolled-up platform and secure the platform in a rolled-up configuration for easy transport.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to and benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 091,440, filed Oct. 14, 2020 to Berlyn Haughton, the contents of which are incorporated by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]The present invention relates to a protective placemat, and more specifically, to a protective placemat that provides protection against edges of a table.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Every household includes furniture that can cause harm to infants, such as a dining room table. Tables typically encompass sharp edges. The sharp edges may cause injuries to occupants in the house when they come in contact with those edges. Further, children bump their mouths on the edges of the table and get injured.[0004]It is especially desirable to protect infants from the edges of furniture. Typically, bumpers are placed on the furniture, such as the tables, to cover the edges and corners to protect the occupants f...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention is an improved protective placemat that solves the problems of existing bumpers. It provides protection against table edges, and is easy to roll up for storage and transport.

Problems solved by technology

The sharp edges may cause injuries to occupants in the house when they come in contact with those edges.

Further, children bump their mouths on the edges of the table and get injured.

The above discussed disclosure provides protection against corners or edges of the table but provides no eating surface for the infant and the bumpers are not easily transported to different pieces of furniture that an infant may be around.

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