Bar rail mat

Abstract

An elongated bar rail mat having a plurality of spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members that cooperate with each other to form fluid damping chambers therebetween while supporting a wet glass thereon with the spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members cooperating with each other to provide a longitudinal stability to the bar rail mat to enable one to empty the contents of the bar rail mat without the bar rail mat collapsing and accidentally spilling the contents.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A bar rail mat for holding a wet glass thereon comprising: 
 an elongated trough having a first end, a second end and a bottom with a side wall of a first height extending therearound to form a fluid retention compartment;    a plurality of spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members located in said fluid retention compartment to thereby form an elongated fluid chamber between each of said plurality of spaced apart elongated members, each of said spaced apart elongated resilient members integral to said elongated trough with each of said plurality of spaced apart elongated resilient members extending upward from the bottom of said elongated trough and cooperating with each other to form a top surface for supporting a glass in a stable upright position thereon with each of said plurality of elongated resilient members having a length less than the length of the fluid retention compartment to allow fluid spillage into one chamber to flow into other chambers    
     
     
         2 . The bar rail mat of  claim 1  wherein height of the plurality of spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members is less than the height of the side wall.  
     
     
         3 . The bar rail mat of  claim 2  wherein at least one end of each of the spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members is spaced from an end of the fluid retention compartment to allow cross flow between the compartments adjacent each of the elongated, resilient members.  
     
     
         4 . The bar rail mat of  claim 3  wherein the bar rail mat comprises a polymer plastic.  
     
     
         5 . The bar rail mat of  claim 4  including a second trough having a set of ridges for temporarily placing a glass thereon.  
     
     
         6 . The bar rail mat of  claim 5  wherein the spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members cooperate with the sidewall of said bar rail mat to provide sufficient stiffness to said bar rail mat so that the bar rail mat can be tipped upward to drain any fluids therein out of an end of the bar rail mat.  
     
     
         7 . The bar rail mat of  claim 6  wherein each of the spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members have a height of at least {fraction (1/4 )} inch.  
     
     
         8 . The bar rail mat of  claim 7  wherein each of the spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members have a width of at least {fraction (1/16 )} of an inch.  
     
     
         9 . The bar rail mat of  claim 6  wherein at least one end of each of the spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members is curved.  
     
     
         10 . The bar rail mat of  claim 6  wherein each of the spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members are located in a parallel condition to each other.  
     
     
         11 . The bar rail mat of  claim 10  wherein said bar rail mat includes at least 15 spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members.  
     
     
         12 . The bar rail mat of  claim 10  wherein each of said spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members is an elongated continuous member of uniform height.  
     
     
         13 . A bar rail mat for holding a glass in an upright condition thereon comprising: 
 a trough having a first end, a second end and a bottom with a side wall of a first height extending therearound to form a fluid retention compartment;    a plurality of spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members located in said compartment with each adjacent spaced-apart, elongated, resilient member forming an elongated fluid damping chamber therebetween, each of said spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members integral with the bottom of said trough and extending upward therefrom, said plurality of spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members each having a top surface with said top surface of each of said plurality spaced-apart, elongated, resilient members cooperating with each other to form a glass supporting surface to support a glass in a stable upright position thereon.