Urinal mat with limited aperture area and legible indicia

Abstract

A low cost urinal mat that has entertainment value by virtue of matter printed thereon in a sufficiently legible and substantially unobscured form. Preferably, the printed matter consists of an image of a universally recognized person, symbol, flag, etc. for which there is common dislike, derision or even hatred. By way of example, an image of a radical terrorist or of a dictatorial foreign political leader would be a likely candidate for a suitable image. A key aspect of the present invention, aside from the content of the image, is that of providing drainage apertures in a number and size which, while permitting adequate drainage through the mat, does not substantially obscure the image to the point where the content becomes not readily identifiable. It has been found that by providing an image that uses over 90% of the mat surface area, by limiting the hole count to less than about 30 and limiting the cumulative area of the holes to about 10% to 15% of the surface area of the mat, a readily legible and recognizable image is obtained while still permitting proper drainage.

1 . A urinal mat having an image printed on an upper surface thereof and comprising a plurality of drainage holes therethrough;
 said drainage holes being provided in size and number to preclude substantial obfuscation of said image.   
   
   
       2 . The urinal mat recited in  claim 1  wherein said hole size is limited to correspond to an area no more than about 0.5% of the area of said mat surface. 
   
   
       3 . The urinal mat recited in  claim 1  wherein said number is limited to be no greater than about 30. 
   
   
       4 . The urinal mat recited in  claim 1  wherein said size and number are limited to provide a cumulative hole area which is no greater than about 15% of the mat surface area. 
   
   
       5 . The urinal mat recited in  claim 1  wherein said size is limited to correspond to an area no more than about 0.5% of the area of said mat surface and said number is limited to be no greater than about 30.