Lap Mat

Abstract

A grip surface placed on top of a lap, or on top of a surface that is on-top of a lap such as a pillow or pillow like device, for the purposes of easier eating, working, studying, playing, therapy and leisuring. Bring your table anywhere with The Lap Mat. Get up to 90 degrees of grip anywhere. Made typically of silicone, The Lap Mat helps to keep your everyday items in place, where you need them.

1 . The Lap Mat is any varied grip surface, with an average of ⅛ inch raised grip ridge, created for the purposes of easier and cleaner ways of eating hot or cold items in any size dish, playing, therapy, leisuring, studying and working up to 90 degrees on the lap (where lap means any part of the body the mat can grip to) or on any pillow or pillow like devices. 
     
     
         2 . The term ‘lap’ in this invention description refers in all areas to any part of the body the Lap Mat may be laid on for any use such as legs or stomach. 
     
     
         3 . The term ‘pillow-like device’ in this invention description refers in all areas to any pillow-like device such as floor pillows, stuffed animals, blankets or bedding. 
     
     
         4 . The Lap Mat is purposed for use on pillows and pillow-like devices where the Lap Mat may be either affixed permanently to a pillow or pillow-like devices by way of gluing, clamping, heat pressing or affixing in any other way of bonding materials for more permanent use that has been created or is yet to be created or the Lap Mat can replace a pillow exterior completely as a non-slip grip surface by being sewn to other materials of that pillow; or by being laid on top of the pillow or pillow-like device as a separate piece that is non-permanent. 
     
     
         5 . The Lap Mat materials may be poured, extruded, injected pressed or formed in any way created or not created to form silicone, plastic, rubber, latex or any other grip related installment or material, natural or artificial made and not yet made related to grip or material/lap protection. Silicone is the preferred grip material for the Lap Mat. 
     
     
         6 . The interior of the pillows and pillow-like devices may be made of air memory foam, hemp, buck seed, coconut fibers, cotton, polyester, polyester pellets, shredded rubber, latex, shredded latex, kapok, plush, terry cloth, buckwheat, millet, flaxseed, lavender or other herbs, styrofoam, styrofoam beads, shredded foam, down, horse hair, micro beads, bean bag balls, recycled materials, artificial and natural fibers made and not yet made as well as shaped in squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, triangles, hexagons or any other shape created or yet to be created. 
     
     
         7 . The Lap Mat most common places of use are on the couch, on the lap, on the stomach, on the floor, on the bed/bed pillows, in the car on the lap or on a part of the car to hold things, in a chair seated with the Lap Mat on the lap or on the leg, in a wheelchair via laying on the lap or legs, on a plane via laying on the lap or legs, on a train via laying on the lap or legs, at a sports game via laying on the lap or legs or anywhere that a ridged grip material is placed for said reasons of eating, working, reading, studying leisuring doing crafts or on the computer/pad/phone. Table top use is acceptable but not the Lap Mats main purposed functional modality. 
     
     
         8 . The mats main purposes are NOT the following: food cover, pot cover, container cover, hot pad for a hot pot, hot hot pad for a hot pan (though when recycled it can be cut up to be used as such) and is not intended to be: microwaved, to be used in the kitchen or to be used as hot pads for pots, pans or the like.