Door mats includes a base member of a relatively heavy gage plastic
, and a soft fabric panel for wiping shoes and boots. The fabric panel is replaceable, and is releasably bonded to the base member by strips of hooked fabric. The hooked fabric may engage a complementary strip of matted fabric; or alternatively, the fabric panel may be of a tufted or matted fabric which will bond directly to the hooked fabric.
Door mats are usually placed at the entry ways to buildings for persons to wipe their shoes or boots prior to proceeding into the buildings from the outside. In times of fair weather, and when walkways are bare and dry, the door mats may be hardly used. However, during times of inclement weather and when the walkways are covered with snow or the like, the door mats may be used frequently and may quickly accumulate quantities of dirt and moisture to decrease their usefulness or effectiveness.
It is an object of this invention to provide an improved door mats having an easily replaceable panel of a soft fabric or other material for wiping shoes and boots thereon; and more particularly, it is an object to provide an improved means for releasably holding the panel for ease of replacement thereof.
Another object is to provide an improved structure for door mats wherein a relatively heavy plastic base structure is at least partially covered by a panel of replaceable soft fabric material such as a tufted terry cloth; and more especially, it is an object to provide hooked fabric strips for releasably securing the soft fabric panel to the base member to permit easy and rapid replacement of the fabric panel.