User-configurable floor mat

Abstract

A user-configurable floor mat includes a removably attached one or more tiles, each tile of which may contain one or more segments. Each tile may be connected to adjoining tiles via removably attachable connectors. The removably attachable connectors may have at least one terminal end. Removably attachable connectors having at least two ends may be used to connect two or more adjoining tiles.

1 . A user-configurable floor mat comprising at least two tiles and at least one removably attachable connector wherein at least two adjacent tiles are positioned in a configuration selected by the end-user, and wherein said adjacent tiles are connected by said removably attachable connector. 
   
   
       2 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein said mat further comprises at least one null connector. 
   
   
       3 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein at least one of said tiles further comprises at least one removably attachable internal segment. 
   
   
       4 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein the terminal end of said connector is configured such that it will not disengage from connected tiles when confronted with a force coplanar to the plane formed by the tile(s) and the connector(s). 
   
   
       5 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein the terminal end of the connector is configured such that it will operably engage/disengage from connected tiles when confronted with a force perpendicular to the plane formed by the tile(s) and the connector(s). 
   
   
       6 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein the material comprising at least one of said tiles consists, at least in part, of a polymer. 
   
   
       7 . A floor mat as in  claim 6  wherein said polymer further comprises polyvinyl chloride (PVC). 
   
   
       8 . A floor mat as in  claim 6  wherein said polymer further comprises ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA). 
   
   
       9 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein the material comprising at least one of said tiles consists, at least in part, of rubber. 
   
   
       10 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein the material comprising at least one of said tiles and the material comprising at least one of said connectors are the same. 
   
   
       11 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein the material comprising at least one of said tiles and the material comprising at least one of said connectors are different. 
   
   
       12 . A floor mat as in  claim 3  wherein the material comprising at least one of said tiles and the material comprising at least one of said segments are the same. 
   
   
       13 . A floor mat as in  claim 3  wherein the material comprising at least one of said tiles and the material comprising at least one of said segments are different. 
   
   
       14 . A floor mat as in  claim 3  wherein the material comprising at least one of said connectors and the material comprising at least one of said segments are the same. 
   
   
       15 . A floor mat as in  claim 3  wherein the material comprising at least one of said connectors and the material comprising at least one of said segments are different. 
   
   
       16 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein at least the upper surface of at least one of said tiles is smooth. 
   
   
       17 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein at least the upper surface of at least one of said segments is smooth. 
   
   
       18 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein at least the upper surface of at least one of said connectors is smooth. 
   
   
       19 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein at least one of said tiles is covered with at least one removably attachable decal. 
   
   
       20 . A floor mat as in  claim 3  wherein at least one of said segments is covered with at least one removably attachable decal. 
   
   
       21 . A floor mat as in  claim 1  wherein at least one of said connectors is covered with at least one removably attachable decal.