Modern Office Chair Mats
The familiar chair mat shapes on the market today were developed over 50 years ago when pedestal desks were popular. The traditional rectangular “lip” fit the narrow opening for the legs, offering additional protection from wheel wear in that space. Over the last half century, as office chairs evolved from 3-wheel and 4-wheel bases to the more stable 5-wheel base design and pedestal desks evolved into more open modern style for the office and home, the advancement of chair mats got left behind. Until now…
Evolve™ Modern Office Chair Mats are the result of extensive research on how we move in our workspace relative to today’s office chair and contemporary furniture designs. The wide tapered front lip and radius back corners of the lip mat and radius corners of the rectangle mat work in concert with the circular footprint of the 5-star wheel base to offer more efficient use of the roll-able surface of the mat. Evolve™ patented designs bring chair mats into the 21st Century.
Replacing or repairing floors can be expensive! Evolve™ Chair Mats protect that investment from wear due to the wheels of office chairs rolling back and forth over time. Our proprietary material formula features industry-leading performance and clarity, a product of our rigorous roller wear, extreme temperature change, humidity, and stain resistance testing.
Modern design meets efficiency.
Efficient Use of Lip Area
Traditional Shape (Left):
The corners of the rectangular-shaped lip are seldom used. As a wheel rolls to one of those corners, other wheels are already off of the mat.
Evolve Modern Shape (Right):
The front lip is curved to accommodate the circular footprint of today’s 5-star wheel bases found on nearly all office chairs.
Efficient Use of Back CornersTraditional Shape (Left):
Similar to the lip, the back corners cannot accommodate the round footprint of the circular wheel base.
Evolve Modern Shape (Right):
As the chair moves near the back edge of the mat, the contoured back corners are fit the 5-star wheel base footprint.
Wide, Tapered Modern LipTraditional Shape (Left):
The most common problem area with the traditional design is the corners between the lip and body of the mat, where wheels often roll off and can get stuck.
Evolve Modern Shape (Right):
The wide, tapered modern lip allows for more wheel space at the front of the mat, which minimizes the likelihood of roll-offs.
Choose the Right Mat for Your Floor
Is your floor carpet or hard surface?
Chair mats for carpet are designed with a “gripper” backing that holds the mat in place. Hard floor mats are smooth or lightly textured on the underside to avoid damage to hard floor surfaces. Never use a “gripper” backed mat directly on hard floors or on an area rug over a hard floor surface.
What is your carpet pile depth?
Understanding your carpet pile depth is critically important to the performance of your chair mat. To determine the thickness of your carpet pile, place a penny on it’s edge down in the carpet pile (like measuring a tire tread). Example: If Lincoln’s chin is above the carpet pile, your carpet is 1/4″ or less.
Hard Floors
Low Pile Carpet up to 1/4″ thick
Low-Med Pile Carpet up to 3/8″ thick
Details:
- The ONLY chair mat specifically designed for today’s 5-star wheel base chairs
- Gripper backing options for low and medium pile carpets
- Smooth backing option for hard floors
- Wear tested for durability and resistance to cracking
- GREENGUARD Gold certified by UL for low indoor air emissions
- Manufactured in the USA
- US Patent Nos. 9,962,027; D840,720; D841,361 and Canadian Patent Nos. 170522, 174788, 174789, 174790, 177569
