Thursday 5 February 2015

Get to know the different purposes of using mats

The mat is a flat material which is placed on a flat surface and serves different purposes. The mats can provide a small flat surface like a mouse pad. The mouse pad ensures that the mouse is working correctly. There are many mats which protect the surface beneath them. Like a table mat which protects the surface of the table from anything warm that is placed on top of it. There are many mats which are used even for preservation. These kinds of mats are used to take care of important artefacts at a museum and many more.

There is one kind of mats called the place mats. These are placed on a table. These are either kept beneath the plates or kept below the utensil which is brought in for serving purposes. The biggest use of this mat is to ensure that the heat from the food doesn’t damage the finishing of the table itself. Any hot object which is directly placed on mats would marr the table’s appearance. A mat here would form the physical barrier to ensure the heat doesn’t affect the outer aspects of the table.

Similar to this is a Gymnastic Mat. This of course is not for keeping anything out from the floor. In this case the purpose of the mat is to ensure that whatever is on top of it doesn’t get damaged. Most of the gymnastics mats that are being used are for the purpose of ensuring non-slip and also to reduce the impact of the fall. 

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