A method of printing on elastomer material and related article is provided, resulting in an epoxidized elastomeric (EEM) layer having a color image retained with high color density, high colorfastness, and low color migration, resulting in an image capable of rendering and maintaining sharp detail. The EEM layer is configured to be receptive of and to retain color dye(s), e.g., particularly via sublimation. To that end, the EEM layer has an epoxidized elastomeric material, compounded of an elastomer and an epoxy of a prescribed amount.

A yoga towel is for use in conjunction with a suitable mat or converter that allows an existing mat to be retrofitted to be used with the present yoga towel. The yoga towel has one or more magnets and/or metal attached, advantageously to its perimeter and/or with a center portion of the towel. A suitable surface such as a yoga mat will have a complementary metal and/or magnet so that when the yoga towel is placed on the yoga mat, the yoga towel through magnetic forces (i.e. attraction) is held in place. Advantageously, in one form, the magnets and/or metal are strips in the yoga towel and/or yoga mat are in the form of flexible strips of magnetic material and/or metal.

A mat comprises a cover detachably fastened to a base pad, where the cover may be removed for washing and/or replacement. The cover may be made of a durable fabric while the base pad may be made of rubber or similar material. The base pad may comprise a number of holes through each of which a two-part fastener may be attached. A portion of hook and loop material (or another type of material intended to attach tightly to the cover) may be affixed to the portions of the fasteners oriented toward the cover so as to enable the mat to be detachably fastened to the cover.

A double-sided gym flooring towel includes a fabric layer defining a central zone and two opposing lateral zones on each of opposing top and bottom surfaces thereof, a first anti-slip layer bonded to the top surface of the fabric layer and covering the respective two lateral zones and providing a plurality of separated first openings to expose a part of the top surface of the fabric layer, and a second anti-slip layer bonded to the bottom surface of the fabric layer and covering the respective two lateral zones and providing a plurality of separated second openings to expose a part of the bottom surface of the fabric layer.

A system comprising a yoga mat, storage compartment and carrying case and associated methods for use.

A foldable surface for supporting a user relative to a support surface during an activity includes at least three surface panels that are movably coupled to one another with one or more panel connectors. Each of the surface panels includes (i) a rigid base layer having a base layer first surface that faces in a first direction, and (ii) a resilient layer that is adjacent to the base layer, the resilient layer having a resilient layer second surface that faces in a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction. The surface panels are movable between an open configuration wherein the surface panels cooperate to form a substantially planar surface that can be positioned adjacent to the support surface, and a stacked configuration wherein the surface panels are positioned substantially side-by-side with the base layer first surface of one surface panel directly facing the base layer first surface of an adjacent surface panel.

Some examples include a portable support pad constructed of nonwoven needlefelt, such as for relieving physical stress and fatigue endured from extended kneeling, sitting, lying and/or standing on rigid, flat, irregular, and/or un-even surfaces. The support pad constructed of the nonwoven needlefelt is flexible porous, absorptive, and chemically resistant to corrosive substances.

The present invention relates to a prayer rug configured to determine a progression in prayer of a user, wherein the prayer rug comprises a sensor configured to detect a change in a physical property, wherein the prayer rug comprises a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a first group of sensors, and wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a second group of sensors. The present invention also relates to a method for determining a progression in prayer of a user, and to a system and a computer program product configured therefor.

The Prostration Bed, is a portable bed comprising an essentially rectangular padded mat that contains an open allocated space for one's head and is configured specifically for lying in prostrate comfort, stretched out on a bed with one's face downward in reverence or submission.

An assembly, in one embodiment, compromising an exercise mat having a top layer and a bottom layer, and a towel is described. The top layer of the exercise mat is configured to have a first exposed surface. The towel comprises a first surface and second surface, the first surface configured to be coupled to the first exposed surface of the top layer of the exercise mat, the surface area of the towel being less than or equal to a surface area of the top surface of the exercise mat.