Desk chair mats come in all shapes and sizes including rectangular rectangular with a lip and even a clear plastic teardrop shaped mat as manufactured by es robbins.
Chair mat lip vs no lip.
Our infograph shows you which chair mats are best suited to the most common office layouts.
Chair mats come in three basic shapes.
The large picture to the left is shown with a lip.
Therefore if you want you can move forward your chair toward your desk.
Custom design chair mats are available as well.
At your workstation where you put the chair mat the lip is supposed to be at the front side.
45 x 53 mats have a 25 wide x 12 deep lip.
The picture below has a lip.
Rectangular chair mats are the most versatile and fit the most office desk configurations.
36 x 48 mats have a 20 wide x 10 deep lip.
Thus the rectangular portion of the mat is smaller than the corresponding size listed.
The lip covers the carpet underneath the desk where the chair wheels can roll if the chair is pushed in all the way.
Once you ve determined how large your chair mat needs to be you can pick out a shape.
Lip or no lip.
Light bulb lip and rectangular.
Chair mats with a lip are listed using the overall size of the mat including the lip.
Chair mats that have a lip are listed using the overall or total size of the mat including the lip.
Chair mats are offered in a number of standard sizes ranging from 36 x 48 up to 72 by 96 for carpeted surfaces and 60 x 96 for hard surfaces.
If you have a traditional desk with drawers on both sides then a mat with a lip would probably work best for you.
There are two variants of a mat one is with lip and the other one is without a lip.