Our infograph shows you which chair mats are best suited to the most common office layouts.
Chair mat lip vs no lip.
The lip of the chair mat is put under the desk.
Rectangular chair mats are the most versatile and fit the most office desk configurations.
45 x 53 mats have a 25 wide x 12 deep lip.
The lip covers the carpet underneath the desk where the chair wheels can roll if the chair is pushed in all the way.
The lip protects the floor under the desk where the chair may roll if scooted all the way in.
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.
Therefore if you want you can move forward your chair toward your desk.
Chair mats come in three basic shapes.
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.
The large picture to the left is shown with a lip.
Light bulb lip and rectangular.
Chair mats that have a lip are listed using the overall or total size of the mat including the lip.
For a corner work area the clear plastic teardrop shaped mat.
Chair mats with a lip are listed using the overall size of the mat including the lip.
36 x 48 mats have a 20 wide x 10 deep lip.
The picture below has a lip.
There are two variants of a mat one is with lip and the other one is without a lip.
Lip or no lip.
Thus the rectangular portion of the mat is smaller than the corresponding size listed.