The invention relates to a covering item 1 for detecting droppages and comprises - a body 3 delimited by edges 5, 7, 9, 11, a plurality of pressure sensors 23 distributed in a chosen geometry within the body 3, a processing unit 27 connected to at least some of the pressure sensors 23 and designed to collect information regarding the state of these pressure sensors 23, and at least a first connector 15, 17, 21 and a second connector 19, each one connected to the processing unit 27, arranged near an edge 5, 7, 9, 11 and designed to be able to be connected to a connector of another, similar, item. The processing unit 27 is designed to associate location information drawn from said state information with information regarding the location of the item 1, to receive, via the first connector 15, 17, 21, information from a first other similar item, and to emit, via the second connector 19, the associated information and/or said information received, to a second other similar item.
