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.
