To facilitate movement over a base both for severely ill patients as well as for their nurses or assistants there is provided a mat comprising two side by side arranged strips (1,2) connected together along a part of their length where each strip (1,2) is at free end of its longitudinal portion (3,5) provided with a transversal portion (4,6), the transversal portion (4) of the first strip (1) overlapping at least partially the transversal portion (6) of the second strip (2).
