Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Pile or nap type surface or component – Particular backing structure or composition
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-04
2003-03-18
Morris, Terrel (Department: 1771)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Pile or nap type surface or component
Particular backing structure or composition
C015S215000, C015S216000, C015S217000, C015S237000, C015S238000, C015S239000, C296S097230, C238S014000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06534146
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a floor mat and more particularly pertains to a new dual purpose floor mat for providing a better floor mat for vehicles that will better protect the floor of the vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of a floor mat is known in the prior art. More specifically, a floor mat heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,725,926; U.S. Pat. No. 4,382,986; U.S. Pat. No. 4,109,439; U.S. Pat. No. 4,588,628; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 259,416; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 302,263.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new dual purpose floor mat. The inventive device includes a mat member having a bottom wall and also having side and end walls securely attached to and extending along a perimeter of the bottom wall with the bottom wall having a first and second portion; and also includes a floor member being attached to the mat member and having a wall and a first and second side; and further includes a plurality of scraping members being spaced apart and being securely attached to the first end portion of the bottom wall and to the first side of the floor member; and also includes fabric covering securely disposed upon the second portion of the bottom wall and upon the second side of the floor member.
In these respects, the dual purpose floor mat according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a better floor mat for vehicles that will better protect the floor of the vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of floor mat now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new dual purpose floor mat construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a better floor mat for vehicles that will better protect the floor of the vehicle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new dual purpose floor mat which has many of the advantages of the floor mat mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new dual purpose floor mat which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art floor mat, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a mat member having a bottom wall and also having side and end walls securely attached to and extending along a perimeter of the bottom wall with the bottom wall having a first and second portion; and also includes a floor member being attached to the mat member and having a wall and a first and second side; and further includes a plurality of scraping members being spaced apart and being securely attached to the first end portion of the bottom wall and to the first side of the floor member; and also includes fabric covering securely disposed upon the second portion of the bottom wall and upon the second side of the floor member.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new dual purpose floor mat which has many of the advantages of the floor mat mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new dual purpose floor mat which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art floor mat, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new dual purpose floor mat which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new dual purpose floor mat which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new dual purpose floor mat which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such dual purpose floor mat economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new dual purpose floor mat which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new dual purpose floor mat for providing a better floor mat for vehicles that will better protect the floor of the vehicle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new dual purpose floor mat which includes a mat member having a bottom wall and also having side and end walls securely attached to and extending along a perimeter of the bottom wall with the bottom wall having a first and second portion; and also includes a floor member being attached to the mat member and having a wall and a first and second side; and further includes a plurality of scraping members being spaced apart and being securely attached to the first end portion of the bottom wall and to the first side of the floor member; and also includes fabric covering securely disposed upon the second portion of the bottom wall and upon the second side of the floor member.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new dual purpose floor mat that allows the user to effectively cleans one's shoes and then allows the user to have a nice carpeted floor mat.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new dual purpose floor mat that is convenient and easy to maintain and keep the carpeted portion of the floor mat clean.
These together with other objects of the
Morris Terrel
Wachtel Alexis
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