Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Structurally defined web or sheet – Including aperture
Patent
1998-12-21
2000-09-19
Loney, Donald
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Structurally defined web or sheet
Including aperture
428172, 428188, 296 38, 220573, 184106, 180 691, B32B 310, F16N 3100, B62D 2520
Patent
active
061208760
ABSTRACT:
A floor protector for a garage floor or the like is formed as a unitary, monolithic sheet for placement in the parking area of a motor vehicle. The protector includes left and right inwardly sloping lateral surfaces, with a longitudinal channel or trough extending down the center of the device. The trough slopes rearwardly, to collect runoff from the lateral slopes and guide the runoff to the rear center of the device where it is removed from the protector and garage by a retractably extendable channel. The remainder of the rearward edge of the protector includes a raised, rounded dam with a central gap for the retractable channel, to preclude runoff from the device at any other point than the location of the central channel. The protector includes flat, level wheel or tire rest points inset in the lateral slopes, for assisting a driver in accurately positioning a vehicle on the device. The protector is preferably sufficiently large to extend at least slightly beyond the dimensions of the vehicle, in order to capture rain, snow, slush, road salt, and other materials which may fall from the vehicle after it is parked, particularly in winter driving conditions. The present floor protector thus serves to protect the underlying floor from moisture and chemical contamination, as well as protecting any articles which might be resting upon the floor and subject to damage from liquid runoff from a vehicle parked on a level floor.
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Litman Richard C.
Loney Donald
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