Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Structurally defined web or sheet – Including variation in thickness
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-15
2001-07-17
Loney, Donald J. (Department: 1772)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Structurally defined web or sheet
Including variation in thickness
C428S085000, C428S095000, C428S192000, C296S097230, C015S215000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06261667
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a floor mat used in cars. People often use floor mats the car carpet, because the mat prevents mud, dirt and gravel on the person's shoes from getting into the carpet. The floor mat of the present invention has multiple symmetrical bevel grooves for collecting water tracked on the mat the mat can be washed to remove any collected dirt or residue.
Usually, people have an ornamental carpet in a car for beautifying the interior of the car. However, in order to keep the carpet from becoming soiled by dirt from a person's shoes, many people place a set of mats on the carpet (four pieces, two for the front seats and two for the rear seats). Conventional car mats are putted on the carpet without any design to fix the mat with the carpet, when people step on the mat, the mat will be moved. It may influence the safety of driving and defeats the purpose of the mat of its intended covering area. It is therefore need to be improved.
Additionally, the design of the conventional car mat is flat, therefore, after using for a while, the sludge, gravel, and rainwater on the shoes will not only dirty the carpet, but also deface the inside of the car. It is the defect of the conventional car mat.
Due to the defect of the conventional car mats on practice, the inventor designs an improved structure of car mat. The structure of the car mat is not only to improve the function of avoiding slide, but also to collect the sludge and gravel on the shoes, and will not dirty the carpet. Therewith, these multiple symmetrical bevel grooves formed in the plate-shaped car mat can collect the water tracked on the mat the mat is designed for easy cleaning or washing.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An improved floor mat used in cars includes an upper polyester fabric layer, a middle polyvinglchloride (PVC) plate or layer, and an under net lining or layer. All three layers are laminated together, to form a unitary plate-shaped object. The plate-shaped mat is in bossed to form multiple symmetrical umbos (or raised areas) that define multiple symmetrical bevel dirt collection grooves. The grooves can collect the muck from a person's shoes When necessary, the person can take the mat out for washing or cleaning without dirtying the carpet. Multiple foam particles are created on the under net lining of the mat to prevent the mat from shifting on the carpeted floor of the vehicle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5725926 (1998-03-01), Wang
Arnhem Erik M.
Formosa Saint Jose Corp.
Loney Donald J.
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