Automobile floor mat

Claim 1

A FLEXIBLE ONE-PIECE AUTOMOBILE FLOOR MAT COMPOSED OF AN ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL AND ADAPTED TO FIT ON TOP OF THE ORIGINAL FLOOR COVERING ON THE FRONT FLOOR OF AN AUTOMOBILE, COMPRISING A CENTER SECTION ADAPTED TO FIT OVER THE TRANSMISSION HUMP AND A PAIR OF SIDE SECTIONS ADAPTED TO LIE ON THE FLOOR ON EACH SIDE OF THE HUMP, EACH OF SAID SIDE SECTIONS HAVING A FORWARD PORTION EXTENDING BEYOND THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID CENTER SECTION TO LIE ALONG THE INCLINED TOE BOARD PORTION OF THE FLOOR, SAID MAT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT UNDER SURFACE, A PERIPHERAL DAM PROJECTING ABOVE THE UPPER SURFACE AND EXTENDING UNBROKENLY AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CENTER AND SIDE SECTIONS, A THIN FLEXIBLE FLAP PORTION ALONG THE OUTER EDGE OF EACH SIDE SECTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND SAID PERIPHERAL DAM AND HAVING A THICKNESS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT OF SAID DAM, THE PORTION OF THE MAT WITHIN SAID PERIPHERAL DAM HAVING A THICKNESS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT OF SAID DAM AND GREATER THAN THAT OF SAID FLAP PORTIONS, A PLURALITY OF RIBS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID SIDE SECTIONS AND PROJECTING ABOVE THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID MAT, SAID RIBS BEING SPACED AWAY FROM SAID PERIPHERAL DAM ALONG THE OUTER EDGES BY A MARGIN PORTION HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH UPPER SURFACE, SAID MARGIN PORTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THINNER THAN SAID RIBS.