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Automobile floor mat construction
Assignee: BRUNEEL E
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Filing: 1972-08-14
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Granted: 1974-12-24
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Expires: 1992-08-14
Abstract
Abstract A floormat construction especially suitable for use within the interior of automobiles and other passenger carrying vehicles, and comprising a body portion of a predetermined size and shape fabricated from an absorbant fibrous substrate of sufficient strength to maintain the predetermined shape when wet and supporting a load, such as the automobile passengers feet. The body portion is completely enclosed by a liquid impervious skin such as a polyurethane material with the skin adhering to the surface of the body portion. A portion of the skin associated with the top surface of the body portion is perforated to permit liquid thereon to pass through the skin and into a plurality of aligned bores extending a predetermined depth into the body portion for easy absorption of the liquid therein as well as to trap small particles of mud, dirt and the like.
Inventors
- 👤 C Bruneel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 19:15
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/02; B32B5/022; B60; B60N; B60N3/00; B60N3/04; B60N3/044; B32B27/00; B32B27/12; B32B5/024; B32B2323/00; B32B2323/04; B32B2375/00; B32B2471/00; B32B2471/04; B32B2605/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23; Y10T428/239; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24273; Y10T428/24322; Y10T428/24331
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
A FLOOR MAT CONSTRUCTION FOR ABSORBING LIQUIDS AND HOLDING FOREIGN PARTICLES, SAID MAT COMPRISING: A BODY PORTION OF A PREDETERMINED SHAPE FOR FACILITATING THE POSITIONING OF SAID MAT UPON A PORTION OF A FLOOR OF AN AUTOMOBILE, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A BOTTOM SURFACE AND A TOP SURFACE, SAID BODY PORTION BEING A LIQUID ABSORBING MATERIAL AND OF A STRENGTH SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID PREDETERMINED SHAPE WHEN THE BODY PORTION IS WET; A LIQUID IMPERVIOUS SKIN COMPLETELY ENCLOSING SAID BODY PORTION AND ADHERING TO THE EXPOSED SURFACES OF SAID BODY PORTION, THE PORTION OF SAID SKIN IN CONTACT WITH SAID BODY PORTION TOP SURFACE BEING PERFORATED TO PERMIT LIQUID AND FOREIGN PARTICLES THEREON TO TIVELY, FOR ABSORPTION AND STORAGE BY SAID BODY PORTION, SAID SKIN ENCLOSED BODY PORTION BEING OF A STRENGTH SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE FEET OF A PASSENGER IN SAID AUTOMOBILE; AND AN UPRIGHT RIDGE DISPOSED ALONG THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID TOP SURFACE AND EXTENDING ABOVE SAID TOP SURFACE TO FORM A BARRIER TO RESTRAIN THE MOVEMENT BEYOND SAID EDGE OF ANY LIQUIDS AD FOREIGN PARTICLES DISPOSED ON SAID TOP SURFACE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
187 words
A FLOOR MAT CONSTRUCTION FOR ABSORBING LIQUIDS AND HOLDING FOREIGN PARTICLES, SAID MAT COMPRISING: A BODY PORTION OF A PREDETERMINED SHAPE FOR FACILITATING THE POSITIONING OF SAID MAT UPON A PORTION OF A FLOOR OF AN AUTOMOBILE, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A BOTTOM SURFACE AND A TOP SURFACE, SAID BODY PORTION BEING A LIQUID ABSORBING MATERIAL AND OF A STRENGTH SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN SAID PREDETERMINED SHAPE WHEN THE BODY PORTION IS WET; A LIQUID IMPERVIOUS SKIN COMPLETELY ENCLOSING SAID BODY PORTION AND ADHERING TO THE EXPOSED SURFACES OF SAID BODY PORTION, THE PORTION OF SAID SKIN IN CONTACT WITH SAID BODY PORTION TOP SURFACE BEING PERFORATED TO PERMIT LIQUID AND FOREIGN PARTICLES THEREON TO TIVELY, FOR ABSORPTION AND STORAGE BY SAID BODY PORTION, SAID SKIN ENCLOSED BODY PORTION BEING OF A STRENGTH SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE FEET OF A PASSENGER IN SAID AUTOMOBILE; AND AN UPRIGHT RIDGE DISPOSED ALONG THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID TOP SURFACE AND EXTENDING ABOVE SAID TOP SURFACE TO FORM A BARRIER TO RESTRAIN THE MOVEMENT BEYOND SAID EDGE OF ANY LIQUIDS AD FOREIGN PARTICLES DISPOSED ON SAID TOP SURFACE.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The mat construction defined in claim 1 wherein said body portion is a material selected from the group consisting of a woven fibrous material, a non-woven fibrous material, fiberboard, paperboard, paper, and cotton.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The mat construction defined in claim 1 wherein said liquid impervious skin is a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene and polyurethane.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
The mat construction defined in claim 1 wherein said perforations are a plurality of bores extending through the upper surface of said skin, said body portion top surface having a plurality of bores extending from said top surface a distance at least one-third of the thickness of said mat, said bores in said body portion being aligned with said bores in said skin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The mat construction defined in claim 4 wherein said liquid impervious skin is a material selected from the group consisting of polyurethane and polyethylene.
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