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US 10,946,781 B2Granted
Vehicle floor mat retainer
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorJuan Carlos Gonzalez Carrillo
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Abstract
A vehicle floor mat retainer includes a vehicle carpet portion including an engagement portion connected by a first hinge to a carpet retainer portion, and a vehicle floor mat portion including a cap portion connected by a second hinge to a floor mat retainer portion.
Claims16
A vehicle floor mat retainer comprising:
- a vehicle carpet portion including an engagement portion connected by a first hinge to a carpet retainer portion;
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- a vehicle floor mat portion including a cap portion connected by a second hinge to a floor mat retainer portion, wherein the engagement portion includes a rectangularly-shaped elongate protrusion extending from a surface of the engagement portion, wherein the floor mat retainer portion defines a rectangularly-shaped first opening that is configured to allow the elongate protrusion to pass therethrough, and wherein the cap portion defines an internal opening that is configured to selectively capture the rectangularly-shaped elongate portion.
A vehicle including a vehicle floor, a vehicle carpet on the vehicle floor, a vehicle floor mat, and a vehicle floor mat retainer that retains the vehicle floor mat to the vehicle carpet, the vehicle floor mat retainer comprising:
- a vehicle carpet portion including an engagement portion connected by a first hinge to a carpet retainer portion;
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- a vehicle floor mat portion including a cap portion connected by a second hinge to a floor mat retainer portion, wherein the engagement portion includes a rectangularly-shaped elongate protrusion extending from a surface of the engagement portion, wherein the floor mat retainer portion defines a rectangularly-shaped first opening that is configured to allow the rectangularly-shaped elongate protrusion to pass therethrough, and wherein the cap portion defines an internal opening that is configured to selectively capture the rectangularly-shaped elongate portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.