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US 2003/0143358 A1Published application
Vehicle floor mats
OwnerMarc Needlesinventor
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Abstract
Vehicle floor mats for the front driver's side, the front passenger's side, and the rear driver's or passenger's side, are provided individually or packaged together in a kit containing one each of the front driver's side mat and the front passenger's side mat and two of the rear driver's or passenger's side mats. The mats are formed from a paper board product and have features, such as cut-out regions, cut lines, fold lines, a directional rigidity and a directional flexibility, which provide for a snug, customizable fit without slippage or wrinkling.
Claims50
A front driver's side vehicle floor mat formed from a paper board product, said floor mat consisting of:
- a substantially rectangular main body portion having a front edge, a back edge, a left-side edge, and a right-side edge and having a directional rigidity that exists in a direction running from the front edge to the back edge and having a directional flexibility that exists in a direction running from the left-side edge to the right-side edge;
- a tab portion, said tab portion having a smaller width than the width of the main body portion and extending from the front edge of the main body portion in a centralized location such that a left and a right shoulder of the front edge extend beyond the tab portion on each side, said tab portion having a cut-out region formed by the removal of a portion of the right-most side of the tab portion where it joins the front edge of the main body portion and removal of a portion of the right shoulder of the main body portion;
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- wherein the mat has a first fold line formed therein, which is co-linear with the front edge of the main body portion, and joins the main body portion with the tab portion.
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A front passenger's side vehicle floor mat formed from a paper board product, said floor mat comprising:
- a substantially rectangular main body portion having a front edge, a back edge, a left-side edge, and a right-side edge and having a directional rigidity that exists in a direction running from the front edge to the back edge and having a directional flexibility that exists in a direction running from the left-side edge to the right-side edge;
- a tab portion, said tab portion having a smaller width than the width of the main body portion and extending from the front edge of the main body portion in a centralized location such that a left and a right shoulder of the front edge extend beyond the tab portion on each side;
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- wherein the mat has a first fold line formed therein, which is co-linear with the front edge of the main body portion, and joins the main body portion with the tab portion.
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A rear driver's or passenger's side vehicle floor mat formed from a paper board product, said floor mat comprising:
- a substantially rectangular main body portion having a front edge, a back edge, a left-side edge, and a right-side edge, with the front edge and the back edge each nearly two-times longer than either the left-side edge or the right-side edge, and having a directional rigidity that exists in a direction running from the front edge to the back edge and having a directional flexibility that exists in a direction running from the left-side edge to the right-side edge;
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- a tab portion, said tab portion having a smaller width than the width of the main body portion and extending from the front edge of the main body portion in a centralized location such that a left and a right shoulder of the front edge extend beyond the tab portion on each side.
A kit comprising packaging containing one floor mat A, one floor mat B, and two floor mats C, wherein
- floor mat A is a front driver's side vehicle floor mat formed from a paper board product, said floor mat comprising:
- a substantially rectangular main body portion having a front edge, a back edge, a left-side edge, and a right-side edge and having a directional rigidity that exists in a direction running from the front edge to the back edge and having a directional flexibility that exists in a direction running from the left-side edge to the right-side edge;
- a tab portion, said tab portion having a smaller width than the width of the main body portion and extending from the front edge of the main body portion in a centralized location such that a left and a right shoulder of the front edge extend beyond the tab portion on each side, said tab portion having a cut-out region formed by the removal of a portion of the right-most side of the tab portion where it joins the front edge of the main body portion and removal of a portion of the right shoulder of the main body portion;
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- wherein the mat has a first fold line formed therein, which is co-linear with the front edge of the main body portion, and joins the main body portion with the tab portion;
- floor mat B is a front passenger's side vehicle floor mat formed from a paper board product, said floor mat comprising:
- a substantially rectangular main body portion having a front edge, a back edge, a left-side edge, and a right-side edge and having a directional rigidity that exists in a direction running from the front edge to the back edge and having a directional flexibility that exists in a direction running from the left-side edge to the right-side edge;
- a tab portion, said tab portion having a smaller width than the width of the main body portion and extending from the front edge of the main body portion in a centralized location such that a left and a right shoulder of the front edge extend beyond the tab portion on each side;
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- wherein the mat has a first fold line formed therein, which is co-linear with the front edge of the main body portion, and joins the main body portion with the tab portion;
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- floor mats C are rear driver's and passenger's side vehicle floor mats formed from a paper board product, said floor mats comprising:
- a substantially rectangular main body portion having a front edge, a back edge, a left-side edge, and a right-side edge, with the front edge and the back edge each nearly two-times longer than either the left-side edge or the right-side edge, and having a directional rigidity that exists in a direction running from the front edge to the back edge and having a directional flexibility that exists in a direction running from the left-side edge to the right-side edge;
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- a tab portion, said tab portion having a smaller width than the width of the main body portion and extending from the front edge of the main body portion in a centralized location such that a left and a right shoulder of the front edge extend beyond the tab portion on each side.
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