Thermoformed vehicle floor tray with baffle-containing reservoir
AssigneeMacneil IP LLC
InventorDavid F. MACNEIL
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Abstract
A vehicle floor tray is molded from a thermoplastic polymer sheet such that it has high shear and tensile strength, an acceptable degree of stiffness and a high coefficient of friction on its upper surface. The floor tray has first, second, third, and fourth sidewalls integrally formed with the floor, which has a reservoir. The reservoir has a plurality of longitudinally and transversely oriented baffles standing up from the general surface of the reservoir portion to impede lateral movement of water.
Claims6
A vehicle floor tray molded from a sheet of thermoplastic polymeric material of substantially uniform thickness, comprising:
- a floor substantially conforming to a floor of a vehicle foot well, the floor having at least one longitudinally disposed lateral side and at least one transversely disposed lateral side;
- a first wall integrally formed with the floor and upwardly extending from the first lateral side of the floor;
- a second wall integrally formed with the floor and the first wall and upwardly extending from the second lateral side of the floor, at least one of the first and second walls having a top margin, the top margin being at least five inches higher than the floor at its greatest separation therefrom;
- the floor of the tray having an upper surface including a general portion and a reservoir portion, a general surface of the reservoir portion being lower than and surrounded by the general portion of the upper surface of the floor of the tray;
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- a plurality of longitudinally oriented baffles disposed in the reservoir portion and a plurality of transversely oriented baffles disposed in the reservoir portion which are joined to ones of the longitudinally disposed baffles, the baffles acting to impede lateral movement of water occurring because of vehicle motion, the baffles standing up from the general surface of the reservoir portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.