Three-dimensional vehicle mat washer and related method of use

A method of washing a vehicle mat, the method comprising:

• providing a vehicle mat including a floor substantially conforming to a floor of a vehicle foot well, a forward wall integrally formed with the floor of the mat and extending upward from the floor at a first angle, and a side wall integrally formed with the floor of the mat and extending upwardly from the floor distal from the forward wall and substantially conforming to a foot well wall, the side wall joined with the floor of the mat by a curved transition;
• advancing the vehicle mat between a first set of compliant rollers rotating in a first direction and a second set of compliant rollers rotating in a second direction, opposite the first direction, at least one of the compliant rollers deforming radially toward an axis of rotation when contacting the vehicle mat;
• engaging the vehicle mat with a first brush rotating in a third direction and a second brush rotating in a fourth direction opposite the third direction, simultaneously from above the vehicle mat and below the vehicle mat, to scrub debris from the vehicle mat while moving along a first pathway, at a location downstream of the first and second sets of compliant rollers;
• rotating the first and second brushes faster than the first and second sets of compliant rollers to exert tension on a portion of the vehicle mat located between the brushes and the compliant rollers and allow the brushes to rotate relative to the vehicle mat to provide a scrubbing action;
• deflecting the vehicle mat downstream of the first brush and second brush to a second pathway offset from first pathway;
• and
• bending at least one of the floor, the forward wall and the side wall during said deflecting.