Automotive floor mat having rigid rib

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible, sheet-form main body adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, and
• a rigidifying rib structure formed from an elongated rib-forming element of thin sheet-form fabricated from a multiplicity of filamentary strands having some of said multiplicity of strands disposed in angularly oriented relationship to others of said strands and secured in fixed association with said main body, said rigidifying rib structure being configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible, sheet-form main body having opposed surfaces formed from a moldable material and adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof,
• a rigidifying rib structure embedded in firmly fixed relationship in said main body and disposed in spaced relationship to at least one surface of said main body, said rigidifying rib structure being configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible, and
• a reinforcing sheet interposed between said rib structure and said one surface of said main body.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible, sheet-form main body having opposed surfaces and adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, said main body having formed therein a channel of predetermined configuration and opening at one surface of said main body, and
• a rigidifying rib structure of cooperative configuration to interfit in said channel in fixed, mechanically retained association with said main body, said rigidifying rib structure being configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible sheet-form main body adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, said main body being formed with an elongated projection which extends along a surface thereof in substantially parallel relationship thereto and projects a distance outwardly from said surface, and
• a rigidifying rib structure including an elongated rib-forming element having a channel-shaped cross section configured to cooperatively receive said projection in interfitting relationship and mechanically secured in fixed association with said main body through said projection, said rigidifying rib structure being configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible, sheet-form main body adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, and
• a rigidifying rib structure including an elongated rib-forming element mechanically secured in fixed association with said main body by auxiliary means including an elongated thin sheet extending around said rib-forming element in encircling relationship with marginal longitudinal edge portions thereof disposed in superposed relationship to each other and to said main body with said edge portions being secured to said main body, said rigidifying rib structure being configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible, sheet-form main body adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, and
• a rigidifying rib structure including an elongated rib-forming element mechanically secured in fixed association with said main body by auxiliary means which includes an elongated strip having said rib-forming element embedded therein and formed with an attaching surface portion adapted to be disposed in overlying relationship to a surface of said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible, sheet-form main body adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, said main body including first and second sheets disposed in superposed relationship and fixedly secured together to form a unitary sheet-form structure, and
• a rigidifying rib structure formed from elongated, substantially rigid elements interposed between the first and second sheets of said main body and mechanically secured therewith in fixed association, said rigidifying rib structure being configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible sheet-form main body adapted to be positioned is supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, and
• a rigidifying rib structure formed from an elongated, substantially rigid rib-forming strip of thin plate-like form provided with a multiplicity of apertures, said strip being disposed within and secured in fixed association with said main body, said rigidifying rib structure being configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible sheet-form main body formed from a moldable material and adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, and
• a rigidifying rib structure formed from an elongated, substantially rigid, rod-shaped, rib-forming element embedded within and in fixedly secured relationship in said main body, said rigidifying rib structure being formed from a material different from the material used to form said main body and having a structural rigidity substantially greater than that of said main body and being configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible sheet-form main body formed from a moldable material and adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, and
• a rigidifying rib structure formed from an elongated rib-forming element fabricated from a moldable material of the same type as said main body, but of a substantially greater durometer as to be resiliently rigid and relatively inflexible, said rib structure integrally molded with said main body thereby forming a unitary structure with said rib-forming element configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.

A floor mat for an automotive vehicle comprising

• a flexible, sheet-form main body adapted to be positioned in supported relationship on a vehicle floor and of an area dimension to cover at least a specified portion thereof, and
• a rigidifying rib structure including an elongated rib-forming element mechanically secured in fixed association with said main body by auxiliary means which includes a filamentary strand encircling said rib-forming element and which is stitched into said main body, said rigidifying rib structure being configured to provide rigidity in both longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to said main body and to thereby effectively render at least a selected area portion of said main body substantially inflexible.