Floor mat and method of attaching retainer thereto
AssigneeThe 2500 Corporation
InventorsMark Altus, David W. Roth
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method of attaching retainers to automotive floor mats, as well as an embodiment of a floor mat utilizing said method. The typical floor mat utilizing this method will have a retainer with a series of male or female fasteners provided on the retainer, and the floor mat will have openings corresponding to these fasteners, through which the other fastener, whether it be male or female, can be passed to firmly attach the floor mat to the retainer. The retainer may be one sided or two sided, their may, or may not be holes in the floor mat, depending on the particular fasteners being used, the openings in the floor mat, if provided, may, or may not, be reinforced, and a heel pad can optionally be attached at the same time.
Claims42
A method of attaching retainers to automotive floor mats, said method including the steps of:
- (a) providing a retainer having an upper surface and first fastening means depending upwardly therefrom;
- (b) providing a floor mat construction having openings therein for said first fastening means to pass through;
- (c) providing further fastening means, complimentary to, and for attachment to, said first fastening means;
- (d) placing said floor mat over said first fastening means on said retainer;
- and,
- (e) attaching said further fastening means to said first fastening means thereby firmly attaching said floor mat to said retainer.
A method of attaching retainers to automotive floor mats, said method including the steps of:
- (a) providing a retainer having bristles on at least one side thereof, and a plurality of openings adapted to accept fastening means;
- (b) providing a floor mat construction having openings therein corresponding to said openings in said retainer;
- (c) providing a plurality of fastening means;
- (d) fastening said retainers to said floor mat using said fastening means.
A floor mat construction including:
- (a) a floor mat,
- (b) mounting means, including male and female fasteners, for securing a retainer to said floor mat, and
- (c) a retainer having bristles on at least one side thereof attached to said floor mat by said mounting means.
A floor mat construction including:
- (a) a floor mat,
- (b) fastening means, including male and female fasteners, for securing a heel pad and a retainer to said floor mat,
- (c) a heel pad attached to the top side of said floor mat by at least some of said fastening means;
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- (d) a retainer attached to the under side of said floor mat by at least some of said fastening means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.