Vehicle carpet affixation device
AssigneeDavid F. Macneil
InventorDavid S. Iverson
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Abstract
A vehicle floor mat affixation device includes at least two tines or hook members formed on respective helical paths around an axis of the affixation device and ending in sharpened points. The preferably tempered stainless steel hook members are adapted to easily pierce vehicle floor carpeting and to be screwed into place. A reverse face of the affixation device includes a panel of releasable fastening material that is designed to mate with a similar panel of releasable fastening material in the vehicle floor mat. The present invention resists affixation device pull out and shear forces applied to the mat with respect to the carpeting on which the mat is placed, but nonetheless permits easy removal and replacement of the vehicle floor mat and of the affixation devices themselves.
Claims23
A device for fastening an object to a textile layer, comprising:
- a body having a first face, a second face opposed to the first face, and an axis defined to be at an angle to the first face and the second face;
- a plurality of elongate, resilient hook members extending axially outwardly from the first face, each hook member spaced from, and disposed in a helical path around, the axis and terminating in a free end, the hook members adapted to engage the textile layer;
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- a fastener affixed to the second face for fastening to the object.
A device for affixing an object to a textile layer, comprising:
- a body having a first face and a second face opposed to the first face;
- at least one pair of hook members adapted to engage the textile layer and protruding from the first face, a crosspiece integrally joined with and connecting the hook members, the crosspiece disposed in a nonlinear path between the hook members, the nonlinear path substantially disposed in a single plane;
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- a fastener disposed on the second face and adapted to be fastened to the object.
A system for releasably attaching an object to a textile layer, comprising:
- at least one affixation device having a body with a first face, a second face opposed to the first face and an axis formed at an angle to the first face, a plurality of helical hook members each describing a respective helical path around, and spaced from, the axis and protruding from the first face, a first fastener disposed on the second face;
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- at least one second fastener affixed to the object, the second fastener releasably securable to the first fastener.
A method of affixing an object to a textile layer, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a first surface of an affixation device body adjacent an upper surface of the textile layer so as to present free ends of a plurality of hook members, each upstanding from the first surface in a respective helical path, toward the upper surface of the textile layer;
- pressing the affixation device toward the first surface of the textile layer;
- while performing said step of pressing, rotating the affixation device in a direction which is the same as the direction of the helical paths from the first surface of the affixation device to the free ends of the hook members;
- responsive to said steps of pressing and rotating, piercing the textile layer with the free ends of the hook members at a respective plurality of spaced-apart locations;
- further rotating the affixation device to secure the affixation device to the textile layer;
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- mating a fastener formed on a second surface of the affixation device which is opposed to the first surface thereof to a fastener on the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.