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`CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
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`PATENT NO.
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`I 7,316,847 B2
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`DATED
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`: David F. MacNeil
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`It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:
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`In the Specification
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`Column 2, Line 37, replace “contusion” with --coextrusion--
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`Column 3, Line 1, replace “contusion” with --coextrusion--
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`Column 3, Line 23, replace “contusion” with --coextrusion--
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`Column 3, Line 38, replace “contusion” with --coextrusion--
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`Column 10, Line 44, replace “contusion” with --coextrusion--
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`Column 11, Line 34, replace “contusion” with --coextrusion--
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`Column 11, Line 45, replace “contusion” with --coextrusion--
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`Column 12, Line 6, replace “contusion” with --coextrusion--
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`Column 19, Line 40, replace “SUBS” with --SUVs--
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`Signed and Sealed this
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`Tenth Day of July, 2018
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`Amen W~
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`Andrei Iancu
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`Director ofthe United States Patent and Trademark Oflice
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`Request fer Certificate hf Correction
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`Attomey Becket Ne. 317003069
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Dent Sir:
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`I, The above—captteneti patent (the “Patettt”) was assigned to the owner et’remtti MaeNeI},
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`1P LLC. This assignment was t‘eeetdeti Aprt'I (in, mm at Ree} $24233, flame {3977.
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`2. The undersigned Is the Attorney 0:? Record fat the Patent.
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`3, The subject matter 01? the Fatent in general concerns the thertnofet‘mntg 0f 22 vehieIe fleet
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`trey out eta mnttipteetayer sheet efgttastie. These Iayets are. termed (“extruded”) together. The sheet
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`of poiymeiie 01‘ plastic matetiai is said {in various pieces in the Specification as flied) to be
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`“eeexttuded”, meaning that that there are at Beast two adjacent Ieyets, 0t “ttiexttudet‘é”, meaning that
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`there are three adjacent layers. A sheet of materiai having twe layers may be referred t0 as a
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`“eeextttrsion” and a sheet et‘metetial having three layers may he referred to as e “‘ttiextttrsion”. The
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`ability et‘twe such layers tn stick together is sometimes discussed as their “ceextmsien eernpatihility.”
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`4t Clairns l, 7, l3, 18, 21, 24, 28, St and 39 of the Fatent as issued all use the ward
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`“COQK‘KudC-ttl”? as they shenld.
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`5.
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`l-lowever, the undersigned recently discovered that the Speelfieatien as printed uses the
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`ward “centusien” in each place where the word “ceextrusieh” sheuld appear. This of eeurse makes
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`he sense given the subject ninttet et‘the Patent.
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`6. The undersigned inspected the specification of the applieatien as filed? by dewhtnadihg a
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`enpy of it here PAIR.
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`in each place where “contusion” was printed in the Patent, the Applicant had
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`typed the wetd “enextrusien.”
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`'7. The Patent owner attaehesy as Exhibit A t0 this Request, selected pages el’the Speeitietttien
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`as tiled. The Patent ewnet has underlined each instahee in which the word “ceextt‘usinn” appeared
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`in the original Speeifreetinn.
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`8.. The Speeitieatien was amended by the Applicant in a Reply te Gt‘t’lee Action tiled April
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`9, 2007. Nonetheless, Applicant rnade n0 amendments to the Specification that would he ve ehatrrged
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`the wetd “ceexttnsinn” t0 “contrrsien”_
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`9. Except fer Applicant’s amendment described above, the enhdititni of the Specification es
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`initially tiled was the same as the condition er“ the Speeitientien at the time the Examiner allowed the
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`application en Oetehet the 2007. Ne httther amendments were made t0 the Specification after the
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`Netiee et‘ Allowance or alter the payment of the issue fee.
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`30,
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`is the Patent ewner’s theory that “centusierr” was uniformly snhstituted for
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`“eeextrtrsien” at the printer.
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`11. In like manner; it appears that the printer substituted “SUBS” fer “SUVS” at Cot. 39, tine
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`48. hr Exhibit A} the Patent owner rhetudes the page at specificatien where “SUVs” was ettginatly
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`written. It is clear tram the eerttext 0f the Speeifieatieh that Appheant meant “sport utihty vehrctes”
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`aria not “submarines”,
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`‘32. The patent owner submits herewith a draft Certificate of Cerreetton, acting, by {Saturn};
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`and tine, each piece in the Specificatteh where “centusieh” sheuid be corrected t0 ---eeextmsi0rt~~.
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`The draft Certificate of Correction also seeks to correct “SUBS” :0 —SUVs——.
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`‘33. From the feregeihg, it can be seen that the aheve—rectted errors were not the mistake 0f
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`the Aprrtieant but rather; and unequivecatty, were setety the errors 01? the Office.
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`143-. The Patent owner therefere tespeetfuity requests that the Gffiee issue a Certificate of
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`Correction arid: that the Off; ee do this rm arr expetitteti basis.
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`Ne tee is thought
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`to be due in eertjtmctiort with this suhrrttssiert Nonethetess? the
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`Cormrtissiorter is hereby authorized to charge Depestt Aeceuht No. 586166 of Perkins 1}) Law Greup
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`LLC to sever any fee deficiency.
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`Attorney Docket No. 30} 700w00069
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`ability to retain snow—melt and the like, until the water evaporates or can be disposed of by
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`the vehicle owner or user. One advanced design places treads in the middle of the reservoir,
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`such that the feet of the occupant are held above any fluid that the reservoir collects. But
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`including such a reservoir within a floor tray that otherwise has an acceptahle lit to the
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`surface of a vehicle foot well has not yet been done, since there are problems in incorporating
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`a three~diinensional liouldwholding vessel into a product that ideally conforms, on its lower
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`surface? to the surface of the foot well. Further, a reservoir which collects drip water from a
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`large surface, such as a vehicle floor tray, will exhibit more problems in keeping the collected
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`fluid from sloshing about in a moving vehicle.
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`[lllltlol Conventional vehicle floor mats and trays are molded from a single rubber or plastic
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`material. The selection of this material is controlled by its cost, its resistance to shear forces,
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`its tensile strength, its abrasion resistance, its ability to conform to the surface of the vehicle
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`foot well, its souiidmdeadening properties and how slippery or nonslippery it is relative to the
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`occupants’ feet, with nonslipperiness (having a relatively high coefficient of friction) being
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`advantageous. Often the designer must make tradeot‘l‘s among these different design
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`constraints in specifying the material from which the tray or mat is to he made.
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`SUMMARY GF THE lNVEN’l‘lON
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`lililll7l According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a vehicle floor cover, mat
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`or tray which is removahly installable by a consumer and which is formed of at least three
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`layers that are bonded together, preferably by ctrrron. The three layers include a central
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`layer whose composition is distinct from a bottom layer and a top layer. Preferably, all three
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`layers are formed of thermoplastic polymer materials.
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`in another aspect of the invention, the
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`top layer exhibits a kinetic coefficient of friction with respect to a sample meant to emulate a
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`typical shoe outsole (neoprene rubber, Shore A Barometer 60) of at least about 0.82.,
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`Airtime}; Decker Ne. 30} ?60—00069
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`[9968} Preferably, a major pertien of the central layer is a polyelet‘in, More preferably, the
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`pelyolefin is either a polypropylene er a polyethylene. Most preferably, the poiyelefln is high
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`rneleeular weight pelyethylene (HMPE) as herein defined” in an alternative embodiment; the
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`central layer can he a styreneeerylonitrile eopolymer (SAN) or an aerylonitrilewhntadiencn
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`styrene (ABS) polymer hlendo
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`ltllltlgl Preferably, a major portion of the rep layer is a thenneplastie elastorner, such as one
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`of the proprietary eenipositiens sold under the trademarks SANTGPRENE®, QEOLASTQE
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`and VYRAMGE. VYRAM® is particularly preferred.
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`in another embodiment, a major
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`pertien of the tap layer can he an ABS polymer blend. Where ABS is used in both the top
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`and central layers, it is preferred that the arnennt 0f the pelyhntadiene phase in the top layer
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`he greater than the amount of this phase in the central layeru
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`{iltllill it
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`is further preferred that a majer portion ef the hettern layer likewise be a
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`therrneplastie elasterner, and eenvenlentiy it ean he9 hut (lees not have to he, of the same
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`compesitien as the major portion of the top layer.
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`{Gilli} Preferably one or mere ef the layers is actually a polymer blend,
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`in which a miner
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`portion is preselected for its eeextrttslon compatibility with the adjacent layer(s). Thus, a
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`minor pertien of the rep and hettern layers can consist of a polyeletin, while a miner pertien
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`of the central layer can consist elf a thermoplastic elastorner. in each ease, it is preferred that
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`the minor portien he no mere than ahont one part in four by weight of each layer, er a weight
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`ratie of 1:3. Where all three layers are preselecteri to he ABS blends,
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`the ameunt of
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`polyhntatliene preferably is decreased in the central
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`layer relative to the top and hnttorn
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`layers”
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`ititiil} Whiie the preferred embodiment of the vehicle floor cover consists of three integrai
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`ieyers, any one of the recited iayers can in feet be matte up of two or more subiayere, tech
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`that the totai number of subiayers in the resuitant met or trey eon exceed three.
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`{9M3} in another embodiment, the thermopiestie eiaetorner constituent of the top, eentrtti
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`and/or bottom iayers described above can be repieceti with a naturai or synthetic rubber,
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`including styrene hntndiene rubber, buteciiene rubber, aetyionitriie butadiene rubber (NEE) or
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`ethylene propyiene rubber (EFi'Jh/i).
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`whit-i} According to e reinteri espeet of the invention, a vehieie fioor cover is provided that
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`has three inyers bonded together, preferehiy by eoextrusion. Major portions of the top and
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`bottom iayer consist of thennopiastie eiastomer(s).
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`The top and bottom ieyers have
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`compositions distinct from the eentrai
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`ieyer, which can be chosen for its reietiveiy iow
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`expense.
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`it is preferred that a major portion of the centrai iayer he a poiyoiefin and that
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`major portions of the top and bottom iayers be one or more thennopiestie eiastomersc The
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`poiyoietin may be seiected from the group consisting of poiypropyiene and poiyethyiene, and
`preferebiy is a high moieeniar weight poiyethyiene (rift/{PE}, The thermoplastic einstomer
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`can, for exempie, he SANTOPRENEEA GEOLAST® or VYRAM®, with VYRAM® being
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`pertieuieriy preferred,
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`it is nine preferred that each of the iayers be a poiy’rner biend, with e
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`minor portion of each iayer being chosen for its
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`oempntibiiity with adjacent
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`layers.
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`For exempie,
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`the top and bottom Eeyore can consist of e 3:i weight ratio of
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`VYRAM®firiMPE and the eentrei ieyer of a 3:i weight ratio ofiiMPE/VYRAMCE.
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`{9915} in an embodiment eiternative to the one ehove, the top and bottom ieyers can consist
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`of ABS poiyrner biends and the eentrai iayer can eonsist of SAN or en ABS in which the
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`poiybutediene phase is present in a smeiier concentration than in the top and bottom iayers.
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`tactile prcpertiesg its relatively high static and dynamic coefficients effrictien with respect to
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`typical fecm'ear, and its resistance to chemical attack from road salt and other substances inte
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`which it may come into contact. Top layer 600 preferably includes a majer portion of a
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`thermoplastic elastoiner such as VYRAMQD, SANlQPRENEGh or GEOLAST®, which are
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`prcprietery compcsitiens available frcrn Advanced Elastomer Systems,
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`VYRAM® is
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`preferred, particularly Grade till—‘75 (indicating a Shore A hardness of 75). An upper surface
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`606 of the the layer 1500 may he textured by a “haircell” pattern er the like so as tc provide a
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`pleasing tactile feel and visual appearance, as may a lower surface of the hottern layer 604.
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`{@959} it is preferred that tap layer see he a polymer blends,
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`in which instance a miner
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`pcrtien cf the composition of the top layer dill}:
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`is selected for its ceextrusien compatibility
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`with core layer 602. A polycletin polymer is preferred such as polyprepylene or more
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`preferably polyethylene even more particularly a high molecular weight peiyethylene
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`{EMPE}. As used herein, HMPE is a ccrnmcdity preduet, available from many sources, and
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`distinguished in the industry from lew density pelyethylene (LDPE) and high density
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`polyethylene (HDPE) by its apprcximate prcperties:
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`E ---------------mmE
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`lTensile Strength (a, Yield, ASTM p—tsssi t lsee
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`ltiS 099:3]5 0065
`lFlexnral Medultits, ASlM l)790 psr
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`{illicit} in the above table, the testing methods by which the properties are determined are
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`given fer the purpese cf reproducibility,
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`{fillet} Particularly where the thermoplastic elastemer and the pelyoletin are respectively
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`selected as VYRAMQE and EMPE, the prepcrtien by weight of the thermoplastic elasterner tc
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`pelyoleiin material in layer 60% is preferably selected te he sheet 311., it has been diseevered
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`that some pelyeiefin material needs to be present in layer 600 for eeentrnsiert compatibility
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`with eentrai
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`layer 602;
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`in the instance where a majer portion ef the layer 6G2 is also a
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`pelyelefin,
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`{$9623 in an alternative embodiment, the themeplastie elasterner compenent of the tap layer
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`(Still may be replaced with an elastemer such as natural rubber, acrylunitrlle butadlene rubber
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`(NEE), styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), er ethylene propylene diene rubber (EPDM).
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`{M63} in a further alternative ernberlirnentg layer 609 can be an aerylonitrile butarliene
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`Styrene (ABS) blend. ABS is a material in which submicreseepie particles of pelybritadiene
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`are disperser};
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`in a phase of styrene aeryleniirile (SAN) eepolyrner. Fer layer 600,
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`the
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`pereentage by weight at polybntadiene, which lends elastemerie properties te the material,
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`‘ should be ehesen as relatively high,
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`{0064} The care er central layer 602 preferably is comprised of a thermoplastic polymer
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`material that is seleetetl for lie tenghneas, stiffness and inexpensiveness rather than its tactile
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`er frietienal propertiesi Preferably a major portien of it is a pelyele’fin such as polyprepylene
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`or polyethylene. More preferably, a major portion of the layer 502 is eornpesetl of HMPE as
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`that material has been defined above
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`{Ghéfil it is preferreti that the central
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`layer 6&2 be a blend, and in that instance a miner
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`pertien of layer 602 is composed all a material seleetetl far its en
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`’en compatibility with
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`top layer 600 (and bettein layer titltl described below).
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`in the illustrated embediment, this
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`miner pertion is a thermoplastic eiastorner sneh as SANTOPRENE®, GEOLAST® er
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`VYRAM® VYRAMCEJ Gracie
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`lillw’fi
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`is particularly preferred.
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`Fer
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`layer 662, and
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`particularly where the pelyolefin anti the thermoplastic elastemer are respectively selected as
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`HWE and VYRAMQE), the proportion by weight of pelyelefin te thenneplastie elastorrrer is
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`animatararazrrrrrrr.r
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`preferred to he about 3: i. More generally, the percentages of the minor portions in layers 600
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`and 602 (and layer 604) are selected as being the minimum necessary for good coextrusion
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`compatibility,
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`{ease} in an alternative embodiment, where layer 600 has been chosen as a polyhetadiene»
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`rich layer of ABS, layer 602 is chosen as a grade of ABS having less of a percentage by
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`weight of polyhutadiene in it, or none at all (effectively, styrene acrylonitrile copolymer or
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`SAN),
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`{8967} Bottom layer 604 has a lower surface Still which will be adjacent the vehicle foot well
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`top surface, Typically, this surface is carpeted. The bottom layer 604 is a thermoplastic
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`polymer material selected for its wear characteristics, as well as its sound—deadening qualities
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`and a yieldahility that allows the layer 604 to hotter grip “hard points” in the vehicle ihot well
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`surface as well as conform to foot well surface irregularities. Preferably, a major portion of
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`the layer 694 is composed of a thenrioplastie elastorner, such as SANTOPRENEQ
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`GEOLASTCE‘ or, preferably, VYRAM® VYRAM® Grade llllvlfi is particularly preferred.
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`[9968} it is preferred that the bottom layer 694 he a polymer hlend.
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`in this instance, a minor
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`portion of the bottom layer 604 is seleoted for its coentrasion compatibility with the core
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`layer 602. Where core layer 602 is mostly made of a poiyolefin material, it is preferred that a
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`polyolelin he used as the minor portion of the bottom layer 6&4, This polyoletin can he, for
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`example, polypropylene or polyethylene, and preferably is llMPE, The amount of the minor
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`portion is selected to he that minimum amount that assures good coextrusion compatibility.
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`Where the polyoletin and the thermoplastic elastorner are respectively chosen to be HMPE
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`and VYRAMQ it has been found that the thermoplastic elastomer: polyolefin ratio by weight
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`in the layer 604 should he about 3zl.
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`Attorney Docket No. it” Mil—006369
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`£60953} The result is a tray data file 708 that is a complete representation of both the upper
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`and lower surfaces of the floor tray,, to a precision sufficient to create only a 1/8 in. departure
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`or less from a large portion of the respective surfaces of the vehicle foot well: This data file,
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`typically as translated into a .stl format that approximates surfaces with a large plurality of
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`small trianglesg is used at ’7lll to command a stereclithographie apparatus (SLA). The SLA
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`creates a solid plastic image or model of the design by selectively curing liquid photopolyrner
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`using a laser. The SLA is used to determine fit to an actual vehicle foot well and to make any
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`necessary adjustments.
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`llllilill As modified with experience gained from titling the SLA, at 71?; the vehicle tray data
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`tile is used to make a commercial mold for producing the vehicle floor trays or covers.
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`’l‘riextruded sheets or blanks 77M are placed in the mold and heated to produce the vehicle
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`floor trays at 7i 6.
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`[8191} 'l‘hreeodimcnsicnal vehicle floor trays for many different vehicle models can he
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`quickly and accurately manufactured using this method. The method can also he modified to
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`produce double trays,
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