`Claim Chart Applying ‘186 Patent to WeatherTech Tool No. 01846 for 2014 –
`2018 Jeep Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
`WeatherTech Tool No. 01846 for 2014 – 2018 Jeep
`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
`B2
`Claim 1
`A vehicle
`floor tray
`thermoformed
`from a sheet
`of
`thermoplastic
`polymeric
`material of
`substantially
`uniform
`thickness,
`comprising:
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`Depicted below is a vehicle floor tray formed on WeatherTech
`Tool No. 1846 and fitting the passenger’s side (PS) foot well
`of the 2014 – 2018 Jeep Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited. This
`floor tray is thermoformed from a sheet of thermoplastic
`polymeric material. Prior to thermoforming, the sheet is
`substantially uniformly thick.
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`WeatherTech Tool No. 01846 for 2014 – 2018 Jeep
`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, the floor tray has a central panel that
`substantially conforms to a floor of the vehicle foot well.
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
`B2
`Claim 1
`a central panel
`substantially
`conforming to
`a floor of a
`vehicle foot
`well, the
`central panel
`of the floor
`tray having at
`least one
`longitudinally
`disposed
`lateral side
`and at least
`one
`transversely
`disposed
`lateral side;
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`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, a 1st panel of the tray upwardly extends
`from a transversely disposed lateral side of, and is integrally
`formed with, the central panel. The 1st panel closely
`conforms to a 1st wall of a vehicle foot well for which the tray
`is custom-manufactured. The 1st panel is joined to the central
`panel by a curved transition, highlighted here in color.
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
`B2
`Claim 1
`a first panel
`integrally
`formed with
`the central
`panel of the
`floor tray,
`upwardly
`extending
`from the
`transversely
`disposed
`lateral side of
`the central
`panel of the
`floor tray, and
`closely
`conforming to
`a first foot
`well wall, the
`first panel of
`the floor tray
`joined to the
`central panel
`of the floor
`tray by a
`curved
`transition;
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`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, a second panel of the tray upwardly
`extends from a longitudinally disposed lateral side of, and is
`integrally formed with, the central panel. The 2nd panel
`closely conforms to a 2nd wall of the foot well for which the
`tray is custom-manufactured. The 2nd panel is joined to the
`central panel and to the 1st panel by curved transitions,
`highlighted below in color.
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
`B2
`Claim 1
`a second
`panel
`integrally
`formed with
`the central
`panel of the
`floor tray and
`the first
`panel,
`upwardly
`extending
`from the
`longitudinally
`disposed
`lateral side of
`the central
`panel of the
`floor tray, and
`closely
`conforming to
`a second foot
`well wall, the
`second panel
`of the floor
`tray joined to
`the central
`panel of the
`floor tray and
`to the first
`panel of the
`floor tray by
`curved
`transitions;
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`WeatherTech Tool No. 01846 for 2014 – 2018 Jeep
`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, the WeatherTech floor tray has a reservoir
`disposed in the central panel of the floor tray.
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`U.S. Patent
`No.
`8,382,186 B2
`Claim 1
`a reservoir
`disposed in
`the central
`panel of the
`floor tray;
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`WeatherTech Tool No. 01846 for 2014 – 2018 Jeep
`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, the WeatherTech reservoir has a plurality
`of upstanding, elongate baffles disposed in it. Each of the
`baffles has at least two ends that are remote from each other.
`As depicted in the longitudinal cross section following, the
`baffles are hollow.
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
`B2
`Claim 1
`a plurality of
`upstanding,
`hollow,
`elongate
`baffles
`disposed in
`the reservoir,
`each of the
`baffles having
`at least two
`ends remote
`from each
`other,
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`WeatherTech Tool No. 01846 for 2014 – 2018 Jeep
`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, the central panel, 1st panel, 2nd panel,
`reservoir and baffles each have a thickness from a point on
`the upper surface to a closest point on the bottom surface.
`The thicknesses of these structures vary from uniformity only
`to the extent caused by thermoforming the tray features from
`a flat blank of uniform thickness.
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
`B2
`Claim 1
`the central
`panel, the first
`panel, the
`second panel,
`the reservoir
`and the
`baffles each
`having a
`thickness
`from a point
`on the upper
`surface to a
`closest point
`on the bottom
`surface
`thereof, said
`thicknesses,
`as a result of
`the tray being
`thermoformed
`from the sheet
`of
`thermoplastic
`polymeric
`material of
`substantially
`uniform
`thickness,
`being
`substantially
`uniform
`throughout the
`tray;
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`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
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`WeatherTech Tool No. 01846 for 2014 – 2018 Jeep
`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, the smallest width of each baffle is many
`times its wall thickness.
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`U.S. Patent
`No.
`8,382,186 B2
`Claim 1
`the baffles
`each having a
`width, in any
`horizontal
`direction, of
`more than
`two times its
`thickness,
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`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, the baffles are adapted to elevate the shoe
`or foot of the occupant above fluid collected in the reservoir.
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
`B2
`Claim 1
`the baffles
`adapted to
`elevate the
`shoe or foot of
`the occupant
`above fluid
`collected in
`the reservoir,
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`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
`B2
`Claim 1
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`WeatherTech Tool No. 01846 for 2014 – 2018 Jeep
`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, the baffles impede the flow of fluid in the
`reservoir caused by a change of vehicle speed or direction.
`The flow of the fluid (represented by red arrows) will be
`interrupted by the baffle walls and will be impeded and
`redirected.
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`No.
`8,382,186 B2
`Claim 1
`and further
`adapted to
`impede
`lateral
`movement,
`induced by a
`change in
`vehicle speed
`or direction,
`of fluid
`collected in
`the reservoir,
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`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`U.S. Patent
`No.
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`Claim 1
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`WeatherTech Tool No. 01846 for 2014 – 2018 Jeep
`Wrangler JK 4 Door Unlimited (PS)
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`As depicted below, any portion of the reservoir is connected to
`a remote portion of the reservoir by a path formed around ends
`of the baffles.
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`U.S. Patent
`No. 8,382,186
`B2
`Claim 1
`any portion of
`the reservoir
`connected to
`a remote
`portion of the
`reservoir by a
`path formed
`around ends
`of the baffles.
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