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`MAT USED IN CARS
`Inventor: Ming-Shun, Taipei (TW)
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`[0001]
`The invention relates tois a floorkind of mat used in cars. People often use floor matsput it on the
`car carpet, because of its special structure when stepping on it the mat prevents will not move,
`and at the same time avoids the mud, dirt and gravel on the person's shoes from getting intodirty
`the carpet. The floor mat of the present invention hasFurthermore, there are, multiple
`symmetrical bevel grooves for collecting formed in the plate-shaped mat to collect the water
`tracked on the mat, and it is convenient for people to take the mat can be washed to remove any
`collected dirt or residueout to wash.
`[0002]
`Usually, people have an ornamentalpave classy carpet in a car for beautifying the interior of the
`car. However, in order to keep the carpet from becoming soileddefiling by dirt from a person's
`shoespeople's tread, many people placeputs a set of mats on the carpet (four pieces, two for the
`front seats and two for the rear seats).) on the carpet. Conventional car mats are putted on the
`carpet without any design to fix the mat with the carpet, when people step on the mat, the mat
`will be moved. It may influence the safety of driving and defeats the purpose of the mat of its
`intended covering area. It is therefore need to be improved.
`[0003]
`Additionally, the design of the conventional car mat is flat, therefore, after using for a while, the
`sludge, gravel, and rainwater on the shoes will not only dirty the carpet, but also deface the
`inside of the car. It is the defect of the conventional car mat.
`[0004]
`Due to the defect of the conventional car mats on practice, the inventor designs an improved
`structure of car mat. The structure of the car mat is not only to improve the function of avoiding
`slide, but also to collect the sludge and gravel on the shoes, and will not dirty the carpet.
`Therewith, these multiple symmetrical bevel grooves formed in the plate-shaped car mat can
`collect the water tracked on the mat, and it is convenient for peoplelto take the mat is designed
`for easy cleaning or washingout to wash.
`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`[0005]
`An improved floor mat used in cars includes an upper polyester fabric layer, a middle
`polyvinglchloride (PVC)-plastic plate or layer, and an under net lining or layer. All three
`layersparts are laminatedstuck together, and bound to form a unitary plate-shaped object. The
`plate-shaped object of the mat is in bossed to formformed by multiple symmetricalsyrnmetrical
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`EX1059
`Yita v. MacNeil
`IPR2020-01139
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`umbos (or raised areas) that define . There are multiple symmetrical bevel dirt collection
`grooves. The formed between these umbos naturally, and the grooves are downward. The
`sideways grooves therefore can collect the muck from a person's on the shoes When necessary,
`the person can , and is convenient for people to take the mat out for washing or cleaningto wash
`without dirtyingdirty the carpet. MultipleAdditionally, multiple foam particles are created on the
`under net lining of the mat to prevent the. The mat from shifting on the carpeted floor ofwill not
`move on the vehiclecarpetr by these foam particles.
`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
`[0006]
`FIG. 1 is a perspectiveperspactive view of the improved mat used in cars of this invention.
`[0007]
`FIG. 2 is a structure view of the unformed mat of this invention.
`[0008]
`FIG. 3 is an Y—-Y section view of the improved mat used in cars of this invention.
`[0009]
`FIG. 4 is an X—-X section view of the improved mat used in cars of this invention.
`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
`[0010]
`As FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4 show a car floor shown that an improved mat used in cars (100 of this
`invention ) is consisting of an upper polyester fabric layer (10), (l0),a middle polyvinglchloride
`(PVC)Plastic plate or layer (20), and an under net lining or layer (30).
`[0011]
`The material of the above mentioned middle polyvinglchloride (PVC)plastic plate (or layer ( 20)
`isas a flexible, light weight, and waterproof Polyethylene (PE) or Polyethylene Ethylene —Vinyl
`Acetate (EVA) foam. The above mentioned net lining (30) is composed of multiple yarns or
`threads (31) woven or knotted in a combination of both transversehorizontal and longitudinal
`ways to form a net fabric. This net fabric iswas dipped and coated with plastic (PVC etc.) resins,
`which are formulatedfor10 mulated with foamingfoam)ng agent. This coated fabric after being
`treated by a heat foamingheatfoaming process, will have aalong the threads or yarns (31)
`continuous sponge foam covering 32will be formed on the thread or yarn 31 surface in a suitable
`thickness and on each knot at the thread crossing points.place foam particle (32) will be created
`also. The improved car floor mat used in cars (100) of this invention is formed by
`placingsticking the net lining (30) with multiple foam particle (32), aforesaid middle
`polyvinglchloride (PVC), plastic plate or layer (20), and the upper polyester fabric layer (10)
`together, and binding or gluingbinning the three layers togetherparts to form a whole mat as
`shown in FIG. 1.
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`[0012]
`As figures shown that the mat ( 100) of this invention is a plate-shaped object, and there is a
`shallow plate-shaped object at the front flange of the mat. The plate-shaped object and the
`shallow plate-shaped object are for people to step on. The mat can be placed freely depends on
`the locations of the front seat and rear seat.
`[0013]
`The plate-shaped object of the above mentioned mat ( 100) is formed by multiple symmetrical
`umbos(A) which can be designed as rectangle, quarry, or figure etc. There are multiple
`symmetrical bevel grooves (B) formed between these umbos (A) so as to be depressed below the
`mat upper surface to thereby receive naturally, and the grooves (B) are downward. When the
`sludge, gravel, and rainwater that ison the shoes are tracked on the mat (100), by the person's
`shoes. The person's shoe can be people can scraped on the umbos (A), to move dirt intothen
`sideways grooves (B) for collection. Whenwill collect the muck on the shoes together, and it is
`convenient, the person can for people to take the mat out for washing or cleaning.to wash. At the
`same time, the muck will not dirty the carpet because of the design of the plate-shaped mat. The
`matIt will keep the carpet clean, and will not deface the inside of the car. As shown in FIGS. 1, 3
`and 4, the mat has a peripheral upstanding rim for containment of water sludge and debris. The
`rim has an inverted V cross-section for strengthening purposes.
`[0014]
`There are multiple foam particles ( 32) are created on the under net lining (30) of the mat (100)
`of this invention. The multiple foam particles (32) of the mat (100) will cling to the fibers of the
`carpet under the mat (100), and create a desiredthe drag between the mat and carpet, so that. By
`this way, the mat will not move on the carpet.
`[0015]
`From the above description, it will be seen that the structure of the mat ( 100) is simple, but the
`present invention is novel in design, through by using the use of three different kindsinds of
`material, i.e. a polyester fabric (10), a polyvinglchloride (PVC)plastic plate or layer (20), and a
`foam-coated net lining (30). Then bound these three parts to form a whole plate-shaped mat, and
`the mat (100) will not move on the carpet. It is therefore better and largely improved than the
`conventional mat.
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`In the claims:
`What is claimed is:
`16. A one piece floor mat for use in automotive vehicles, comprising:
`a three layer laminated mat body that includes a middle layer, upper layer, and lower layer
`bonded together at the interfaces between said layers;
`said middle layer comprising a flexible impermeable plastic sheet that is impervious to liquid
`flow therethrough;
`said upper layer comprising a woven plastic sheet bonded to the upper surface of said middle
`layer;
`said lower layer comprising a woven net fabric coated with a plastic foam, said lower layer being
`bonded to the lower surface of said middle layer;
`said laminated mat body being embossed to form multiple water collection grooves on the mat
`body upper surface.
`27. The floor mat of claim 16, wherein said laminated mat body has a peripheral upstanding rim
`for containmentcontaining of water sludge and debris collected on the mat body, said rim having
`an inverted V cross-section.
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`Abstract
`An improved mat used in cars includes an upper polyester fabric layer, a middle
`polyvinglchloride (PVC)plastic plate or layer, and a foam-coatedan under net layerlining. All
`three layersparts are placedstuck together, and bound to form a laminated plate-shaped object.
`The plate-shaped object of the mat is formed by multiple symmetricalsy,metrical umbos that
`define. There are multiple symmetrical bevel grooves formed between these umbos. naturally,
`and the grooves are downward. The sideways grooves therefore can collect the muck from a
`person's on the shoes. When, and is convenient, a person can for people to take the mat out to
`wash without dirtyingdirty the carpet. FoamAdditionally, multiple foam particles are created on
`the under net layerlining of the mat prevent the. The mat from movingwill not move on the
`carpeted floor of the vehiclecarpet by these foam particles.
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