VEHICULAR FLOOR MAT SYSTEM

摘要

A floor mat for a vehicle includes an adapter plate for engaging the vehicle's mat retaining system, a mat portion, and a fastener for securing the mat portion to the adapter plate. The configuration of the adapter plate allows the mat portion to be transversely, longitudinally, and rotationally aligned and secured to the vehicle's floor despite variations in the arrangements of different vehicles' mat retaining systems. The mat portion may include a plurality of peripheral guidelines to assist the end-user to trim the mat to fit any intended one of a plurality of automobile models.

主权项

1. A floor mat for a vehicle floor of the type having a floor mat retainer defining a fixed first vertical axis, the floor mat comprising an adapter portion, a mat portion, and a mat fastener; wherein
the adapter portion comprises a planar panel disposed between the mat portion and the vehicle floor and having a primary receiver for engaging the adapter portion to the floor mat retainer, and a multitude of secondary receivers adapted to be selectably engaged by the mat fastener; the mat portion comprises a locator disposed inboard on the mat portion and engagable to a selected one of the adapter's secondary receivers by the mat fastener to define a selectable second vertical axis parallel to the fixed first vertical axis; the adapter is pivotable along a substantially horizontal plane about the fixed first vertical axis such that the selectable second vertical axis is pivotable about the fixed first pivot axis; the mat portion is pivotable along a substantially horizontal plane about the selectable second vertical axis; and the mat portion comprises a plurality of peripheral outlines for guiding trimming of the mat portion into a mat shape, one of the peripheral outlines intended to cause the mat shape to correspond with a floor shape of the vehicle floor; whereby trimming of the mat portion along the one of the peripheral outlines causes the mat shape to correspond with the floor shape; variation in the selection of the adapter's secondary receiver to which is engaged the mat portion and pivoting of the adaptor about the fixed first vertical axis enables variation of a transverse and longitudinal disposition of the mat portion relative to the vehicle floor; and rotation of the mat portion about the selectable second vertical axis enables variation of a rotational disposition of the mat portion relative to the vehicle floor.