THERMOFORMED VEHICLE FLOOR TRAY WITH TREADS

摘要

In a vehicle floor tray thermoformed from a sheet of thermoplastic polymeric material of substantially uniform thickness, a central panel includes a reservoir that has plural elongate hollow baffles which act to elevate the foot or shoe of the occupant above fluid collected by the reservoir, and also act to impede lateral movement of fluid in the reservoir. Heights of first and second side panels, measured at their junction, are substantially similar to each other. The vehicle floor tray may be one of a product line of such floor trays having the same functional characteristics but substantially conforming to respective and differently shaped foot wells in different vehicles.

主权项

1. A vehicle floor tray thermoformed from a sheet of thermoplastic polymeric material of substantially uniform thickness, comprising:
a central panel substantially conforming to a floor of a vehicle foot well, the central panel of the floor tray having an upper surface, at least one generally longitudinally disposed lateral side and at least one generally transversely disposed lateral side; a first side 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 substantially conforming to a first foot well wall, the first side panel of the floor tray joined to the central panel of the floor tray by a curved transition; a second side panel integrally formed with the central panel of the floor tray and the first side panel, upwardly extending from the longitudinally disposed lateral side of the central panel of the floor tray, and substantially conforming to a second foot well wall, the second side panel of the floor tray joined to the central panel of the floor tray by a curved transition, the second side panel of the floor tray being joined to the first side panel of the floor tray by a curved transition at a first junction, the first and second side panels each having a top margin, a vertical height of the first side panel as measured from the upper surface of the central panel of the floor tray to the top margin of the first side panel at the first junction being substantially similar to a vertical height of the second side panel as measured from the upper surface of the central panel of the floor tray to the top margin of the second side panel at the first junction; a reservoir disposed in the central panel of the floor tray; a plurality of upstanding, hollow, elongate baffles disposed in the reservoir, each of the baffles having at least two ends remote from each other, 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 a lower 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; the baffles each having a width, in any horizontal direction, of more than two times its thickness, the baffles adapted to elevate the shoe or foot of an occupant above fluid collected in the reservoir, and further adapted to impede lateral movement, induced by a change in vehicle speed or direction, of fluid collected in the reservoir, any portion of the reservoir connected to a remote portion of the reservoir by a path formed around ends of the baffles.