Vehicle floor tray
US8382186B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 27, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31917
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle floor tray is thermoformed from a polymer sheet of substantially uniform thickness. The tray has a central panel and at least first and second upstanding side panels joined to the central panel by curved transitions. Within a reservoir disposed in the central panel are plural, hollow treads/baffles. The treads/baffles have a width, in any horizontal direction, which is more than twice the substantially uniform thickness of the tray as thermoformed. The treads/baffles impede lateral motion, due to changes in vehicle speed or direction, of liquid collected in the reservoir.
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