Manufacturing vehicle floor trays
US8899655B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31917
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The three-dimensional positions of points on a surface of a vehicle foot well are digitally measured and are stored in a memory. The stored points are used to construct an electronic model of the vehicle foot well surface. The electronic model of the vehicle foot well surface in turn is used to construct an electronic three-dimensional image of the vehicle floor tray. A vehicle tray data file is created from the electronic three-dimensional image. The data file is in turn used to make a mold for a vehicle floor tray, and vehicle floor trays are manufactured by molding polymer material in the mold.
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