Patent ID: 11951891
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An extruded strip for an automotive floor mat, said floor mat having a perimeter edge, said strip comprising:
a) a flexible elongated body fabricated from a material group consisting of rubber, thermoplastic elastomers (TPV), EPDM rubber, and polychloroprene rubber compounds;
b) an upwardly-extending exterior sidewall juxtaposed to a shorter interior sidewall, both connected by a sloped connecting wall;
c) a slit beginning at said shorter interior sidewall for insertion of an edge of the automotive floor mat;
d) an internal cavity adjacent to said slit, said internal cavity being higher than said slit, said internal cavity structured to imprison and secure said edge of the automotive floor mat;
wherein the strip is mountable to automotive floor mat edges, covering the entire perimeter edge of the floor mat, to confine at least one of water, dust, or grime, and to stabilize mat position on a vehicle floor;
wherein:
e) said interior sidewall has an inner height ranging from 5 to 23 mm and said upwardly-extending exterior sidewall has an outer height ranging from 17 to 33 mm, with the inner height being at least 30% shorter than the outer height;
f) said slit has a slit height at the interior sidewall ranging from 4 to 10 mm; and
g) said internal cavity has a maximum cavity height ranging from 4 to 17 mm and a a midpoint height, with the midpoint height being intermediate between the maximum cavity height and the slit height at the interior sidewall.