Patent ID: 11872920
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A heel guard for mitigation of damage to a floor mat, the heel guard comprising:
a rectangular body comprised of two oppositely positioned long edges connected to two oppositely positioned short edges; and
a contact surface of an upper portion of the rectangular body, the contact surface being a depression configured to contact and cushion a heel of a shoe or a foot of a driver, wherein the depression is defined by an elevated ridge positioned around a perimeter of the rectangular body;
wherein a volume, defined by the contact surface and the elevated ridge, receives and holds debris from the shoe or the foot of the driver and decreases contact of the floor mat with the debris;
wherein the perimeter of the rectangular body comprises side walls extending substantially perpendicular to the contact surface; and
wherein an outer edge of a lower portion of the rectangular body curves inward from the side walls and connects the side walls to a bottom surface of the rectangular body.