Patent ID: 9586509
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B60N

Claim:
1. A mat system for a vehicle floor having a floor mat retainer defining a fixed first vertical axis, the floor mat system comprising an adapter portion, and a mat portion; wherein the adapter portion comprises a first receiver to enable engagement of the adapter portion to the mat and a plurality of second receivers to enable engagement of the adapter portion to the mat retainer at a selected one of a multitude of locations, each engagement of the adapter portion to the mat retainer being rotational about the fixed first vertical axis, according to a selection from the plurality of second receivers; the mat portion comprises a fastener defining a second vertical axis and disposed inboard on the mat portion for rotational engagement with the first receiver about the second vertical axis to allow variation of a rotational disposition of the mat portion relative to the adapter portion, the second vertical axis being parallel to the fixed first vertical axis; and whereby a selectable distance is established between the first and second vertical axes by the selection from the plurality of second receivers, and rotation of the mat portion about the second vertical axis together with the selection from the plurality of second receivers and the rotation of the adapter portion about the fixed first vertical axis cooperate to allow selectable variation of a rotational and orthogonal disposition of the mat portion relative to the mat retainer.