Patent ID: 8910995
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L,B33Y,B60N,B60R,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for manufacturing a vehicle floor tray, comprising the steps of: digitally measuring the three-dimensional position of a plurality of points on a surface of a vehicle foot well for which the vehicle floor tray is to be provided; storing said points in a memory; using the stored points to construct a model of the vehicle foot well surface; using the model of the vehicle foot well surface to construct a three-dimensional image of a vehicle floor tray, said step of using the model comprising a plurality of substeps, the substeps including creating a vehicle tray data file from the three-dimensional image of the vehicle floor tray; using the vehicle tray data file to make a vehicle floor tray vacuum mold; and using the vehicle floor tray vacuum mold, molding a vehicle floor tray from a sheet of thermoplastic polymeric material.