Patent ID: 7364224
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A floor covering product for protecting an electrical wiring harness of a vehicle routed through an interior compartment on top of an interior surface of a contoured floor pan area with an adjacent sill portion extending generally upwardly along at least a portion of the contoured floor pan area comprising: a floor covering made of material being sufficiently flexible to be coextensive with the contoured floor pan area and the adjacent sill portion to be covered; and a non-planar reinforcement member made of material being sufficiently stiff to be self supporting and non-crushable under normal loads at a location spaced from the contoured floor pan area and the adjacent sill portion, the reinforcement member associated with and supporting the floor covering spaced from the contoured floor pan area and the adjacent sill portion in an area adjacent a transition from the contoured floor pan area and the adjacent sill portion to define an open conduit in cooperation with the contoured floor pan area and the adjacent sill portion for the electrical wiring harness to be routed therethrough, such that the electrical wiring harness can be positioned interposed between the non-planar reinforcement member, the contoured floor pan area, and the adjacent sill portion in the area adjacent the transition.