Patent ID: 7727612

Claim:
An automotive vehicle floor mat system, comprising: a floor foot space of a driver's seat of an automobile, the automobile having a accelerator pedal and a brake pedal, and the floor having retainer pins located thereon; a floor mat adapted to be located in front of a driver's seat and on the floor beneath the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal, said floor mat having a front and a rear edge wherein said edges are defined when said floor mat is on the floor space as said front edge being closest to the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal, and said rear edge being the edge farthest from the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal; said floor mat comprising only first and second retainer holes and no additional retainer holes; said first and second retainer holes provided at two positions at a predetermined interval in and within about two inches of the rear edge of said mat, said retainer holes being adapted to engage said retainer pins, retainer members having a rigidity and made of metal or non-metal provided on an inner edge of each retainer hole, and wherein a thickness of said retainer members is smaller than a height of said retainer pins, wherein the first retainer hole is provided on a right rear side of the mat and within about two inches of a rear extension portion of an accelerator pedal with a center of said first retainer hole being positioned on the right side of a left edge extension line of the accelerator pedal or a right edge extension line of the accelerator pedal, and, a second retainer hole is provided closer to a center side of the mat than said first retainer hole and within about two inches of a rear extension portion of a brake pedal with a center of said second retainer hole being positioned on the right side of a left extension line of the brake pedal or a center extension line of the brake pedal.