Patent ID: 7316834

Claim:
A drip mat for collecting fluids leaking from a motor vehicle, comprising: a plurality of elongate fluid collection blocks, each of the blocks having a floor and at least one sidewall extending around the floor and defining a well, the floor having a raised ridge extending transversely across the well having opposite ends, each of the blocks further having a first end having a slot defined therein and a second end having a plurality of fingers extending therefrom; a spline disposed in the slots between adjacent collection blocks and adapted for being fastened therein in order to chain the collection blocks together to a desired length; a grill disposed over the well, the grill having a plurality of apertures defined therein adapted for permitting the fluids to drip into the well; and an entrance ramp and an exit ramp, each of the ramps having a first end with a plurality of fingers extending therefrom detachably forming a finger joint with the second end of one of the collection blocks, and having a second end tapering downward from the first end for driving the vehicle onto and off the collection block.