Patent ID: 8336944

Claim:
A vehicle floor tray system comprising: a vehicle having a foot well having an upper surface including a foot well floor, a generally transverse first wall extending upwardly from the foot well floor, a generally longitudinal second wall extending at an angle from the first wall, and a generally longitudinal third wall extending substantially at an angle from the first wall, at least a portion of the upper surface being compressible carpeting; a vehicle floor tray thermoformed from a sheet of thermoplastic polymeric material of substantially uniform thickness and for fitting into the foot well, the floor tray having a tray floor substantially conforming to the foot well floor and having a tray floor upper surface; an upstanding first panel substantially conforming to a first wall of the foot well, integrally formed with the tray floor and upwardly extending from a transversely disposed lateral side of the tray floor, the upstanding first panel of the tray joined to the tray floor by a curved transition; an upstanding second panel substantially conforming to a second wall of the foot well, integrally formed with the tray floor and upwardly extending from a longitudinally disposed lateral side of the tray floor, the upstanding second panel of the tray joined to the tray floor and to the upstanding first panel of the tray by a curved transition; and an upstanding third panel substantially conforming to a third wall of the foot well, integrally formed with the tray floor and upwardly extending from a lateral side of the tray floor, the upstanding third panel of the first tray joined by curved transitions to the tray floor and to a preselected one of the upstanding second panel of the tray and the upstanding first panel of the tray; wherein the first, second, and third upstanding panels of the tray each have a top margin and an outer surface facing the upper surface of the foot well, and, for each upstanding panel, at least ninety percent of at least one-third of the outer surface of the upstanding panel which is adjacent to the respective top margin is no more than one-eighth of an inch from the closest surface of the vehicle foot well.