JP2001341571A - Floor mat - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a floor mat that is suitable, for example, as an automobile floor mat, can ensure foot lighting via a simple structure to ensure safety and a decorative effect in the part, is mountable on mats of various shapes and dimensions with good appearance and ease, can reduce the size and mounting space of a fastener, can ensure proper flexibility to accommodate machine- washing and the like, and can reduce power consumption in a light emitting operation. SOLUTION: A mat body 1 has a light emitter 4 fixed to one side via a fastener 4 with a mounting piece 5. The light emitter 4 is embedded in the fastener 4. The mounting piece 5 has notches 6 at the tip end. The notches 6 are arranged at the end of the mat body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is suitable for, for example, floor mats for automobiles. It is easy to attach in good shape,
In addition, the present invention relates to a floor mat which can reduce the size of a stopper and the space for mounting the stopper, secure appropriate flexibility, cope with machine washing and the like, and reduce power consumption during light emission.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 64-41447 discloses a light emitting tape attached to a floor carpet on the door side of a passenger compartment at the time of getting on and off a car at night. A color plate and a miniature bulb are attached, the miniature bulb is turned on when the door is opened, and the light is irradiated on the tape through the color plate to emit light.

[0003] However, this conventional device has a problem that the miniature bulb is broken, which limits the installation place and the decoration position of the miniature bulb and makes it difficult to clean the floor carpet. In order to solve such a problem, for example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 11-86619, a linear illuminant is attached to an end of a carpet via a stopper.

However, in this conventional device, since the luminous body and the stopper are separately provided, the number of parts is increased, and it takes time and effort to mount the luminous body. Since the outer diameter of the body is approximately 5 to 6 times the thickness of the carpet, the power consumption during light emission is extremely large, and the linear luminous body is bent according to the corners and small curved portions of the carpet. It is difficult to mount carpets of various shapes and sizes, and the stoppers are large, requiring a large mounting space, poor appearance after mounting, and lacking flexibility after mounting. There was a problem that it could not be put to practical use for automobile floor mats because washing became difficult.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves such a problem and is suitable for, for example, floor mats for automobiles, secures the light of the feet with a simple structure, and obtains the safety and decorative effect of the portion. As well as easily and easily attached to mats of various shapes and dimensions, and miniaturization of fasteners,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a floor mat capable of reducing the size of the mounting space, securing appropriate flexibility, coping with machine washing and the like, and reducing power consumption during light emission.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a floor mat in which a luminous body is attached to one side surface of a mat body via a stopper provided with a mounting piece. The body is buried, a notch is provided at the tip of the mounting piece, the notch is arranged at the end of the mat body, the stopper and the illuminant are integrally formed, the number of parts is reduced, and the mat is reduced. In addition to being easily assembled to the main body, the mounting piece is configured to be freely bendable via the cutout portion so that the mounting piece can be easily and conveniently mounted on mats having various shapes and dimensions. At that time, by configuring the luminous body to have a small diameter, the size of the stopper is reduced and the mounting space thereof is made compact, and the flexibility of the bending is improved, and the power consumption of the luminous body is reduced. Suitable for automotive floor mats.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the mounting piece is sewn to one side surface of the mat body, and a part of the mounting piece and a pile are sewn to the inside of the overlock portion. At the same time, the appearance of the mat and the end treatment of the mat body can be performed at the same time. I have to.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 to 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a rubber mat body having a plurality of corners (including a curved portion) around it. The lower surface thereof is provided with anti-slip projections 2, and the upper surface thereof has hair-like piles 3 implanted therein.

A stop 4 is provided around the upper surface of the mat body 1.
The stopper 4 is integrally formed of a transparent or translucent, in this embodiment, a transparent, thin and flexible synthetic resin. The stopper 4 includes a cylindrical portion 4a and the cylindrical portion 4a.
The outer diameter of the cylindrical portion 4a is formed to be substantially the same thickness as the mat body 1, and the projecting width of the mounting portion 5 is the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion 4a. It is formed approximately 2.5 to 3 times, and a plurality of notches 6 are formed at its tip.

In the embodiment, the notch 6 is formed in a substantially corrugated shape, a mountain shape, or a sawtooth shape, and a flat attachment portion 7 is provided on the base side of the attachment piece 5, and in the embodiment, a sewing portion is provided.
Then, the distal end of the mounting piece 5 is arranged on the periphery of the upper end of the mat body 1, and these are sewn with, for example, an industrial sewing machine.
That is, the overlock portion 8 of the sewing thread 8
a is wound around the periphery of the mat body 1.

A linear flexible light-emitting body 9 constituting electroluminescence is disposed in the cylindrical portion 4a, and in the embodiment, the light-emitting body 9 is embedded in the cylindrical portion 4a and integrally formed. Reference numeral 9 denotes a conductive wire portion 10 as a positive electrode, an insulating coating portion 11 disposed outside the conductive wire portion 10, and a conductive wire portion 12 as a negative electrode spirally wound around the outer peripheral surface of the coating portion 11.
And a protective body 13 covering the outside of the conductor portion 12, and a DC power supply 14 is supplied between the conductor portions 10 and 12 via an inverter 15. In the embodiment, the protective body 13 is colored in a translucent color such as blue and yellow.

On the back surface of the mat body 1, the conductor 1
A conductive wire (not shown) that conducts to 0 and 12 is wired, and a connector 16 is connected between the conductive wire and the power supply 14. In the figure, reference numerals 17 and 18 denote luminous bodies arranged on the surface of the mat body 1 and have the same configuration as the luminous body 9 described above. The luminous bodies are bent into an appropriate shape, and the outer periphery thereof is sewn to the mat body 1.
Reference numerals 19 and 20 denote connectors for the luminous bodies 17 and 18, respectively, which connect the respective conductors wired on the back surface of the mat body 1 to the power supply 14.

In addition, in the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a control device which receives signals from sensors installed in various parts of the automobile, outputs a control signal to the inverter 15 based on a built-in arithmetic device and a storage device, and controls , 17, 18 by varying the frequency of the supply voltage to control their color development. 22
Denotes a brightness adjustment knob for each of the light emitters 9, 17, and 18, and 23 denotes a power switch.

The floor mat for an automobile constructed as described above is roughly composed of a mat body 1 and a stopper 4,
The mat body 1 is formed of a deformed rubber plate having a plurality of corners around it, and a pile 3 is planted on the entire surface thereof. The stopper 4 is formed of a transparent and flexible synthetic resin. The molding is performed by cutting the linear luminous body 9 into a predetermined length and placing the luminous body 9 in a molding die of the cylindrical portion 4a of the stopper 4. It arrange | positions and it integrally molds to the stopper 4.

Since the stopper 4 and the luminous body 9 are integrally formed as described above, the number of parts is reduced as compared with the conventional one in which these are separately formed, and the mounting to the mat body 1 is performed later. Can be easily performed, and the molding can be formed in a long length, and since the molding has flexibility, for example, by winding them in a coil shape,
Its handling and storage are facilitated.

The luminous body 9 or the stopper 4 thus manufactured
When attaching to the mat body 1, the stopper 4 is cut to the length of the outer peripheral portion of the mat body 1, and this is positioned on the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of the mat body 1 with the mounting piece 7 on the outside, and the end thereof is It is arranged at the mounting part of the connector 14. This situation is as shown in FIG. 5, in which the stopper 4 is placed on the pile 3 and, while maintaining that state, the mounting portion 7 of the stopper 4 is sewn to the mat body 1 via an industrial sewing machine, for example.

In the sewing, a sewing thread 8 serving as an overlock thread sewes the stopper 4 to the mat body 1, the pile 3 protruding from the mounting piece 5 is wound inside the sewing thread 8, and the overlock portion 8a is formed. From fraying. Therefore, the end processing of the mat body 1 can be performed smoothly and in a good appearance.

On the other hand, at the corners and curved portions of the mat body 1, the fasteners 4 are bent according to the shapes of the corners and curved portions while maintaining the positions of the attachment portions 7, and the attachment portions 7 are matted. Sewing to the main body 1. In this case, the mounting piece 5
Is bent upward or downward on the mat body 1 depending on the bending direction and the curvature of the stopper 4, corresponding to the bending.

At this time, a notch 6 is formed at the tip of the mounting piece 5.
Is formed, the bending is performed smoothly and easily, and even if the mounting piece 5 is curved, it follows the overlock portion 8a of the sewing thread 8 and does not impair the appearance after mounting.

In this way, the stopper 4 is attached integrally with the light-emitting body 9, a lead wire is drawn out from both ends, and this is connected to the connector 16. When the luminous bodies 17 and 18 are to be attached to the middle part of the upper surface of the mat body 1, they are cut to a predetermined length, bent into an appropriate shape, and attached by appropriate means such as direct sewing. After the attachment, the conductors (not shown) are pulled out to the back surface of the mat body 1, and the connectors 19 and 20 are separately connected to the conductors.

The state of attachment of the light emitters 9, 17, 18 is as shown in FIG. The light-emitting members 17 and 18 are disposed in the middle of the upper surface of the mat body 1 by being bent through a substantially L-shape.

Accordingly, the outer peripheral portion of the mat body 1 is reinforced by the mounting pieces 5 and the overlock portions 8a, and the pile 3 is prevented from fraying, so that a good appearance can be obtained. The luminous bodies 9, 17, and 18 have very small diameters (about 2 mm).
Since the stoppers 4 are also small, they are inconspicuous, the mounting space can be made compact, the appearance after mounting is not impaired, and appropriate flexibility is maintained.

The floor mat manufactured in this manner is installed on a predetermined floor surface in the vehicle interior, and the connectors 16, 1
The lead wires 9 and 20 are connected to the inverter 15, and the inverter 15 is connected to the power supply 14 and the control device 21 for use.

In the floor mat, the power supply 14 is normally turned off.
The FF is turned on and placed in an unused state. For example, the power supply 14 is turned on at night or the like to be used. When the power supply 14 is turned on, the light emitters 9, 17, and 18 are individually or temporarily energized, and emit light by the electroluminescent effect.
3, and emits the same color light from the cylindrical portion 4a.

Therefore, the mat becomes brighter,
The safety of the feet at the time of getting on and off can be obtained,
By selecting the coloring of, various colors can be obtained, and the interior of the vehicle or the feet can be decorated. In this case, by changing the frequency of the voltage applied to each of the light-emitting members 9, 17, and 18 via the inverter 15, each of the light-emitting members 9, 17, and 18 can be colored independently. By combining, the selection range of the decoration is expanded

At this time, the frequency of the voltage applied to each of the light emitters 9, 17, and 18 is switched via the inverter 15 by a signal input to the controller 21 from the signal harness, for example, a half-open signal of the door. , 17, and 18, the presence or absence of an abnormality in the operating state can be known based on the coloring state of each of the light emitters 9, 17, and 18.

When the floor mat is used, the luminous body 9
Is protected by the cylindrical portion 4a, and the outer periphery of the mat is
Over-locked, there is no fear of damage to the light emitting body 9 or fraying of the outer peripheral portion. Moreover, each luminous body 9, 1
Machines 7 and 18 can be machine-washed because they have a small diameter, consume less power, and have the flexibility of the floor mat itself.
Suitable for automotive floor mats.

[0028]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the luminous body is embedded in the stopper, the notch is provided at the tip of the mounting piece, and the notch is arranged at the end of the mat body. Therefore, the stopper and the illuminator are integrated, the number of parts is reduced by that amount, the assembly can be easily assembled to the mat body, and the mounting piece can be bent freely through the notch, It can be easily and easily attached to a mat having the shape and dimensions. At that time, by configuring the luminous body to have a small diameter, it is possible to reduce the size of the fastener and the mounting space thereof, and further improve the degree of freedom of the bending, and reduce the power consumption of the luminous body. There is an effect suitable for an automobile floor mat.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the mounting piece is sewn to one side surface of the mat body, and a part of the mounting piece and a pile are sewn into the inside of the overlock portion. The attachment of the body and the treatment of the end of the mat body can be performed at once in a good format, preventing the pile from being frayed, improving the flexibility of the attachment portion between the attachment piece and the mat body, and realizing the machine washing. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state after a light-emitting body is attached.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a use state of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a stopper applied to the present invention, in which a linear luminous body is embedded.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a situation when a stopper applied to the present invention is attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mat body 3 Pile 4 Stopper 5 Mounting piece 6 Notch part 8 Sewing thread 8a Overlock part 9 Light-emitting body

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A floor mat to which a luminous body is attached to one side surface of a mat body via a stopper having a mounting piece, wherein the luminous body is embedded in the stopper, and a notch is formed at a tip end of the mounting piece. Wherein the notch is arranged at an end of the mat body. 2. The floor mat according to claim 1, wherein the attachment piece is sewn to one side surface of the mat body, and a part of the attachment piece and a pile are sewn inside the overlock portion.