JP2011121538A - Clip for floor mat - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a fastening hole from slipping out of a column of a clip in a use state of a floor mat, by simplifying work for installing and removing the floor mat. <P>SOLUTION: In this clip for the floor mat, the column 14 inserted into the fastening hole opened on the rear side of a vehicle body in the floor mat, includes a regulating piece 16 capable of receiving a peripheral part of the fastening hole in the floor mat from the upper surface side by overhanging to the front side of the vehicle body and a locking surface 20 positioned on the opposite side of this regulating piece and capable of locking the peripheral part of the fastening hole from the upper surface side in the use state of pulling the floor mat in the front direction of the vehicle body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention mainly relates to a floor mat clip for fastening a floor mat on the driver's seat side to the floor.

  As for this kind of clip (fastener), for example, a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is already known. In this technique, a hook-shaped regulating piece that protrudes to the rear side of the vehicle body is formed at the tip of a column that is attached to the floor side of the vehicle body and is inserted into the retaining hole of the floor mat. The restricting piece receives the peripheral portion of the retaining hole and restricts the retaining hole from coming off the support column.

JP 2005-289273 A

  In the floor mat fastener of Patent Document 1, even if the floor mat is pulled in the front direction of the vehicle body by the occupant's feet, the floor mat can be prevented from being detached from the support column by the restricting piece. When removing the floor mat from the rear side when it is removed from the floor, the peripheral part of the retaining hole is caught on the restricting piece projecting rearward and is difficult to remove from the support column. For this reason, in order to remove the floor mat, it is necessary to pass the retaining hole along the regulating piece so as to float from the floor as a whole, and the work is complicated.

  The present invention is intended to solve such a problem. The purpose of the present invention is to easily remove and attach the floor mat, and the retaining hole can be removed from the post of the clip when the floor mat is used. Is to prevent.

The present invention is for achieving the above object, and is configured as follows.
A first invention is a floor mat clip for fastening a floor mat to the floor on the rear side of the vehicle body, and a column inserted into a retaining hole opened on the rear side of the vehicle body in the floor mat is provided at the front of the vehicle body. A restricting piece that protrudes to the side and can receive the peripheral portion of the retaining hole in the floor mat from the upper surface side, and is located on the opposite side of the restricting piece, and the retaining hole in the use state in which the floor mat is pulled forward of the vehicle body And a locking surface capable of locking the peripheral portion of the lens from the upper surface side.

In this configuration, for example, when removing the floor mat from the floor, after lifting the rear side of the floor mat backward so that the peripheral portion of the retaining hole passes without being caught by the locking surface of the support column, Can be moved along the restricting piece, and by this reverse procedure, the floor mat can be fastened to the floor again, and the operation is simplified.
Moreover, when the floor mat in use is pulled forward by the occupant's feet, etc., even if the rear side of the floor mat is lifted up, the retaining hole of the support column And the peripheral portion of the retaining hole is received by the restricting piece, so that the retaining hole can be prevented from being detached from the post of the clip.

  According to a second invention, in the first invention, the support column includes a plurality of locking protrusions that protrude outward from the outer periphery thereof and receive the peripheral portion of the retaining hole in the floor mat from the upper surface side. Can be displaced by elasticity in the axial direction of the support column.

  Thereby, the floating of the floor mat with respect to the column can be suppressed by each locking projection, and a moderation feeling can be obtained when the column is inserted through the retaining hole of the floor mat by each locking projection.

The perspective view which looked at the clip for floor mats from the front side of the body. The perspective view which looked at the clip for floor mats from the back side of the body. The front view of the clip for floor mats. The top view of the clip for floor mats. Sectional drawing of the clip for floor mats. The perspective view showing the floor by the side of a driver's seat and the clip for floor mats. The perspective view of the state which fastened the floor mat to the floor by the side of a driver's seat. Explanatory drawing showing the use condition of the clip for floor mats. Explanatory drawing showing the state in which the external force was added to the floor mat in the use condition of FIG. The perspective view showing the example of a change of the clip for floor mats corresponding to FIG. Sectional drawing of the clip for floor mats of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The clip 10 for a floor mat in the present embodiment is an integrally molded product made of a resin material. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the clip 10 has a flat plate-like base 12 that is long in one direction, a support column 14 that is located on the upper surface of the base 12 near one end, and a portion near the other end of the base 12. It is roughly divided into leg portions 26 located on the lower surface.

The clip 10 is attached to the floor 30 in the direction shown in FIG. 6, and fastens the floor mat 40 to the floor 30 as shown in FIG. 6 and 7 show the floor 30 on the driver's seat side, with the accelerator and brake pedals 52 positioned on the front side of the vehicle body and the seat 50 positioned on the rear side of the vehicle body.
As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the clip 10 is attached to the floor 30 side by inserting the leg portion 26 into the retaining hole 42 of the floor mat 40 laid on the floor 30. Further, the support column 14 of the clip 10 is inserted into the retaining hole 42 of the floor mat 40, so that the floor mat 40 is fastened to the floor 30 so as not to move.

  The support column 14 of the clip 10 has a column shape protruding upward from the upper surface of the base 12. The column 14 is provided with a hook-like restricting piece 16 projecting toward the front side of the vehicle body on which the pedals 52 are located at an obliquely upward angle from the upper end portion thereof, and is regulated to the rear side of the vehicle body on which the seat 50 is located. A bulging portion 18 projecting smaller than the piece 16 is provided. The upper surface 16 a of the restriction piece 16 is a curved surface that bulges outward and continues to the bulging portion 18. The lower surface of the bulging portion 18 is a locking surface 20 that is substantially perpendicular to the outer peripheral surface of the column 14.

A pair of parallel grooves 24 that are long in the vertical direction are respectively formed in the support column 14 in a shape cut from the right side of the drawing. By these grooves 24, both side portions of the support column 14 can be bent in the axial direction by the elasticity of the resin material, and locking projections 22 projecting outward are formed on both side portions, respectively. That is, when these locking projections 22 receive an external force, both side portions of the column 14 are bent and displaced in the axial direction.
The upper and lower intermediate portions of the locking projections 22 protrude the most, and the upper and lower sides are inclined. The dimension from both the locking projections 22 to the upper surface of the base 12 is set to be larger than the thickness of the peripheral portion of the retaining hole 42 in the floor mat 40 (FIG. 8), and the most protruding middle portion of the both locking projections 22 The connecting straight distance is set slightly larger than the inner diameter of the retaining hole 42 of the floor mat 40.

The leg portion 26 of the clip 10 is constituted by a pair of elastic pieces 26a protruding downward from the lower surface of the base 12, and outward claws 26b are provided at the ends of both elastic pieces 26a. By inserting the leg portions 26 into the mounting holes 38 of the floor carpet 36 as described above, both claws 26b pass through the mounting holes 38 and push the elastic pieces 26a inwardly, and are formed on the back surface of the floor carpet 36. The clip 10 is attached to the floor 30 side.
Two protrusions 28 with pointed tips are provided on the lower surface of the base 12 of the clip 10. The base 12 can rotate with respect to the mounting hole 38 of the floor carpet 36 around the axis of the leg 26 as a fulcrum. However, when both protrusions 28 bite into the floor carpet 36 from the surface side, the orientation of the base 12 with the axis of the leg 26 as a fulcrum can be determined.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the floor carpet 36 is laid on the upper surface of the body panel 32 with a cushion material 34 such as a sponge interposed. The floor carpet 36 is provided with an attachment hole 38 into which the leg 26 of the clip 10 is inserted as described above, and the edge of the attachment hole 38 is reinforced with a reinforcing metal fitting 38a.
The floor mat 40 has the above-described retaining holes 42 on the rear side of the vehicle body where the seat 50 is located. The edge of the retaining hole 42 is also reinforced by the reinforcing metal fitting 42a.

As already described, the clip 10 is attached to the floor 30 side by inserting the leg portion 26 into the attachment hole 38 of the floor carpet 36. On the other hand, the floor mat 40 is fastened to the floor 30 by inserting the post 14 of the clip 10 through the fastening hole 42.
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 8, when the floor mat 40 fastened to the floor 30 by the clip 10 is lifted by receiving some force, first, the peripheral portion of the fastening hole 42 is received by the both locking projections 22 of the support column 14. It is done. Even if a greater force acts on the floor mat 40 and rises like the phantom line A in FIG. 8, the peripheral portion of the retaining hole 42 is received by the restricting piece 16 of the support column 14 and the retaining hole 42 is removed from the support column 14. Is prevented.

  On the other hand, when removing the floor mat 40 for the purpose of cleaning the floor 30 or the like, the front side of the retaining hole 42 in the floor mat 40 is pressed with a fingertip as shown by the phantom line B in FIG. As a result, the peripheral portion of the retaining hole 42 passes without being caught by the locking surface 20, and the retaining hole 42 moves to the front of the vehicle body along the upper surface 16a of the restricting piece 16 protruding to the front side of the vehicle body. The retaining hole 42 can be removed from the column 14. And if the support | pillar 14 is inserted in the retaining hole 42 by this reverse procedure, the floor mat 40 can be fastened to the floor 30 again.

  Further, the floor mat 40 in use may be pulled toward the front side of the vehicle body by receiving a large force from a driver's foot or the like who operates the pedals 52. As is apparent from FIG. 9 showing the situation in this case, the peripheral portion of the retaining hole 42 of the floor mat 40 is caught by the locking surface 20 of the column 14 on the rear side of the vehicle body, and is restricted on the front side of the vehicle body. Received by piece 16. That is, the retaining piece 42 is prevented from coming off from the support post 14 so that the restricting piece 16 and the locking surface 20 of the support post 14 in the clip 10 cannot be removed by the action of the toe and the toe of the foot. .

  Each time the retaining hole 42 of the floor mat 40 is removed from the column 14 of the clip 10 or when the column 14 is inserted into the retaining hole 42, the retaining hole 42 causes the both locking protrusions 22 of the column 14 to move. pass. As already described, since the linear distance connecting the most projecting intermediate portions of the both locking projections 22 is set slightly larger than the inner diameter of the retaining hole 42, the both retaining projections when the retaining hole 42 passes through. 22 is pushed and bent in the axial direction of the support column 14 and returns to its original state when the retaining hole 42 has passed. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a moderation feeling particularly when the support column 14 is inserted into the retaining hole 42. Further, it can be easily confirmed visually that the column 14 has been inserted into the retaining hole 42, that is, the floor mat 40 has been properly secured.

  As described above, since the clip 10 is an integrally molded product made of a resin material, the cost including the production cost of the molding die can be reduced, and the entire body can be firmly finished. There is little damage even if it is stepped on. Further, the overall shape of the clip 10 is simple, and the support column 14 (including the restriction piece 16 and the locking protrusion 22) protruding from the upper surface of the floor mat 40 in use is particularly excellent in design.

  In the clip 10 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a pair of parallel slits 25 penetrating in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body instead of the pair of grooves 24 in the column 14 are formed by the column 14 (part of the regulating piece 16 and the bulging portion 18. Included). These slits 25 make it easier for the both side portions of the support column 14 to bend, so that the molding positions of both locking projections 22 can be shifted rearward than in the case of the clip 10 shown in FIGS.

Although the best mode for carrying out the present invention has been described above with reference to the drawings, this embodiment can be easily changed or modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, in the clip 10 shown in the drawing, the support column 14 and the leg portion 26 are arranged so as to be shifted in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. However, depending on the shape of the floor 30, the support column 14 and the leg portion 26 may be arranged on the coaxial line. Is also possible. Further, means for attaching the clip 10 to the floor 30 include fastening with screws or adhesion instead of the leg portion 26 having the above-described configuration.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Clip 14 Support | pillar 16 Restriction piece 20 Locking surface 22 Locking protrusion 30 Floor 40 Floor mat 42 Fastening hole

Claims (2)

A floor mat clip for fastening the floor mat to the floor on the rear side of the vehicle body,
A support piece inserted into a retaining hole opened on the rear side of the vehicle body in the floor mat is projected to the front side of the vehicle body and can receive the peripheral portion of the retaining hole in the floor mat from the upper surface side, and A clip for a floor mat, which is provided on the opposite side and includes a locking surface capable of locking the peripheral portion of the retaining hole from the upper surface side in a use state where the floor mat is pulled in the front direction of the vehicle body. The floor mat clip according to claim 1,
The support column has a plurality of locking projections protruding outward from the outer periphery thereof and receiving the peripheral portion of the retaining hole in the floor mat from the upper surface side, and these locking projections are displaced by elasticity in the axial direction of the column. A floor mat clip that is configured to be possible.

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