JPH07137568A - Bucket mat - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase the form maintaining property and the decorative design, by thromoforming a fabric composed of thread lines including thermoforming type fiber in a bucket form, in a bucket mat used widely as an automobile floor mat for a cold district. CONSTITUTION:This bucket mat 11 is made by thermoforming a fibric 12 in a bucket form, and the fabric 12 is composed of thread lines including a thermoforming type fiber. As a thermoforming type fiber, any fiber exercising a forming property by applying the heat can be used, and a polypropylene fiber, a polyethylene fiber, a polyester fiber, a nylon fiber, and the like are available. And at the rear surface of the fabric 12, a packing layer 13 having projections 14 for slippage protective purpose may be provided. The packing layer 13 is loaded on a packing member which consists of a sol form thermoplastic resin such as a polyvinyl chrolide made by applying the fabric 12 on a metal mould, and the packing member is half gelled to permeate in the fabric 12 by heating the metal mould.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bucket mat which is widely used as an automobile floor mat for cold regions.
Specifically, the present invention relates to a bucket mat in which rainwater and snowwater are retained in the mat to prevent the floor surface of the vehicle from getting wet even when the user steps into the vehicle with shoes wet with rain and snow.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the problems to be solved by the invention
As a bucket mat often used as an automobile floor mat for cold regions, there is a bucket mat resin-molded as shown in FIG. However, this mat 1
Has the function of keeping rainwater and snowwater on the mat to prevent it from getting wet on the car floor,
It was left untouched with the resin and was not suitable for luxury passenger cars.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, a bucket mat 1 having a tufting mat 2 bonded to the bottom surface thereof is also on the market. However, since the background of the resin is exposed around the mat, it is called a cheap article. I was feeling.

There is also a tufting mat itself which is formed into a bucket shape, but it is difficult to form and requires labor, and there is a problem in shape retention.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bucket mat which is easy to manufacture and has excellent shape retention and design.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 provides a bucket mat in which a woven fabric composed of yarns containing thermoformable fibers is thermoformed into a bucket shape. I made it a summary.

The invention according to claim 2 has as its gist a bucket mat characterized in that a backing layer having a deviation preventing projection is provided on the back surface of the fabric.

[0008]

In the bucket mat according to the first aspect of the present invention, the thermoformable fibers contained in the filaments of the woven fabric are thermoformed to retain the bucket shape of the mat.

In the bucket mat according to the second aspect of the present invention, the backing layer is thermoformed together with the thermoformable fibers contained in the filaments forming the woven fabric to maintain the bucket shape of the mat.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A bucket mat according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3,
The bucket mat 11 of the present invention is formed by thermoforming a woven fabric 12 into a bucket shape. The woven fabric 12 is composed of yarns containing thermoformable fibers. The thermoformable fiber may be any fiber that exhibits formability by applying heat,
For example, polypropylene fiber, polyethylene fiber, polyester fiber, nylon fiber and the like can be mentioned.
This thermoformable fiber is contained in the yarns constituting the woven fabric. In addition to the case where the thermoformable fiber is contained in the filamentous fiber, the filamentous shape itself is composed of the thermoformable fiber. You can also Warp 1 is a thread containing this thermoformable fiber.
The woven fabric 12 shown in FIG. 3 is formed by weaving 5a and weft 15b, and adding the decorative yarn 16 thereto. The filament, warp 15a, and weft 15b shown in FIG. 3 were made of polypropylene fibers only.

The woven structure of this woven fabric includes plain weave, twill weave, satin weave, bead weave, imitation weave, plain weave, as well as warp double weave, weft double weave, etc. It is optional and may be appropriately determined in consideration of the designability and price of the woven fabric.
Further, although the woven fabric may be used alone, a plurality of these may be laminated, a knit may be joined to the upper face of the fabric to enhance design, or a plastic film or a knit may be laminated to the back face of the fabric to enhance strength or formability. Good.

The woven fabric 12 may be a yarn containing thermoformable fibers only used for warp yarns, weft yarns, or decorative yarns. The selection is made in consideration of the woven structure of the woven fabric, the size of the bucket, and the like. It may be decided as appropriate.

The fabric 12 thus constructed is thermoformed into a bucket shape to manufacture the bucket mat 11 of the present invention. The woven fabric 12 is formed by sandwiching the woven fabric between an upper die and a lower die provided in a bucket shape and hot pressing. The heating is carried out at a temperature lower than the melting point of the thermoformable fiber, and the thermoformable fiber in the woven fabric is softened to show the formability and pressure is applied to the woven fabric to fix the woven fabric in the shape of a bucket.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a backing layer 13 having a deviation preventing projection 14 may be provided on the back surface of the fabric 12. The backing layer 13 is placed on a backing material made of a thermoplastic resin such as sol-like polyvinyl chloride in which the woven fabric 12 is applied on a mold (not shown), and the mold (not shown) is heated, The backing material can be formed by a method of gelling the backing material by semi-gelating the backing material to permeate the inside of the fabric 12 and then cooling a mold (not shown).

When the backing layer 13 is provided on the back surface of the fabric 12, the strength of the bucket mat 11 can be improved, and the backing layer 13 is thermoformed together with the fabric 12 into a bucket shape, so that the shape of the mat 11 can be maintained. The sex will be higher. Incidentally, in the case of a mat having a backing layer provided on the back surface of the woven fabric, a method in which a backing layer provided on the back surface of the fabric is hot-pressed between the upper mold and the lower mold as described above is used. , A backing material (made of a sheet) is laminated on the back surface of the fabric, and the backing material is sandwiched between an upper mold and a lower mold having holes corresponding to the protrusions and heat-pressed to put the fabric and the backing material into a bucket. It is also possible to adopt a method in which the backing layer is provided with protrusions for preventing displacement while being thermoformed into a shape.

[0016]

In the bucket mat according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the woven fabric can be manufactured by setting it in a mold provided in a bucket shape and applying predetermined heat and pressure, it does not take time and labor. The shape is reliably retained by the thermoformed thermoformable fibers contained in the filaments that form the woven fabric, and has the excellent designability of the woven fabric.

In the bucket mat according to the second aspect of the invention, the backing layer is thermoformed together with the thermoformable fibers contained in the filaments forming the woven fabric to maintain the bucket shape of the mat. It has higher shape retention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a bucket mat of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AB in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view showing a woven structure of a woven fabric.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional bucket mat.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another conventional bucket mat.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 ... Woven fabric 13 ... Backing layer 15a ... Warp yarn 15b ... Weft yarn

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bucket mat formed by thermoforming a woven fabric composed of yarns containing thermoformable fibers into a bucket shape. 2. The bucket mat according to claim 1, wherein a backing layer having a protrusion for preventing deviation is provided on the back surface of the fabric.