RU196971U1 - CAR DRIVER ROOM - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to means of improving comfort for passenger vehicles, namely to removable mats (floor mats) for vehicle floors, designed to protect the carpet of a car. The technical result, the claimed utility model is aimed at achieving, is to increase the degree of protection of the main floor covering in the foot area of the car body from water, dirt, snow and foreign objects getting on it. The technical result is achieved by the fact that the mat for the driver’s seat of the car has a structure including: a collecting plate for collecting snow, water, dirt or other foreign bodies that have fallen into the foot area inside the car body, and the collecting plate has a first edge located next to the door a car, and a second edge adjacent to the first edge, wherein the first edge and the second edge together form the peripheral part of the collecting plate; the back surface, which is the zone of contact with the main coating of the car body facing this coating of the surface of the mat in the area for the legs of the car body; a raised side adjacent to the second edge of the collecting plate; a protective side adjacent to the first edge of the collecting plate having a cross section close to an inverted V-shape, extending from the first edge and having two ends seamlessly connected to the two ends of the raised side, respectively, while the protective side has a first side and a second side, this first side of the protective edge adjacent to the first edge of the collecting plate; the tongue of the leg rest platform and at least one flat elevation located on the collecting plate for installing the fixing element, characterized in that: the collecting plate is made with the main and auxiliary zones at an angle to each other, and the auxiliary zone includes the tongue of the platform resting the legs and the pad located under the brake and gas pedals, while the tongue of the resting pad and the pad located under the brake and gas pedals are made in one piece; while the protective rim is made with a tongue adjacent to the second side of the rim, while the lug of the protective rim covers part of the threshold of the car body and the adjacent part of the body pillar, smoothly mating with the raised rim of the second edge of the collecting plate; while the back surface of the mat is identical to the surface of the foot area of the car body covered by the mat.

Description

The utility model relates to means of improving comfort for passenger vehicles, namely to removable mats (mats) for vehicle floors, designed to protect the carpet of a car.

The main purpose of removable rugs is to prevent pollution of the main floor covering inside the vehicle interior and to extend its service life. The use of removable rugs also makes it easier to clean the vehicle. In addition, the use of floor mats allows you to extend the life of the vehicle body, as the floor mats prevent moisture from entering under the main body cover during operation of the vehicle.

Known made of thermoplastic elastomer removable rug of the driver’s seat of the vehicle (RU 122342 U1; IPC: B60N 3/04; 11/27/2012), in which at the same time with the rug are made a tongue for the working surface of the recreation area of the driver’s legs and a solid jumper connecting the tongue and the main surface mat, characterized in that the mat is made of thermoplastic elastomer.

A custom-made carpet for a car is known (WO 2012161598 (A1); IPC: B60N 3/04; 11.29.2012) designed to protect a car carpet, comprising a generally rectangular floor mat element, a plurality of ribs transversely molded on said element floor mat, a peripheral wall located on opposite longitudinal and rear transverse edges of the specified mat. The mat is distinguished by the fact that it is made of transparent plastic material, in order to be able to see through it the original stylish carpet layer on the car floor and shape it along the contour of the car, thereby properly covering the car floor carpet.

The mat can be made variably in such a way that it contains an elongated stiffener glued along the lower side of the indicated element of the floor mat and a plurality of Velcro fasteners located at a distance from said elongated stiffener, adapted to engage with the possibility of removal with the respective Velcro receivers, held on the carpet of a car.

The mat can be made variably in such a way that it contains a perimeter flange protruding outward from the specified peripheral wall to contain dirt and prevent accidental spillage of liquid onto the underlying car carpet.

The mat can be made variably in such a way that it consists of two connected mentioned mats for use in the second and third rows of the car.

The mat can be made variably so that the surface of the mat is smooth to facilitate cleaning or wiping.

A car floor mat is known (RU 130558 U1; IPC: B60N 3/04; 12.24.2012), the panel of which is divided into two groups of fields - internal and external, with the internal group recessed with respect to the external and connected to the last side flange located along the entire perimeter of the internal group of fields, the flange is made inclined with respect to the plane of the panel, the external group of the panel is made in the form of two languages located respectively in the left and in its central part, interconnected by a jumper, making up one the whole, while the shape of the jumper repeats the profile of the floor of the passenger compartment, characterized in that the outer surface of the tongues is made with corrugations, while at least two protrusions are located on the inner panel panel of the mat, made in the form of a pallet .

Variably, the floor mat can be made so that the side flange is made with an angle of inclination of 100-135 ° to the plane of the panel.

A set of original automobile foot mats is known (CN 202986902 (U); IPC: B60N 3/04; June 12, 2013), characterized by the presence of a main driver’s rug, a second pilot’s floor mat, and a rear mat containing a left foot pad , the right foot pad and the intermediate pad, made as a unit. The kit can be made so that the aforementioned rug of the main driver and the rug of the second pilot are a pallet, while such a kit can be made so that the left and right sides of the rugs of the main driver and the second pilot, as well as the rear rug, are provided with holes, while the intermediate pad of the rear mat is provided with an opening on the side of the rear edge in its middle part.

A well-known floor mat of a vehicle (RU 150298 U1; IPC: B60N 3/04; 02/10/2015), in which the panel is divided into two groups of fields - internal and external, with the internal group recessed with respect to the external and connected to the last side flange, located around the entire perimeter of the internal group of fields, which is made inclined with respect to the plane of the panel, the external group of the panel is made in the form of two languages located respectively in the left and in its central parts, connected by a jumper, while the shape erymychki repeats the profile of the floor of the passenger compartment of the vehicle, characterized in that the side flange is made L-shaped and equipped with a skirt.

A well-known floor mat of a vehicle (RU 186560 U1; IPC: B60N 3/04; 07/02/2018) made of a panel of an elastic waterproof material, namely ethylene vinyl acetate, containing storage cells located on the entire surface and edged around the perimeter with a sling, characterized in that is additionally equipped with sides that make up with the main surface of the mat integrally and connected by jumpers made of flexible material.

A known design of a car floor mat selected as a prototype (US 8967697 B1; IPC: B60N 3/04; 03/03/2015), located in the foot area inside the vehicle, comprising, according to the first independent claim:

a collecting plate for collecting snow, water, dirt, stones or foreign bodies falling into the foot area inside the vehicle, the collecting plate having a first edge located adjacent to the vehicle door and a second edge adjacent to the first edge, wherein the first edge and the second edge together form the peripheral part of the collecting plate;

a lower surface, which is the downwardly facing surface of the collecting plate and which is the contact surface between the automobile floor mat structure and the foot area inside the vehicle;

a raised side located on the second edge and serving to prevent the penetration of snow, water, dirt, stones or foreign bodies that accidentally fall into the vehicle into the foot area inside the vehicle under the mat;

a protective edge having an inverted V-shaped cross section extending from the first edge and having two ends seamlessly connected to the two ends of the raised side, respectively, with the top of the inverted V-shaped cross section of the protective edge being higher than the level of the collecting plate, the inverted V-shaped transverse the section has a first side and a second side, the first side is adjacent to the first edge, and the second side is opposed to the first side and is in contact with the leg area inside the transport o means in which the end of the first side near the first edge, the free end of the second side and the lower surface of the mat lie in the same plane, while the distance between the top and the free end of the second side is greater than the distance between the top and the end of the first side near the first edge ;

at least one flat elevation with a protrusion located on the collecting plate, while the upper part of the protrusion located in the center of the flat elevation has a radius less than the radius of the flat elevation, which allows the protrusion and the flat elevation together to look like a cap;

a tongue extended from the collecting plate located in the leg area exactly above the foot rest area in front of the driver’s seat of the vehicle.

From the description of the technical solution and the drawings presented in the patent document, it can be concluded that the "flat elevation with a protrusion" is intended to accommodate a fixing element with which the mat is fixed to the carpet of the vehicle underbody.

The disadvantages of this rug, as well as those described above, are the presence of gaps between the surface of the tongue of the foot rest platform and the surface of the raised side of the gap, in which water, dirt and foreign objects may fall from the driver’s feet, which will lead to contamination of the main coating car body floor. On the other hand, it is obvious that the presence of this gap is due to the desire to ensure, as far as possible, a tighter fit of the back surface of the mat to the surface of the foot zone of the car body, which is not always possible if all the structural elements of the mat are made as a whole.

Meanwhile, at present, the level of design and technological support for the automotive industry and the accompanying production of components used in the operation of automobiles, namely, the widespread use of 3D modeling technologies and the use of 3D models obtained during the development of automobile designs in the design and manufacture of technological equipment, It allows you to use similar technologies for the design and manufacture of products such as car mats. In this case, almost complete identity of the back surface of the car mat and the surface of the leg portion of the car body area covered by it can be achieved.

The technical result, the claimed utility model is aimed at achieving, is to increase the degree of protection of the main floor covering in the foot area of the car body from the ingress of water, dirt, snow and foreign objects.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the mat for the driver’s seat of the car has a structure including: a collecting plate for collecting snow, water, dirt, trapped in the foot area inside the car body, and the collecting plate has a first edge located next to the car door, and a second an edge adjacent to the first edge, wherein the first edge and the second edge together form the peripheral part of the collecting plate; flat elevations located on the collecting plate for mounting fixing elements; the back surface of the mat, which is the zone of contact with the main coating of the car body facing this coating of the surface of the mat in the foot area of the car body; a raised side adjacent to the second edge of the collecting plate; a protective side adjacent to the first edge of the collecting plate having a cross section close to an inverted V-shape, extending from the first edge and having two ends seamlessly connected to the two ends of the raised side, respectively, while the protective side has a first side and a second side, this first side of the side adjacent to the first edge of the collecting plate; The tongue of the foot rest area.

The mat differs from the prototype in that: the collecting plate is made with the main and auxiliary zones at an angle to each other, and the auxiliary zone includes the tongue of the foot rest pad and the pad located under the brake and gas pedals, while the tongue of the foot rest pad and pad, located under the brake and gas pedals, made as a whole; the protective rim is made with a tongue adjacent to the second side of the rim, while the rim of the rim covers part of the threshold of the car body and the adjacent part of the body post, smoothly mating with the raised rim of the second edge of the collecting plate; while the back surface of the mat is identical to the surface of the foot area of the car body covered by the mat.

A brief description of the drawings.

In FIG. 1 is a top view of the mat, where: where: 1 is a collecting plate with a main zone 2 and an auxiliary zone 3; 4 - the first edge of the collecting plate; 5 - the second edge of the collecting plate; 6 - a raised side adjacent to the second edge of the collecting plate; 7 - the tongue of the protective flange adjacent to the first edge of the collecting plate; 8 - the tongue of the resting area of the foot of the auxiliary zone of the mat collecting plate; 9 - pad auxiliary area of the collecting plate mat located under the brake and gas pedals; 10 - a flat ledge (elevation) on

the main area of the collecting plate of the mat for installing the fixing element; 11 - a fixing element mounted through a flat protrusion (elevation) 10.

In FIG. 2 shows a mat for a driver’s car seat located in the passenger compartment (left side view), where: 1 - a collecting plate with a main zone 2 and an auxiliary zone 3; 4 - the first edge of the collecting plate; 5 - the second edge of the collecting plate; 6 - a raised side adjacent to the second edge of the collecting plate; 7 - the tongue of the protective edge 12, adjacent to the first edge of the collecting plate.

In FIG. 3 shows a mat for a driver’s seat of a car located in the passenger compartment (right side view), where: 4 - the first edge of the collecting plate; 5 - the second edge of the collecting plate; 6 - a raised side adjacent to the second edge of the collecting plate; 7 - the tongue of the protective flange 12, adjacent to the first edge of the collecting plate; 8 - the tongue of the resting area of the foot of the auxiliary zone of the mat collecting plate; 9 - pad auxiliary area of the collecting plate mat located under the brake and gas pedals; 10 - a flat protrusion (elevation) in the main area of the collecting plate of the mat for installing the fixing element; 11 - a fixing element mounted through a flat protrusion (elevation) 10.

In FIG. 4 is a top view of a mat with bending lines indicated by thin lines, where: 7 is the tongue of the protective flange 12 made adjacent to the second edge of the collecting plate. The tongue 7 of the protective side covers part of the threshold of the car body and the adjacent part of the body post, smoothly mating with the raised side 6 of the second edge of the collecting plate. 14 - the first side of the protective edge 12; 15 - the second side of the protective side 12. The thin lines show the mating lines of individual sections of the surface of the mat, which are determined by the geometric parameters of the surface of the foot zone in the car body and are formed during the manufacture of the mat.

In FIG. 5 is a left side view of the mat, where: 2 is the main area of the mat assembly plate; 3 - auxiliary zone of the collecting plate of the mat; α is the angle between the main and auxiliary zones of the collecting plate; 13 - the back of the mat. Thin lines show the mating lines of individual sections of the surface of the mat, which are determined by the geometric parameters of the surface of the foot zone in the car body and are formed during the manufacture of the mat.

In FIG. 6 is a right side view of the mat, where: 2 is the main area of the mat collecting plate; 3 - auxiliary zone of the collecting plate of the mat; α is the angle between the main and auxiliary zones of the collecting plate; 13 - the back of the mat.

Thin lines show the mating lines of individual sections of the surface of the mat, which are determined by the geometric parameters of the surface of the foot zone in the car body and are formed during the manufacture of the mat.

Structurally, the mat is made as shown in FIG. 1 - FIG. 6, with a collecting plate 1 for collecting snow, water, and dirt trapped in the foot zone inside the car body. The collecting plate has a first edge 4 located next to the car door, and a second edge 5 adjacent to the first edge, the first edge and the second edge together forming the peripheral part of the collecting plate. The back surface 13 (Fig. 5 - Fig. 6) of the mat is a zone of contact with the main coating of the car body. The back surface 13 of the mat faces this coating in the foot area of the car body. The raised edge 6 is adjacent to the second edge 5 of the collecting plate. The protective edge 12 is adjacent to the first edge 4 of the collecting plate. The protective flange 12 has, as shown in FIG. 4, a cross section close to an inverted V-shape extending from the first edge 4, and two ends seamlessly connected as shown in FIG. 1 - FIG. 4, with two corresponding ends of the raised edge 6. The protective edge 12 has, as shown in FIG. 4, the first side 14 and the second side 15, while the first side 14 of the protective flange is adjacent to the first edge 4 of the collecting plate. The mat has a tongue for the resting leg 8, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4., as well as two flat elevations 10 located in the main area of the collecting plate, designed to be placed through them, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the fixing elements 11 by which the mat is fixed to the carpet of the underbody.

As noted, in the manufacture of floor mats by molding in the manufacture of tooling (molds), 3D models of its bodywork obtained during the development of a vehicle can be used. This makes it possible to achieve essentially complete identity of the surface of the foot section of the foot area in the car body covered with the mat and the surface of the car floor adjacent to this area. Another possible option for creating a 3D model of the surface area of the foot zone in the car body for their subsequent use in the manufacture of mold-forming elements of the mold is a preliminary scan of these surface areas in the car body using well-known technical means and methods.

Using such methods, the rug construction is performed in accordance with the claimed utility model, the distinguishing feature of which is the execution of the surface of the back side 13 of the rug with an identical surface

the area of the foot area of the car body covered by the rug, while the pairing of individual sections of the surface of the back side is made along the lines shown in FIG. 4 - FIG. 6 thin lines.

As shown in FIG. 1 - FIG. 6, the mat collecting plate 1 is made with a main zone 2 and an auxiliary zone 3. These zones, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are located at an angle α. In this case, a person skilled in the art will understand that the angle a depends on the design of a particular car.

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the auxiliary zone 3 of the mat collecting plate includes a tongue of the foot resting platform 8 and a platform 9 located under the brake and gas pedals, while the tongue of the foot resting platform and the platform located under the brake and gas pedals are made in one piece.

The protective rim 12 is made with the tongue 7 adjacent to the second side 15 of the protective rim. The tongue 7 of the protective flange, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, closes the part of the threshold of the car body and the adjacent part of the body pillar, smoothly mating with the raised side 6 of the second edge 5 of the collecting plate.

Thus, the implementation in accordance with the claimed utility model of the rug ensures the most tight fit of its back surface to the part of the body covered by it and the absence of open gaps between the parts of its surface through which water, dirt, snow and other objects can fall under it from the driver’s feet. . The presence of bumpers around the entire perimeter (peripheral part) of the collecting plate and the implementation of the auxiliary zone of the collecting plate at an angle to the main zone prevents the penetration of contaminants (water, dirt, snow, etc.) on the collecting plate under the mat. All this together ensures the achievement of a technical result - increasing the degree of protection of the main floor covering in the area for the legs of the car body from the ingress of water, dirt, snow and foreign objects.

Claims (1)

A mat for a driver’s car seat having a structure that includes a collecting plate for collecting snow, water, and dirt trapped in the foot area inside the car body, the collecting plate having a first edge located next to the car door and a second edge adjacent to the first edge, while the first edge and the second edge together form the peripheral part of the collecting plate, flat elevations located on the collecting plate for installing the fixing elements, the back surface, which is the contact zone with the main coating of the car body facing the surface of the floor mat in the foot area of the car body, a raised side adjacent to the second edge of the collecting plate, a protective side adjacent to the first edge of the collecting plate, having a cross section close to the inverted V-shape, extending from the first edges and having two ends, seamlessly connected to the two ends of the raised side, respectively, while the protective side has a first side and a second side, while the first side the protective edge adjacent to the first edge of the collecting plate, the tongue of the foot rest area, characterized in that the collecting plate is made with the main and auxiliary zones located at an angle to each other, and the auxiliary zone includes the tongue of the foot rest pad and the platform located under the brake and gas pedals , while the tongue of the foot rest platform and the platform located under the brake and gas pedals are made as a whole, while the protective edge is made with the tongue adjacent to the second side of the edge, with In this case, the tongue of the protective side covers part of the threshold of the car body and the adjacent part of the body pillar, smoothly mating with the raised side of the second edge of the collecting plate, while the back surface of the mat is identical to the surface of the foot area of the car body covered by the mat.

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