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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2012
David F. Macneil, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Scott A. Vargo, Lombard, IL (US);
David F. MacNeil, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Scott A. Vargo, Lombard, IL (US);
MacNeil IP LLC, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Abstract
A vehicle floor tray is thermoformed from a polymer sheet of substantially uniform thickness. The tray has a central panel and at least first and second upstanding side panels joined to the central panel by curved transitions. Within a reservoir disposed in the central panel are plural, hollow treads/baffles. The treads/baffles have a width, in any horizontal direction, which is more than twice the substantially uniform thickness of the tray as thermoformed. The treads/baffles impede lateral motion, due to changes in vehicle speed or direction, of liquid collected in the reservoir.