Vehicle carpet and mat fixing device and method of mounting the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11312280-B2
Application number	US-201916687355-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2019
Priority date	Nov 23, 2018
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle carpet and mat fixing device may include an upper mat fastener part; a lower mat fastener part coupled to the upper mat fastener part; an upper carpet fastener part coupled to the lower mat fastener part by an upper carpet fastener protrusion protruding toward the lower mat fastener part; and a lower carpet fastener part coupled to the upper carpet fastener part, wherein the upper mat fastener part is hooked to the lower mat fastener part by an upper mat fastener hook circumferentially formed in the upper mat fastener part to fix a mat, and the lower carpet fastener part is coupled to the upper carpet fastener part by a male hook of the lower carpet fastener part to fix a carpet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle carpet and mat fixing device comprising:
an upper mat fastener part;
a lower mat fastener part coupled to the upper mat fastener part;
an upper carpet fastener part coupled to the lower mat fastener part by an upper carpet fastener protrusion protruding toward the lower mat fastener part; and
a lower carpet fastener part coupled to the upper carpet fastener part,
wherein the upper mat fastener part is hooked to the lower mat fastener part by an upper mat fastener hook circumferentially formed in the upper mat fastener part to fix a mat, and the lower carpet fastener part is coupled to the upper carpet fastener part by a female hook of the lower carpet fastener part to fix a carpet,
wherein the upper mat fastener part comprises:
an upper mat fastener body; and
an upper mat fastener extension extending downward from the center of the upper mat fastener body, and

wherein the upper mat fastener extension has an upper mat fastener hook formed circumferentially outward at its end.

2. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 1 , wherein the lower mat fastener part comprises:
a lower mat fastener body; and
a lower mat fastener extension extending upward from the center of the lower mat fastener body.

3. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 2 , wherein the lower mat fastener extension has a lower mat fastener latch formed circumferentially inward at its end, the lower mat fastener latch being coupled to the upper mat fastener hook of an upper mat fastener extension.

4. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 2 , wherein the lower mat fastener body has a coupling hole drilled therein for coupling with the upper carpet fastener part.

5. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 2 , wherein the lower mat fastener body has a lip formed therein for coupling with a recess of the upper carpet fastener part.

6. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 2 , wherein the lower mat fastener body has mat fixing protrusions formed on one surface thereof.

7. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 6 , wherein the mat fixing protrusions are spaced circumferentially from each other.

8. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 1 , wherein the upper carpet fastener part comprises:
an upper carpet fastener body; and
an upper carpet fastener protrusion protruding upward from the upper carpet fastener body.

9. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 8 , wherein the upper carpet fastener body has a male hook formed on its outer surface.

10. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 8 , wherein the upper carpet fastener protrusion is coupled to the lower mat fastener part.

11. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 1 , wherein the lower carpet fastener part has the female hook formed at its inner end.

12. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 11 , wherein the female hook has a detachable structure.

13. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 1 , wherein the lower carpet fastener part has carpet fixing protrusions formed on its inner diameter.

14. The vehicle carpet and mat fixing device of claim 13 , wherein the carpet fixing protrusions are spaced circumferentially from each other.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Illinois Tool Works

Inventors

• Park You-Jin
• Shim Jong-Woo
• Park Sang-Jun
• Kim Chang-Min

Classifications

• F16B5/0692 Primary

  joining flexible sheets to other sheets or plates or to strips or bars (tent fastenings E04H15/64; coping elements for swimming pools with fixing means for sealing foil E04H4/142; greenhouses of flexible synthetic material A01G9/1407; end or aperture-closing arrangements or devices for sacks or bags B65D33/16) · CPC title

• B60N3/044

  of removable mats (B60N3/046, B60N3/048 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60Y2304/07

  Facilitating assembling or mounting · CPC title

• B60N3/046 Primary

  characterised by the fixing means · CPC title

• B60N3/042 Primary

  of carpets (B60N3/046, B60N3/048 take precedence) · CPC title