Vehicle Floor Mat with Pivotable Barriers for Cargo Containment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle floor mats fail to effectively secure objects during transportation, leading to potential damage and driver distraction due to shifting items.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle floor mat with moveable barriers that pivot from a stored horizontal position to an extended vertical position, creating a confined region to hold packages in place, and support members to secure the barriers in the extended position, preventing horizontal movement of items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional floor mats are used to protect the vehicle floor, then floor protection is achieved, but objects placed on the mat shift during transportation causing damage and distraction
Solution Approach 1:
The floor mat incorporates moveable barriers that can transition between stored and extended positions. These barriers pivot about horizontal axes to move from a horizontal stored position within cavities to a vertical extended position, dynamically adapting the mat's structure to secure objects during transportation while maintaining a simple flat profile when not in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The floor mat is divided into functional segments including a mat body with cavities, moveable barriers, and support members. Each barrier is a separate component that can independently pivot and extend to create confinement regions, allowing the system to provide security only when and where needed rather than requiring a completely complex structure.
2Reliability
If barriers are extended to secure objects, then object movement is prevented, but the barriers occupy space and may interfere with foot well access
Solution Approach 1:
The barriers are designed to be moveable between extended and stored positions. When not needed for object containment, the barriers pivot to a horizontal stored position within cavities in the mat body, clearing the foot well area and eliminating interference with passenger access. This dynamic repositioning allows the system to provide containment only when required.
Solution Approach 2:
The barriers nest within cavities formed in the mat body when in the stored position. The cavities are defined by base walls and peripheral sidewalls that receive the barriers, allowing the barriers to be completely contained within the mat structure when not in use, thus maximizing foot well access while maintaining containment capability when needed.
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AI summary
A vehicle floor mat for a passenger foot well or a cargo area of an automotive vehicle comprising a mat body, first and second cavities formed in the mat body, and first and second barriers respectively configured for receipt within the first and second cavities when the first and second barriers are horizontally oriented in a stored position. The first and second barriers can be moved from the stored position to an extended position, wherein the first and second barriers are vertically oriented and extend at least partially above a top surface of the mat body. In the extended position, opposing surfaces of the first and second barriers together define a confined region therebetween in which a package can be contained during transportation thereof.