| US 7,540,066 B2 | ||
| Fastener for floor mat | ||
| Ryou Aoki, Yokohama (Japan); Kazunori Kanda, Hiroshima (Japan); and Kouji Ogata, Hiroshima (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Piolax Inc., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 11, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/483,584. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-206970 (JP), filed on Jul. 15, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0011844 A1, Jan. 18, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47G 27/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 16—4 | 19 Claims |
| 1. A fastener for securing a floor mat to a carpet laid on a floor, the fastener, comprising:
a lower clamping member;
an upper clamping member;
a hinge portion connecting the upper clamping member and the lower clamping member in a pivotable manner;
a supporting portion forwardly protruded from a tip end portion of the lower clamping member; and
a guide protrusion forwardly protruded from a tip end portion of the supporting portion and configured to be inserted in a
slit formed in the carpet,
wherein the upper clamping member has an engaging projection formed at an outer surface thereof and configured to be inserted
in an attaching hole formed in the floor mat and has a locking portion formed at an inner surface of a tip end portion of
the upper clamping member, and
wherein the supporting portion has an receiving portion for engaging with the locking portion of the upper clamping member.
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