| US 7,607,713 B2 | ||
| Close-conforming vehicle floor tray with reservoir | ||
| David F. Macneil, 2435 Wisconsin St., Downers Grove, Ill. 60515 (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 03, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/244,928. | ||
| Application 12/244928 is a division of application No. 11/261700, filed on Oct. 28, 2005, granted, now 7,444,748. | ||
| Application 11/261700 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/976441, filed on Oct. 29, 2004, granted, now 7,316,847. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0026792 A1, Jan. 29, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—97.23 [15/215] | 16 Claims |

| 1. A system including a vehicle and a removable tray for a foot well of the vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle foot well having a surface including a floor, an upstanding generally longitudinal first wall extending upward from
the floor, an upstanding generally transverse second wall extending from the floor and substantially formed at an angle to
the first wall, the foot well being generally arranged in a longitudinal or fore and aft direction substantially parallel
to a direction of travel of the vehicle;
a vehicle foot well surface model which replicates the vehicle foot well surface;
a tray formed of polymeric material for fitting into the vehicle foot well and having an upper surface and a lower surface,
at least ninety percent of the lower surface of the tray being within 0.25 inch (0.635 cm) of the vehicle foot well surface
model when the vehicle foot well surface model is mathematically superimposed to best fit the lower surface of the tray;
a reservoir formed in the upper surface of the tray to be located within an aft two-thirds of the upper surface of the tray
and to occupy an area between ten and fifty percent of the upper surface of the tray, a circumferential wall defining a lateral
boundary of the reservoir, the wall having a depth of at least 0.050 inches (0.0127 cm); and
the tray having a floor, an upstanding generally longitudinally oriented first wall of the tray extending from the floor and
substantially conforming to said first wall of the vehicle foot well, an upstanding generally transversely oriented second
wall of the tray extending from the floor of the tray and substantially conforming to said second wall of the vehicle foot
well.
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