A lighting vehicle foot mat includes a foot mat body including a lighting device and a control unit. The control unit includes a memory storing a lighting state list of the lighting device. The lighting state list stores a plurality of lighting states and a plurality of codes corresponding to the plurality of lighting states, a control device controlling a lighting state of the lighting device according to the plurality of codes and a controller area network (CAN) bus transceiver receiving a vehicle control signal and transmitting the vehicle control signal to the control device. The control device analyzes the vehicle control signal to obtain a first code, compares the first code with the plurality of codes in the lighting state list and controls the lighting device according to the first code to generate a lighting state corresponding to the code.

A vehicle movement tracking system that employs floor mats having ridges for generating location information in the form of modulated vibrations, detectable with an accelerometer. Two sensors are in a wheel of a vehicle. One sensor senses wheel rotation, and the other sensor senses vertical acceleration. The vehicle passes over a floor mat comprising vertically elevated ridges thereon that code the mat and thereby indicate the location at which the mat is at. When the vehicle travels over this mat the vertical acceleration sensor in the wheel detects the vertically elevated ridges and the wheel rotation sensor detects the distance between the vertically elevated ridges. In combination these two sensors are used to create a location word that denotes the mat over which the vehicle passes over. The location word is stored in non-volatile memory and later uploaded to a location collection station.

A footwell assembly for a vehicle is disposed herein. The footwell assembly includes at least one foot pedal disposed in the footwell and operable between a use position and a stowed position. A receiving member is positioned within the footwell and is defining a recess, wherein the at least one foot pedal is configured to nest within the recess while in the stowed position. A cover feature is operably coupled to the receiving member and is configured to cover the at least one foot pedal when the at least one foot pedal is nested within the recess of the receiving member in the stowed position.

A vehicle floor mat retainer includes a vehicle carpet portion including an engagement portion connected by a first hinge to a carpet retainer portion, and a vehicle floor mat portion including a cap portion connected by a second hinge to a floor mat retainer portion.

The present invention is a modular cover for covering car floor mat. Many times, the passengers boarding the vehicles associated with a shared cab service do not take enough precautions to clean their footwear before entering the vehicle. Due to this the car floor mat is subjected to the onslaught of dirt, snow, soft drink spills, and the like, thereby rendering the car floor mat or rug dirty. To overcome this issue, the present invention envisages a modular cover for car floor mats, which is designed to cover the entire surface area of the car floor mat. One embodiment of the car floor mat cover includes a pair of mat sections that are connectable via a connector section. The mat sections and the connector section are interconnected by means of complementary engagement formations formed thereon.

A floor mat including an elastomeric mat and an emblem with a base and a shell. The base has a portion supporting the shell and a peripheral flange portion surrounding the supporting portion and forming a hidden portion within the floor mat and having apertures. The shell overlays the supporting portion and forms a visible portion of the emblem on only one side of the floor mat. The apertures are essentially filled with elastomer to fix the emblem into the desired location on the floor mat. Also, the emblem and a method for making a floor mat.

A grommet apparatus for a vehicle having a first floor and a second floor, and including a pin fixedly attached to a vehicle floor, a post attached to the pin; and a volcano grommet removably coupled to the post and including a volcano-grommet base member and a coupling member attached to each other such that the first floor is positioned therebetween. The pin and the post extend at least partially through the volcano-grommet base member and the coupling member, wherein the volcano-grommet base member and the post are equal in length.

A floor mat for placement on a vehicle floor, where the floor mat includes a body having a bottom wall, an upper surface, and a bottom surface, and a front wall extending from the bottom wall. The upper surface and the bottom surface extending along the bottom wall and the front wall. A first portion of the bottom surface of the bottom wall having a support structure provided with a variable height such that the shape of the support structure complements the irregularities in the vehicle floor, where the support structure extends from the bottom surface of the bottom wall, and a second portion of the bottom surface of the bottom wall has a flat surface, where upon the vehicle floor mat being placed on the vehicle floor, the support structure engages the irregularities in the vehicle floor so that the upper surface of the bottom wall is generally level.

Automotive accessories such as floor mats and seat covers may be manufactured from a compound containing rubber and bamboo charcoal, which compound beneficially provides air-purification and anti-bacterial functions. As a result, such automotive accessories beneficially assist in the removal of odiferous and other undesirable particles from the air within the automobile interior.

A floor mat and a method of forming thereof, wherein the floor mat includes a backing layer embossed to provide a plurality of nibs extending from a surface of the backing layer while the backing layer remains molten. Each of the nibs is tiered, including a frusto-conical base and a tip extending from the frusto-conical base, the nibs having a maximum diameter in the range of 0.5 to 3.0 mm and an overall height in the range of 1.5 mm to 5 mm. In addition, each nib is located within a column and a row and is offset from at least one other nib present in the column and at least one other nib present in the row.