US 12,134,307 B2
Magnetic hail resistant mats
Robert Dewitt McDowell, Arcadia, LA (US)
Filed by Robert Dewitt McDowell, Arcadia, LA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,072.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034135 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60J 11/06 (2006.01); B60N 3/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 11/06 (2013.01) [B60N 3/044 (2013.01); B60N 3/046 (2013.01); B60N 3/048 (2013.01); B60R 13/01 (2013.01); B60R 2013/016 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle mat configured to prevent hail damage to a body of a vehicle, the vehicle mat comprising:
a vehicle mat body having a plurality of layers including a top layer and a bottom layer, wherein the top layer is adhered to the bottom layer;
the top layer comprised of a hail resistant material;
the bottom layer comprised of a flexible magnetic substrate wherein the flexible magnetic substrate provides sufficient holding strength to magnetically couple the vehicle mat to the body of the vehicle and maintain the vehicle mat in place during a hail event to thereby assist in preventing hail damage to the vehicle;
wherein the vehicle mat is a vehicle floor mat and wherein the vehicle mat body is sized and shaped to fit a floorboard of the vehicle.