Robert D Tyler

US Patent:

6953545, Oct 11, 2005

Filed:

Sep 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/409478

Inventors:

Robert D. Tyler - Winfield KS, US

Assignee:

Winfield Consumer Products, Inc. - Winfield KS

International Classification:

B29V051/10

US Classification:

264554, 2641771, 2642101, 264334, 264348

Abstract:

A method of producing contoured vehicle floor mats having integrally formed nibs. The sheet is formed by a nib forming roll in an extrusion roll stack having a plurality of indentions. The nibbed sheet is placed onto the thermoform mold with the nibs directed away from the mold. The sheet is heated to a plastic state and stretched over the mold to form a contoured mat shaped to vehicle within a vehicle compartment, trunk or cargo area. The nibs on the underside of the mat contacts the floor covering and prevents the mats from sliding on the interior surface of the vehicle.

US Patent:

8613477, Dec 24, 2013

Filed:

Aug 21, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/590344

Inventors:

Robert D. Tyler - Winfield KS, US
Kenneth Douglas Johnson - Derby KS, US

Assignee:

Winfield Consumer Products, Inc. - Winfield KS

International Classification:

B60R 13/01

US Classification:

296 391, 280770

Abstract:

Multi-piece vehicle bed rail covers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle bed rail cover includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has at least one end that includes a raised feature, and the second portion has at least one end that is free from raised features. The first and the second portions are illustratively joined together in such a manner that a seam is concealed at least in part by the raised feature. The vehicle bed rail cover can also include additional raised features that may be perpendicular or angled with respect to a length of the bed rail cover. Furthermore, the vehicle bed rail cover may include one or more locking mechanisms to join the different portions together, and the vehicle bed rail cover may be made in part by utilizing injection molding.

US Patent:

20130313854, Nov 28, 2013

Filed:

May 25, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/480879

Inventors:

Kenneth Douglas Johnson - Derby KS, US
Robert D. Tyler - Winfield KS, US

Assignee:

Winfield Consumer Products, Inc. - Winfield KS

International Classification:

B62D 25/20
B32B 7/08
F16B 29/00

US Classification:

296 9723, 403299, 428 99

Abstract:

Vehicle floor mat or floor liner kits are provided. In one embodiment, a vehicle floor mat or floor liner kit includes one or more vehicle floor mats or liners, and a clip. Each vehicle floor mat or liner has at least one aperture. The clip has first and second portions. The first portion is configured to secure the clip to a floor of a vehicle. The second portion is configured to secure the floor mat or liner to the clip utilizing the at least one aperture. In another embodiment, a vehicle floor mat or liner clip includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion has a threaded aperture and an annular ring that surrounds the threaded aperture. The annular ring has a titled surface between an inner circumference and an outer circumference. The bottom portion has a threaded shaft, a disk, and a fastener section.

US Patent:

D3720110, Jul 23, 1996

Filed:

Jun 1, 1994

Appl. No.:

D/023913

Inventors:

Robert D. Tyler - Winfield KS

US Classification:

D12203

US Patent:

D3336450, Mar 2, 1993

Filed:

Apr 4, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/680269

Inventors:

Robert D. Tyler - Winfield KS

US Classification:

D12155

US Patent:

20140113110, Apr 24, 2014

Filed:

Mar 13, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/800919

Inventors:

- Winfield KS, US
Robert D. Tyler - Winfield KS, US

Assignee:

Winfield Consumer Products, Inc. - Winfield KS

International Classification:

B60N 3/04
B29C 65/70

US Classification:

428172, 264250

Abstract:

In one aspect, the disclosure describes a surface protector comprising a mat and a nib array. The mat includes a first material having a first hardness value. The nib array includes a second material having a second hardness value greater than the first hardness value. The nib array further includes a plurality of nibs connected by a lattice. In another aspect, the disclosure describes a method for making a surface protector. The method includes forming a nib array including a first material having a first hardness value. The nib array further includes a plurality of nibs connected by a lattice. The method includes attaching a mat to the nib array, the mat including a second material having a second hardness value less than the first hardness value.