// strip all slashes (ignored by search anyway)
var reVal = this.val().replace(/[\\\/]/,'');
// strip all non alpha-numeric (or space) chars too
reVal = reVal.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]/,'');
// make a regexp to match before, 'val()' and after
var regex = new RegExp('(.*?)('+reVal+')(.*?)', 'i');
// inject styling
name = name.replace(regex, '$1<span class="blq-search-underline">$2</span>$3');