Abstract: A seat cover fastening system for use in conjunction With a seat cover to be installed on a vehicle seat having a seat cushion portion and a seat back portion, with an open junction therebetween. The seat cover has a front panel which overlies the front of the seat back portion, and a lower extension extending downwardly from the front panel to fit through the junction. The seat cover fastening system includes a flexible sheet of material joined to the side and top edges of the front panel to extend about the sides and over the top of the seat back portion to the rear thereof, where the sheet of material terminates in a rear edge at the rear of the seat back portion. The rear edge is formed generally in the shape of an inverted U, and includes a channel extending along a substantial portion of the edge for receiving and holding a drawstring. A drawstring is disposed in the channel so that the ends thereof extend out respective ends of the channel.

Abstract: A dual-tongue seat cover fixture for use with a one-piece vehicle seat cover having a seat cover portion and a back cover portion for placement respectively over the seat cushion and separate seat back of a vehicle seat in which a transverse section of the cover lies adjacent the crevice between the seat cushion and the seat back. The fixture includes a sheet of flexible material joined along a midline to the transverse section of the cover, where the midline divides the sheet into first and second sections which extend throuch the crevice when the cover is installed on the vehicle seat. Loops, grommets, or other fastening elements are formed on the edges of the first and second sections opposite the midline for joining the first section to the seat cover portion and the second section to the back cover portion.