Having Flexible Hem-inserted Securing Means (e.g., Drawstring, Elastic Band, Etc.) Patents (Class 297/228.11)
  • Patent number: 6971716
    Abstract: A cover for temporarily protecting a vehicle seat that has a seat back and a seat bottom. The cover includes a pouch portion adapted to be disposed over a portion of the seat back, and a pocket adapted to receive a floor mat. Alternatively, the cover can include an extension portion adapted to be disposed over a portion of the seat bottom with a pocket adapted to receive a floor mat. A method of transporting a vehicle seat and floor mat to a vehicle assembly plant is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a vehicle seat, providing a floor mat, packaging the vehicle seat and floor mat as a single unit defining a seat assembly, and transporting the seat assembly to a vehicle assembly plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Todd M. DePaulis, Martin Brzozowski, Steve Clark, Ryan Saling
  • Patent number: 6959963
    Abstract: A disposable sanitary seat cover includes a base sheet having a seat cover area provided with passages that are adapted for providing an opening through the seat cover area for a child's legs. Passages are provided on the seat cover area through which a safety belt may be positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Herbistic Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Deidre J. Hunter, Nancy B. Hulsey
  • Patent number: 6948771
    Abstract: A portable seat cover to cover the back of a variety of seats has drawstrings on its side to adjust to a variety of seat backs, a head rest that is stowable when there are no headrest to cover, and a built-in pouch into which can be folded the portable seat cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Inventor: Lyndon Salandy
  • Patent number: 6848746
    Abstract: A portable seat is provided. The seat comprises a cushion device inside a pocket formed by an outer casing. A heat transfer device is carried by the cushion device and is inside the outer casing. The cushion may be reversed permitting the heat transfer device to be immediately adjacent the user or to provide at least a portion of the cushion between the heat transfer device and the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Inno-Labs, LP
    Inventor: Todd R. Gentry
  • Patent number: 6832812
    Abstract: A slipcover arrangement and method for covering a piece of furniture having a seat and a back, includes a fabric, semi-fitted slipcover body for covering the furniture, the slipcover body having a side portion for covering a side of the furniture and a front portion for covering a front of the furniture. The body includes a seat portion connected to the side and front portions for covering the seat of the furniture and a back portion connected to the seat and side portions for covering the back of the furniture and with excess fabric for extending into a crevice between the seat and back of the furniture. The front and side portions are connected to each other with excess fabric for a corner of the furniture between the front and side of the furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Prescient Partners, L.P.
    Inventors: Paula Riley, Kenneth V. Stevens
  • Patent number: 6827398
    Abstract: A one-piece slipcover for covering pieces of furniture. The slipcover includes first and second pouches where the first pouch defines a seat cushion covering and the second pouch defines a furniture base covering portion. Each of the portion has its own perimeter adjusting portion in the form of a cinching element. The outer cinching element for the main body portion circumscribes the inner cinching element for the seat cushion covering with a portion of the two cinching elements extending substantially parallel to one another with a predetermined spacing therebetween, so as to allow the entirety of the first cinching elements to be tucked under the seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Inventor: Arthur Nazginov
  • Publication number: 20030227200
    Abstract: A skirt is disclosed which includes a singular piece of material with an elastic or hook-and-loop band structure to be used with a chair and/or chair cover combination. The structure allows the fabric to be stretched over the chair back covering any portion of said chair back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventor: Patricia Ann Lopez
  • Patent number: 6655734
    Abstract: A disposable sanitary seat cover includes a base sheet having a seat cover area provided with passages that are adapted for providing an opening through the seat cover area for a child'legs. Passages are provided on the seat cover area through which a safety belt may be positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Herbistic Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Deidre J. Hunter, Nancy B. Hulsey
  • Patent number: 6652026
    Abstract: A headrest secured seat cover for vehicles having side-impact airbags mounted within the sides of the seat. The cover comprises a bottom and middle portion attachable to the seat cushion. A top portion of the seat cover is attachable to the seat headrest. In order to attach the seat cover to the headrest, the seat cover includes at least one elastic strap attached to the top portion of the cover and configured to attach the top portion of the cover to mounting bars of the headrest. The seat cover further includes a stiffening member disposed about a periphery of the top portion of the seat cover. The stiffening member supports the top portion of the seat cover such that the seat cover will be contourable to the shape of the vehicle seat and remain in place. Since the seat cover is attached to the headrest, the sides of the seat are unobstructed for proper airbag inflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventors: David K. Toyota, Ronald Lee Sukut
  • Patent number: 6631950
    Abstract: A plastic cover is provided for covering and enclosing the tray of a child's high chair, while the tray is disposed over the arms. The cover preferably comprises a water resistant material forming an enclosure, which has an open end and an interior which is accessible through the open end. The tray is disposed within the interior of the enclosure. Use of the plastic tray cover prevents soiling of the tray, simplifying significantly the clean-up process. After use, the cover is removed from the tray and easily washed, or discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Balanced Health, Inc.
    Inventor: Brenda L. Madole
  • Patent number: 6354661
    Abstract: A chair and cover combination includes a cover and a chair having a leg structure, a seat, and a seat back. The cover includes a singular piece of material having an open end to be placed over the chair. The material covers the seat back, the seat, and the leg structure of the chair in such a manner so as to substantially encapsulate the entire structure of the chair. The cover also includes closing structure generally at the open end which closes the open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Inventor: Anne Masako Moss
  • Patent number: 6338527
    Abstract: A headrest secured seat cover for vehicles having side-impact airbags mounted within the sides of the seat. The cover comprises a bottom and middle portion attachable to the seat cushion. A top portion of the seat cover is attachable to the seat headrest. In order to attach the seat cover to the headrest, the seat cover includes at least one elastic strap attached to the top portion of the cover and configured to attach the top portion of the cover to mounting bars of the headrest. The seat cover further includes a stiffening member disposed about a periphery of the top portion of the seat cover. The stiffening member supports the top portion of the seat cover such that the seat cover will be contourable to the shape of the vehicle seat and remain in place. Since the seat cover is attached to the headrest, the sides of the seat are unobstructed for proper airbag inflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Inventors: David K. Toyota, Ronald Lee Sukut
  • Patent number: 6312051
    Abstract: A cover for a wheelchair seat is made from a cloth having a first ply of wicking material for drawing moisture that contacts the first ply away from an occupant of the wheelchair and a second ply of absorbent material for drawing moisture out of the first ply and dispersing the drawn moisture in the second ply. The first and second plies are permanently secured in laminar relationship to each other, preferably by a hem along their perimeter. The cloth is detachably mounted on the wheelchair seat, preferably either by an elastic band positioned within the hem, the band having a length in its unstretched state which is less than the length of the hem, or by a plurality of hook-and-loop fasteners fixed in spaced apart relationship to the cloth and extending outwardly from the hem to a plurality of mating hook-and-loop fasteners fixed to the cloth proximate the hem. The elastic band mount is specially preferred for use with removable wheelchair seat cushions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Inventor: Christina L. Adams
  • Patent number: 6279993
    Abstract: Adaptation of a seating surface to a wide range of environmental conditions by applying a stretchable cover of a looped pile fabric, formed from blended materials, to the seating surface and promoting the retention on the seating surface of the stretchable cover which also is absorptive of fluids and insulative because of the blend of materials forming the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventor: Cheryl A. Berthiaume
  • Patent number: 6212717
    Abstract: Chair cushions and placemats are formed of a top fabric panel attached to a bottom panel which as a high coefficient of friction. The bottom panel is a rubberized web with an open pattern. The pattern consists of a plurality of rows of parallel, spaced, side by side, relatively small size elongated openings extending in a first direction. A plurality of columns of collinear, spaced, relatively large size elongated openings extend in a second direction. The first and second directions are orthogonal. A plurality of rows of rectangular areas, some of which of are devoid of openings, also form a part of the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Klear-Vu Corporation
    Inventor: Robert W. Cooper
  • Patent number: 6189968
    Abstract: A device for use on a back or seat of a chair to provide an indicia that such chair is in use when a person is not seated in the chair. The device includes an elongated foldable web having a first and second end, the length of such foldable web being sufficient to wrap around the width of the seat or back of the chair. Preferably, an adjustable attachment is provided on at least one end of the foldable web for adjustably attaching such one end to the other end of the foldable web. The attachment is a VELCRO type hook and pile attachment. The foldable web may also include indicia removably attached to the foldable web, e.g., a business card, such indicia indicating that the seat is reserved. The foldable web may be securely wrapped around the back or seat of a chair to reserve the chair when it is not in use. In another embodiment, the device is a continuous elastic elongated foldable web, the length of such foldable web being sufficient to tightly wrap around the width of the seat or back of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventors: Richard A. Emanuel, John J. Torre