Abstract: A slipcover for a piece of furniture including a base, a back, first and second arms, and a seat portion. The slipcover has back pleats located at the respective back corners and having pleated seams and elastic, which runs through the pleated seams and travels across the back pleats for allowing the slipcover to expand over the largest perimeter of the furniture and then relax to fit the base of the furniture as the slipcover is placed on the furniture. First and second arm fronts cover respective top front portions of the first and second arms. A wrap skirt covers respective bottom portions of the first and second arms.

Abstract: A protector having a body member positioned over designated portions of a vehicle seat and secured and retained in place by a retaining member. The retaining member can consist of two tie straps. Alternatively, a strap is attached at one end to the body member and removably attached at its other end by a snap assembly, a button/buttonhole assembly or a hook and loop fastening assembly. In another embodiment a hood defining a pocket is attached to one end of the body member to receive a headrest member of the vehicle seat. In a further embodiment, one or more holes can be provided in the body member for disposal around the headrest or post(s) of the headrest member. The body member hangs down from the headrest over a desired portion of the vehicle seat and can be quickly and easily attached/detached and removed.

Abstract: A knit form-fit cover for a recliner chair having a base, a backrest, a seat, a pair of armrests and a footrest. The cover includes panels for covering the backrest, left and right armrests, the seat and the footrest. A seat panel includes a fastener having ends attached to lateral edges of the seat panel for positioning near a front edge of the seat of the recliner chair, which may be engaged to resistively fix a portion of the seat panel at the front edge of the seat. The seat panel is formed from an elasticized yarn material, and has pleated corners at lateral ends of a front edge of the seat panel for further securing the seat panel to the footrest. The seat panel also preferably has loops affixed to rear corners of the seat panel for securing a rear portion of the seat panel to the seat.

Abstract: A multi-piece slipcover for a piece of furniture having a base including a back, a seat, and a pair of armrests, and one or more seat cushions and back cushions that are unattached to the base. A base cover of the multi-piece slipcover includes one or more panels for covering the back, the left and right armrests, and at least a portion of the seat of the base. One or more seat cushion covers and one or more back cushions covers cover the one or more seat cushions and back cushions, respectively. At least one of the one or more back cushion covers has trapezoidally-shaped front and rear surfaces, and is made from a fabric having a stretch in length which behaves dynamically with respect to a stretch in width. A minimum stretch in fabric width is 60%, while a minimum stretch in fabric length is 40%.

Abstract: A slipcover for a piece of furniture including a base, a back, first and second arms, and a seat portion. The slipcover has back pleats located at the respective back corners and having pleated seams and elastic, which runs through the pleated seams and travels across the back pleats for allowing the slipcover to expand over the largest perimeter of the furniture and then relax to fit the base of the furniture as the slipcover is placed on the furniture. First and second arm fronts cover respective top front portions of the first and second arms. A wrap skirt covers respective bottom portions of the first and second arms.

Abstract: A slipcover for a piece of furniture having a base, a back, and a seat portion, wherein the slipcover fabric has a stretch in length which behaves dynamically with respect to a stretch in width, with the minimum stretch in fabric width being 60%, the minimum stretch in fabric length being 40%.

Abstract: A profile (9) which can be connected to a cover (4) serves to fasten the cover (4) on a supporting body (2). According to the invention, it is provided that the profile has a recess (17) for receiving a connecting region, in particular a seam (6), of cover segments (5.1, 5.2) of an at least two-piece cover.

Abstract: A reversible slipcover for a piece of furniture including a base, a back, first and second arms, and a seat portion. The reversible slipcover includes a back, two back ruffles sewn to be substantially parallel to one another and to respective sides of the back such that same fabric sides of the two ruffles match same respective fabric sides of the back, a center belt loop located between the two ruffles, and a reversible elastic with end tabs for securing the slipcover to the furniture. The elastic with end tabs traverses between the two back ruffles through the center belt loop and is secured to buttons attached to the slipcover at respective back corners such that the fabric of the end tabs coordinates with the visible side of the reversible slipcover fabric.

Abstract: A multi-purpose seat protector is provided for covering, for example, a weight bench and an automobile seat. The seat protector includes an envelope at a first end that receives an upper portion of the seat or bench, so that the protector does not slide off of the seat or bench. The seat protector prevents sweat from staining the surface that it covers. When the seat protector is removed from, for example an automobile seat, a person may safely sit upon the seat without staining his or her clothes. The seat protector also prevents excessive heat from a car seat from burning a person that sits upon the seat. When the seat protector covers a hot car set, a person may safely sit upon the seating surface without the seating surface burning his or her skin. A seatbelt protector is also provided for covering a seatbelt. The seatbelt protector prevents sweat from staining the seatbelt that it covers.

Abstract: A light-weight easily transportable chair having a fabric foam plastic seat, a fabric covered foam plastic seat back and a hinge interconnecting said seat and said back and a flexible fabric skirt fixed to the bottom of the seat, the skirt extending over the top of a bucket and secured to the bucket and with support braces on the bottom of the seat to rest on the top of the bucket.

Abstract: A collapsible chair having a sling that may be used as a carry strap. When the collapsible chair is in an opened configuration, the sling retracts out of the way, but when the collapsible chair is in a closed or collapsed configuration, the sling can be pulled out and slung over the user's shoulder as a carry strap. When the collapsible chair is in the collapsed configuration, and the sling is extended, tension on the sling assists in maintaining the chair in the collapsed position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat and steering wheel sunshade including a main covering and at least one side panel. The main covering includes a front portion for covering a steering wheel region of a vehicle, a rear portion for covering a seat back region of a vehicle seat, and an intermediate portion between the front portion and the rear portion for covering a seat region of the vehicle seat. The at least one side panel depends from the main covering for providing enhanced covering of the vehicle seat.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for concealing a lift mechanism associated with a lift chair is provided. The lift chair includes a seating unit and a support frame. The apparatus is a piece of elastic material that includes a front panel, rear panel and a pair of side panels that are shaped to extend between the support frame and the seating unit. In particular, the side panels are tapered as they extend from the rear panel to the front panel. In concealing the lift mechanism, the front and rear panels extend around a front and rear bar respectively to conceal a top portion of the lift mechanism. In addition, front and rear panels may be coupled to one another by a coupling mechanism, such as a zipper. Further, a pull cord selectively secures the skirt to the bottom portion of the support frame.

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.

Abstract: A multi-functional seat shield includes a cover sheet adapted for fully covering on a body contacting surface a seat, a holding sheet, which is overlappedly extended from the cover sheet having a receiving opening wherein a holding chamber is provided between the cover sheet and the holding sheet and communicated with the receiving opening. An elastic unit is mounted along a surrounding edge of the receiving opening for retaining the cover sheet on the seat. A pocket sheet, extended from an upper edge of the cover sheet, is adapted for holding the cover sheet in position when the cover sheet is folded in a roll form. Therefore, the multi-functional seat shield is adapted for not only protecting the seat but also using as an outdoor ground pad when the cover sheet is laid on the ground.

Abstract: A seat cover (1) is designed to be mounted on a motor vehicle seat (16) to protect the seat (16). The seat cover (1) includes a continuous front layer (3) of plastic foil being designed and arranged to protect the surface of a seating (21) and of a backrest (15) of a motor vehicle seat (16). A rear (2) layer of plastic foil is connected to the front layer (3) by transverse welding (6, 7), and it includes a recess (9) with closed edges (18, 19). At least a portion of the rear layer (2) is made of an elastic and retractable material. A first pocket (12) is formed by the rear layer (2) and the front layer (3), and it is designed and arranged to receive at least a portion of the backrest (15) of the seat (16). A second pocket (14) is formed by the rear layer (2) and the front layer (3), and it is designed and arranged to receive at least a portion of the seating (21) of the seat (16).

Abstract: An adjustable seat cover capable of fitting low-back and high-back automobile seats. The seat cover includes a back portion having upper and lower rear panels, the bottom edge of the upper rear panel extending below the top edge of the lower rear panel. A plurality of spaced-apart straps extends from the top edge of the upper rear panel and one or more straps extend from the bottom edge of the upper rear panel. The straps both secure the cover to the seat as well as providing for and maintaining a smooth, custom-fit appearance when the cover is installed on both low-back and high-back seats.

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.

Abstract: An adjustable seat cover capable of fitting low-back and high-back automobile seats. The seat cover includes a back portion having upper and lower rear panels, the bottom edge of the upper rear panel extending below the top edge of the lower rear panel. A plurality of spaced-apart straps extends from the top edge of the upper rear panel and one or more straps extend from the bottom edge of the upper rear panel. The straps both secure the cover to the seat as well as providing for and maintaining a smooth, custom-fit appearance when the cover is installed on both low-back and high-back seats.

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.

Abstract: A seat cushion mold with an elastic member and method provide the manufacture of an improved seat cushion for use in upholstered chairs or the like having a smooth, uniform shape without unsightly underlines. A thick, resilient foam block is positioned on a rigid planer base and is urged into the mold whereby a thin foam cover layer is adhered to the outer edges of the planar base to produce a precisely contoured cushion which can be upholstered and fitted to a chair frame.

Abstract: A multi-functional seat shield not only is adapted for protecting of a car seat by detachably covering its contact surfaces, but also can be used as an outdoor ground pad when it is not used on the seat. Therefore, when the seat shield is not in use for covering the seat, the seat shield can be turned inside out through the pocket opening so as to turn a front surface of a cover sheet and an inner surface of a pocket sheet out and invert a holding piece to store between the cover sheet and the pocket sheet. Thus, the seat shield is re-arranged to be used as a ground pad.

Abstract: The stuffed child's stool has a typical seat and four legs for the structural members. These are then covered with a cloth material which is stuffed. There may or may not be a back portion attached to the seat for support. A shaped character, such as a bear, with head, partial shoulders and arms extending therefrom is attached around the edge of the stool, and over the back portion if one is included. The arms may or may not be attached around the seat edge. The head and arms which extend partially around the edge appear as a back and arms for the stool. The feet of the character may be formed with the shaped cloth material and stuffing.

Abstract: A vehicular child seat cover is provided including a cover and a plurality of rods each coupled to the cover for maintaining the same in an erected orientation. The cover defines an enclosed space adapted for housing a vehicular child seat therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cushion for a chair (1), especially a demountable cushion (2) for a chair for children, and for the object of providing a cushion which simply and effectively can be mounted on a child's chair and correspondingly in a rapid and effective manner can be demounted therefrom, it is according to the invention suggested that the main shape (3) of the cushion comprises a main portion (4) serving to support the back portion of the user, and one or more side portions (5a, 5b) serving as extended support portion and/or affixing portion.

Abstract: An arrangement for covering upholstered furniture includes a semi-fitted cover which is partially fitted to a piece of upholstered furniture and a mechanism for positioning a holding band in a closed loop around the cover. The holding band is positioned to form a loop around the cover and pull the semi-fitted cover close to the upholstered furniture. The present invention also includes details concerning skirt clips, belt adjusting plates and pleating plates which are unique as part of the present invention.

Abstract: An article of seating furniture includes a support structure that has oppositely facing major surfaces and a circumferential edge portion extending between the major surfaces. A cover is provided for the support structure, such cover including two major portions each juxtaposed with one of the major surfaces of the support structure and a continuous band juxtaposed with the edge portion of the support structure mid connected along respective seams with each of the two major portions of the cover. The band is visually distinguishable from the remainder of the covers, such as by being provided with visually distinguishable symbols distributed along its length.

Abstract: An article of furniture is inserted into the stretchable tubular fabric sidewall. The tubular fabric sidewall is then conformed to the shape of the article of furniture. The tubular fabric sidewall is open at both ends.

Abstract: A furniture slipcover having an elastic band stitched at selected positions along the inside of the cover such that when the cover is placed on a furniture piece, such as a sofa or chair, the cover takes the shape of the furniture piece, thus eliminating the time consuming and expensive steps which are currently required to fit a cover to the furniture piece. Elastic bands are also provided which enable the cover to be gathered at desired portions such that the cover has a fitted and shaped look. A plurality of elastic ties are formed on the inside of the cover and are used to secure the cover to the furniture piece by tieing it around the furniture seat cushions.

Abstract: A container which is placed over a back of a seat or chair and holds articles within the container against the back of the seat or chair. The device has a sleeve which is placed over and surrounds a back of a seat or chair, with the sleeve held in place by elastic bands present at the top and bottom of the sleeve.

Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a seat belt anchor in an automotive seat, wherein there is provided a cover to cover a hinge bracket and the seat belt anchor secured rotatably thereto, both of which are mounted on the lateral wall of a seat cushion of the seat, thereby retaining an aesthetically good state of the seat. The cover is at one edge sewn to the lateral wall of the seat cushion and at its rearward end provided with an anchoring member to be secured to the rearward edge of the hinge bracket.

Abstract: A vehicular safety seat for a child may be exposed to the sun to such an extent that certain portions will be hot enough to burn a child. A removeable cover is provided that covers all areas of the seat when unoccupied. Because the cover must be applied and removed while holding the child, special structure is provided so that these tasks may be performed with one hand. A combined storage pouch/pillow is attached to the upper or backrest portion of the cover. While the upper portion of the cover remains attached to the safety seat, the balance of the cover may be removed from the seat and stuffed into the pouch with one hand to form a soft pillow for the child's head. The position of the pouch may be adjusted on the cover to accomodate the child's growth. The balance of the cover may be removed from the pouch and applied to completely cover the child seat with one hand.

Abstract: The invention comprises an expandable skirt mattress cover and a method for making a mattress cover. The mattress cover includes a top platform attached to a skirt having an elastic band. The mattress cover is manufactured using the steps of stretching the skirt farbic; attaching the top platform to the skirt; stretching the elastic band and the skirt fabric; and attaching the elastic band to the skirt. Because the skirt stretches in two directions, the mattress cover adjusts to fit same-size mattresses of differing thicknesses.

Abstract: A device for protecting a motorcycle seat which includes a retractable cover which can be extended to shield the surface of the seat from exposure, thereby preventing deterioration of the seat. The cover is retracted into a housing which can fit snugly underneath the bottom of the seat or can alternatively be mounted to the frame of the motorcycle directly adjacent the lower edge of the seat. When in extended position, the cover can be secured by means of a hook and loop type fastener or by means of a post and hole fastening mechanism. The cover is made of a material which is both waterproof and heat resistant. The housing provides a spring biased wind-up mechanism for easy retraction of the cover and to provide tension to the cover when in extended position thereby aiding in keeping the cover snugly fitted to the seat.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly has a seat frame, and an integrated elastomeric filament suspension and fabric cover in which the elastomeric filaments and yarn for the fabric are knitted together and stretched over the frame to provide a low profile finished seat or back rest which functions both as a suspension and as an aesthetic trim cover.

Abstract: Cover members are provided for use on car seats and are made of an elastic material, have a shape which is adaptable to any seat type, are provided at low interior parts thereof with sets of members for tightening the cover members themselves and are foldable so as to be capable of being housed and transported in small size storage bags.

Abstract: For use with an upwardly open infant seat in which an infant reclines, a removable pliable water-repellent cover adapted to extend loosely and continuously over the entire seat except for a central face opening and having a peripheral elastic element for releaseably encircling the seat to hold the cover in place, the cover being entirely without rigid framing of its own.

Abstract: A cover for a chaise lounge chair having a body section of absorbent material extending over the chair surface. Fitted pockets engage the head and foot ends of the lounge. Drop pockets are provided at the side of the cover and hang generally vertically when the cover is in place. An intermediate elasticized section extends transversely of the cover with elastic bands extending adjacent the elasticized strip.

Abstract: An automotive seat back cover includes an improved closure member that permits fastening the cover to the seat back upon the imposition of a force urging two plastic snap members together.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bicycle seat cover assembly having a seat cover with an exterior trim member extending about its periphery, front and rear under flap members supported from the exterior trim member and adapted to pass underneath the respective ends of a bicycle seat for securing the set cover assembly thereto, and an adjusting strap disposed intermediate to the front and rear under flap members for adjusting and tightening the securing action.According to the invention the rear under flap member is of generally crescent-shaped configuration but cut off at its forward corners, and the missing corner are then replaced with a pair of essentially triangular, highly elastic members. These members make it easier to install or remove the seat cover assembly, and also increase its useful life.

Abstract: An automobile seat cushion back including a contoured seat cushion with a trim cover thereon and a stretchable support layer for such seat cushion. A soft back cover is secured to and extends between opposed edges of said support layer to form an open ended bag therewith. Such bag can be pulled over a seat cushion back to be secured thereto under tension.

Abstract: A sunshade for infants affixable to essentially all styles of car seats. The sunshade has a generally rectangular fabric shade which is supported by a generally U-shaped support bar made from a stiff, but bendable material. An elastic cord is affixed to the back and to a portion of each of the side edges and the shade is held in a generally horizontal position by the action of the support bar, the elastic cord and the fabric shade, itself.

Abstract: A chair cover having a main panel covering the seat portion and the backrest of a chair. The chair cover is wider at one end than at the other, and reversible, end-for-end, to apply the wide end to a wide seat portion, and the narrow end to the narrow backrest, and vice versa. It has a bulbous portion which aids fitting it to the horizontal and vertical parts of the chair. The panel is made up of a series of transverse sections, and is dimensioned to have a marginal turned over rear portion that folds back on the rear side of the side. A stretchable trimming strip is secured to the edge of the rear portion, and extends therearound. The cover can be fitted over and will hold an inflated or foam cushion in place on the chair, against displacement as the user leaves the chair. It can be made of natural sheepskin, or other materials.

Abstract: An auto seat cover for an auto seat which includes a back cover portion and a seat portion joined along a common seam. Straps extend from the common seam for feeding through a crevice of the auto seat between its back rest and its seat cushion. Loops depend from the lower free edge of the back cover portion for securement to the straps. The auto seat cover remains snugly on the seat with the free edge of the back portion pulled down over the rear of the back rest.

Abstract: A cover for use in covering a seat, such as an automobile bucket seat, is provided which includes a nonstretchable portion that covers the forward surfaces of the seat bottom and back, and a stretchable skirt and cap that permits the cover to be adapted to fit a variety of sizes of bucket seats including both those of the high-back and low-back variety. The cover includes the cap, which covers at least a portion of the high-back bucket seat. The cap is stretchable widthwise to accommodate the wider width of a low-back seat and the cap, as it stretches widthwise, simultaneouly decreases in vertical dimension thereby decreasing the overall length of the seat cover so that it more closely fits a low-back bucket seat. In the preferred embodiment, the nonstretchable portion of the seat cover is a sheepskin, while the stretchable portions are made of a wool cloth having a nap similar to the nap of the sheepskin.

Abstract: An improved one-piece seat cover for an automotive passenger seat is disclosed. This improved one-piece seat cover is superior to seat covers presently available in that the portion thereof which covers the seat cushion is secured and maintained taut and wrinkle free without coupling to the springs of the seat cushion. The improvement resides in the provision of an additional panel which extends from the inside seam that joins the back portion of the cover to the seat portion of the cover. This panel extends from this inside seam of the cover between the seat back and seat cushion. Resilient hold down straps on the seat cover portion are then coupled to this panel under the base of the seat by tensioning means. Thus, the seat cover cushion is maintained secure and in place independent of the position of the seat cushion or the springs which support the seat cushion. In an alternative embodiment of this invention, the seat back portion of the cover is also modified.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a seat for use in an automobile, airplane and the like is disclosed which comprises the steps: knitting at least two kinds of synthetic fibers respectively having different average heat setting temperatures to form a bag-shaped trim cover assembly of a size suitable for covering a pad of foam material; covering the foam pad with the thus-formed trim cover assembly; and then heat-setting both the trim cover assembly and the pad at temperatures necessary for the trim cover assembly to shrink sufficiently so that the trim cover assembly can be brought into close contact with the surface of the pad.

Abstract: A sun shade for an infant's car seat has a flexible, sheet-like canopy which is generally horizontal in use. The canopy has a pocket formed at a first end for fitting over the top of the back of an infant's car seat. There is a flexible tension link at a second end of the canopy for stretchably anchoring the canopy to a part of the car's interior which is spaced-apart from the infant's car seat. There may be a pair of side flaps extending along opposite sides of the canopy between the ends thereof.

Abstract: A fitted sheet particularly adapted for use with lounge chairs of the type commonly used at poolside or the beach comprises a top panel for residing over the upper surface of the chair, pocket formations at each end of the top panel for fitting over the ends of the chair and transverse elastic straps for placement behind the chair at the points where the head and foot portions of the chair are hingedly connected to the horizontal central section of the chair. Gathering of the material in the central portion of the sheet provides enhanced versatility and increased conformity of the sheet to the chair.

Abstract: The cover has front and rear sections joined along the top to form a recess into which the upper part of the back and the forwardly extending sides (if present) of the infant car seat are received. The rear section has spaced first portions partially defining the ends of the recess. Each first portion has a set of outwardly extending, spaced connecting strips to permit alteration of the effective size and shape of the respective recess ends. If no forwardly extending sides are present, the strips interconnect to fold each of the first portions over itself and hold some adjacent the rear of the seat. A second portion, situated between the first portions, has differently spaced pairs of interengaging snaps for altering the effective length thereof. An elastic strip, situated along the edge of the rear section, permits expansion of the recess to facilitate mounting of the cover and to maintain the edge of the rear section adjacent the back of the seat.