Slipcover For Bottom Or Back Patents (Class 297/228.1)
  • Publication number: 20090284056
    Abstract: A disposable cover for seats, which may comprise a bag for enveloping a seat back. The bag may comprise two layers including an outer liquid absorbent material and an inner water impermeable layer. An opening permits air to escape when the cover is being installed over a seat back. The cover may have an element for gathering the same about the seat back. The cover may include leg covers in the form of tabs which project from the cover to extend over the seat where a person's legs would contact the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: Ronald Chico
  • Patent number: 7607732
    Abstract: A one-piece upholstery cover that covers all the visible surfaces of a typical seat such as seatback cushion, seat pan cushion, seat pan extension cushion, leg rest cushion, and leg rest extension cushion. A seat covering system is also disclosed. The seat covering system includes a single elongated piece of upholstery having a first end and a second end and a loop portion intermediate the first and second ends. A first attachment portion is adjacent to the first end of the upholstery, and at least one spring mechanism attached to the second end. A first and second pivot member are attached to opposite sides of a seat back of a reclining chair. These first and second pivot members are also fixed to a seat pedestal while a connecting member having a first end attached to the first pivot member and a second end attached to the second pivot member extends through the loop portion of the elongated piece of upholstery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Beroth, Sean Hames, Catalin Bunea, Daniel I. Udriste
  • Patent number: 7607731
    Abstract: A trim close out panel for a vehicle seat having a seat cover. The seat cover has an opening that is covered by the close out panel. The close out panel is formed of a stretchable fabric. The stretchable fabric is attached to opening in the seat cover. An external side impact air bag is assembled to a receptacle in the seat over the close out panel. The close out panel applies a tensioning force to the seat cover around the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Tracht
  • Patent number: 7600813
    Abstract: A seat cover adapted to removably cover a seat in an automobile includes a cover body being formed from one layer of non-woven material which may be made from spunbond-meltblown-spunbond (SMS) fibers. The cover body has a longitudinal direction and a pair of ends. The cover body defines a pair of pockets adapted to receive portions of the seat with the pockets disposed at opposite ends of the cover body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Polymer Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry L. Lanham, Terry W. Orr, John P. Heaton
  • Publication number: 20090096261
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing transfer of odors from a vehicle to a hunter from a self propelled vehicle has at least one seat, a floorboard and a steering wheel. A cover for the seat, and/or floor mat and/or steering wheel has a vapor barrier to prevent odors from the seat, and/or floor mat and/or steering wheel from passing therethrough, and a material such as silk or Rayon® disposed on top of the vapor barrier of the seat, and/or floor mat and/or steering wheel which is free of any substance foreign to it that would have an odor associated with it, or it can be treated with an odor absorbing substance, or it can be treated with a “cover scent” such as acorn or earth/dirt scent which would be transferred to the hunter's hands and/or clothing and/or boots. Alternatively, a scent absorbing layer, such as a SCENT LOK® layer, can be disposed under the vapor barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Tim Abraham
  • Patent number: 7517013
    Abstract: A combination cooling pad and bag comprises a flexible pad with pockets, cooling packs in the pockets, handles on opposing edges of the pad, and closure mechanisms on the edges and surface of the pad. A handle is sized to loop around a vehicle seat headrest and suspend the pad to cover a substantial portion of the seat and backrest portions of the vehicle seat. The pad, handles, and the edge closure mechanism are arranged, with the edge closure mechanism engaged and with the pad in a single-fold configuration, to form a single-compartment bag with the pair of handles positioned next to one another. The pad, handles, and the surface closure mechanism are arranged, with the surface closure mechanism engaged and with the pad in a multiple-fold configuration, to form a dual-compartment bag with the pair of handles positioned next to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: DD&G Holdings 1, LLC
    Inventor: Deborah H. Lowe
  • Publication number: 20090090293
    Abstract: A marking device for vehicle seats located adjacent emergency exits includes a panel associated with a cover for a seat. For example, seat covers for the upright back of school bus seats include a strip panel coupled between two facing panels. The strip panel is adapted to cover the top and opposite ends of the seat back and the two facing panels are adapted to cover the front and rear faces of the seat back. The strip panel portion of seat covers for seats located adjacent an emergency exit include a tactile feature. The tactile feature distinguishes emergency exit row seats from seats from those seats that are not located adjacent an emergency exit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Dennis Santay
  • Publication number: 20090079241
    Abstract: A storage and advertising bag for a seat. In one embodiment, the bag includes a top pocket that slips over the top of a seat. On the other side of the bag is a top pocket that holds advertising material, and beneath that is a storage pocket for holding personal items of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Steven Sergio Comarella
  • Patent number: 7488036
    Abstract: A cover for a seat portion of an automotive vehicular seat, the cover including a panel releasably engageable with an attachment mechanism mounted on the upholstery layer of the vehicle seat. The cover layer overlies the seat surface of the vehicle seat when in the attached position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Oscar Tache
  • Publication number: 20090026818
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat portion and an attached seat back portion and an attached uniform including a uniform top fitted over the seat back portion and a uniform bottom fitted over the seat portion. The uniform top and the uniform bottom support uniform adornment that identifies the members of a group, profession, organization, or establishment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: SHAWN D. SPITZER
  • Patent number: 7461894
    Abstract: A seating pad assembly is provided for use by travelers to increase the comfort for a seat on a public transportation vehicle or at a public transit terminal. The seating pad assembly includes a cushion formed from a viscoelastic foam and having dimensions substantially conforming to the dimensions of at least the hip/thigh support and the back support of the seat. Thus, the viscoelastic foam will bridge hard points and pinch points of the seat and will efficiently support the traveler across the gap. The seating pad assembly further includes a removable cover, straps for holding the pad in a coiled condition and a carrying bag for transporting the pad assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Nightgear LLC
    Inventor: Richard M. Leeds
  • Patent number: 7448681
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat portion and an attached seat back portion and an attached uniform including a uniform top fitted over the seat back portion and a uniform bottom fitted over the seat portion. The uniform top and the uniform bottom support uniform adornment that identifies the members of a group, profession, organization, or establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Inventor: Shawn D. Spitzer
  • Patent number: 7431394
    Abstract: Slipcovers are provided for covering a variety of seating structures. The slipcovers can include a fabric sheet, multi-layered components, extensions, anchors, relaxation mechanisms, and holders, and can be configured to cover all or a portion of a seating structure. The multi-layered components can be removably secured to the fabric sheet by decouplable fasteners or by friction or interaction with a friction enhancing material, non-removably secured to the fabric sheet by sewing, quilting, tufting, gluing, and/or applying an adhesive or bonding agent, or secured to the fabric sheet by extensions inserted into a crevice. The internal layers of a multi-layered component can also be removable, or a multi-layered component can be configured to allow additional layers to be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Paula S. Neustat
  • Patent number: 7422281
    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%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sure Fit Inc.
    Inventor: Brenda K. Miller
  • Patent number: 7416250
    Abstract: A pliable seat cover having an elastic strap positioned along the hem of the seat cover to maintain the selective positioning thereof. The cover is comprised of a flexible sheet fabricated of a chemically resistive material having waterproof and soil proof capabilities for protecting the seat top and sides. The seat cover is designed to protect the seat during application of detergents and cleaners and keep the seat dry during inclement weather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Inventor: Richard DiFilippo
  • Patent number: 7387335
    Abstract: A disposable chair cover having an open end and a sealed end. The open end is adapted to receive at least a portion of a chair to cover and protect the chair. The chair cover comprises a decorative member, such as a bow, that can be combined with a portion of a chair. In one embodiment, a plurality of chair covers are packaged so that the plurality of chair covers are combined together on a roll and separated by first perforations. The first perforations can be easily separated by cutting or tearing as the roll is unwound. In addition to the first perforations, the roll of chair covers comprises a plurality of second perforations that separate each chair cover from its respective decorative member so that the chair covers and decorative members are packaged together on the same roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Marylegs Corp.
    Inventors: Rhonda Meek, Mary Finch
  • Patent number: 7377585
    Abstract: Slipcovers are provided for covering a variety of seating structures. The slipcovers can include a fabric sheet, multi-layered components, extensions, anchors, relaxation mechanisms, and holders, and can be configured to cover all or a portion of a seating structure. The multi-layered components can be removably secured to the fabric sheet by decouplable fasteners or by friction or interaction with a friction enhancing material, non-removably secured to the fabric sheet by sewing, quilting, tufting, gluing, and/or applying an adhesive or bonding agent, or secured to the fabric sheet by extensions inserted into a crevice. The internal layers of a multi-layered component can also be removable, or a multi-layered component can be configured to allow additional layers to be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Inventor: Paula S. Neustat
  • Patent number: 7350861
    Abstract: A textile component includes a pocket or channel woven directly into the textile using a jacquard weaving method. The textile component may be used in a variety of applications for attachment to an article. A pattern may be woven into the textile, and a pocket may be woven into the textile for receiving an insert. The textile may also include one or more channels for attaching the textile to an article. The channels slide over support elements on the article. In addition, a cut line may be woven into the textile to define an intended path for a cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Studio Z Textiles
    Inventor: Anna E. Zaharakos
  • Patent number: 7340813
    Abstract: An article of furniture, for example a chair, is upholstered with a sports jersey for displaying the jersey thereon. The front side and logo of the jersey are displayed on the back supporting surface of the chair while the rear side and player number of the jersey are displayed on the seating surface of the chair. The chair arms are upholstered with arms of the sports jersey. By providing a chair upholstered with a sports jersey conventional, authentic and readily available sports equipment can be reused in a practical way and displayed in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Jersey Chair Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry J. Hampton, Kevin S. Hampton
  • Publication number: 20080001451
    Abstract: The present invention is a safety seat cover, such as for a child safety seat used in an automobile. The safety seat cover includes an upper cover portion for at least partially covering a head support portion of the safety seat. The upper cover portion includes a height adjustment assembly which may be stretched and contracted along a vertical axis for allowing the cover to be configured to a plurality of heights. The height adjustment assembly may adjustably and securely attach with a middle cover portion of the cover when the cover is configured to a desired height. The middle cover portion may at least partially cover a trunk support portion of the safety seat and includes a first section which may adjustably attach with a second section. The lower cover portion may adjustably attach with the middle cover portion, may at least partially cover a seat support portion of the safety seat, and may form at least one aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventor: Donna L. Olson
  • Patent number: 7258399
    Abstract: Slipcovers are provided for covering a variety of seating structures. The slipcovers can include a fabric sheet, multi-layered components, extensions, anchors, relaxation mechanisms, and holders, and can be configured to cover all or a portion of a seating structure. The multi-layered components can be removably secured to the fabric sheet by decouplable fasteners or by friction or interaction with a friction enhancing material, non-removably secured to the fabric sheet by sewing, quilting, tufting, gluing, and/or applying an adhesive or bonding agent, or secured to the fabric sheet by extensions inserted into a crevice. The internal layers of a multi-layered component can also be removable, or a multi-layered component can be configured to allow additional layers to be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Paula S Neustat
  • Patent number: 7240964
    Abstract: A dining room chair slipcover arrangement has a pair of seat panels to cover each side of a seat while leaving an uncovered area. Each panel extends a full depth of the seat to a point below a front end of the seat. A chasuble covers the uncovered area of the seat and extends from a point below the front end of the seat, across the seat depth, up along a front surface of the back, across the top and down the rear surface of the back. Wrapping parts and connectors extending around the back for holding the chasuble to the chair. A skirt extends around the seat to cover sides of the seat and upper parts of the chair legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: PRescient Partners, L.P.
    Inventor: Paula Riley
  • Publication number: 20070145797
    Abstract: A bordering edge of cover members and a bordering edge of cover members of a sitting portion cover of a seat cover are folded back in a longitudinal direction along raised portions of a sitting portion, creased, and attached to the rest of the members while being smoothly curved in conformance to the raised portions, thus to form a three-dimensional curved shape conforming to a top surface of the sitting portion. A bordering edge of cover members and a bordering edge of cover members of a backrest cover are folded back in a longitudinal direction along raised portions of a backrest portion, creased, and attached to the rest of the members while being smoothly curved in conformance to the raised portions, thus to form a three-dimensional curved shape conforming to a front surface of the backrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi ITAKURA
  • Patent number: 7232184
    Abstract: The seat sock is a protective covering to slip over the back of a movie/theater seat to act as a personal barrier between the user and the surface of the seat back. The seat sock consists of a piece of stretchable polyester fabric which is folded over and stitched along the thirty two inch length, folded inside out and stitched along a twenty two inch length. The cylinder is then folded right side out. An elastic loop is attached, stretched and slipped around the rolled seat sock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Inventor: Suzanne Lawler
  • Patent number: 7210739
    Abstract: A slip covered sofa having removable seat cushions which are separately slip covered by a single bag-like cover into which the seat cushions are inserted and which has excess material extending beyond the cushions, the excess material being and folded under the cushions at each end to hold the material on the upper surface of the cushions taut when the cushions are in place on the sofa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Maytex Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: David Morris Baines
  • Patent number: 7175231
    Abstract: A padded roller fits slidably into the back of a recreational chair. A spring loaded elongated padded scissors clamp or hook and loop fasteners on a covering fabric around a padded core alternately receive, retain and release a towel. The roller attaches slidably to the frame of the chair in grooves having multiple stops for adjusting the height of the roller. The towel unrolls to cover the seat or hang over the back of the seat to dry and may be released from the roller to dry a user or cover a user on the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Adrienne Gallo
  • Patent number: 7168760
    Abstract: A seat cover is useful for covering seats, where the seats include automobile seats. The seat cover can include at least one pouch and or pocket. Further, the seat cover is similar in appearance to a pullover exercise top, where the at least one pouch or pocket resembles a hand warmer and the other pouch resembled a hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Kevin Brian Kenny
  • Patent number: 7156458
    Abstract: The chair cover with child restraint belt is a cover configured to fit over the upper portion of a stackable chair for securing a young child to the chair. The cover is constructed of a layer of absorbent material positioned between two cloth layers and has a back portion, a seat portion and two arm portions. An adjustable belt with two buckles is attached to the back and seat portions of the cover. A retaining panel extends between the two arm portions to help prevent a child's toys or other items from falling off of the cover. In an alternative embodiment the cover is made of a cloth covered with waterproof material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Inventor: Jimmie K. Hanberg
  • Patent number: 7121621
    Abstract: A flexible panel having an window aperture with a clear covering and a cooperating pocket behind the window for holding an information containing placard. One embodiment utilizes a magnetic frame for attachment to a surface. Another embodiment uses an angled bracket attached to a stadium seat to tilt the placard toward the viewer in the seat behind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Inventors: Scot A Starheim, Bruce Douglas Ross
  • Patent number: 7108330
    Abstract: There is provided a portable, folding chair with an enhanced seat and backrest. The seat includes a suspension system that is capable of providing an enhanced range of motion in seating directions. The backrest provides enhanced support through an enlarged support surface and improved disposition of the support surface relative to the chair frame. The seat and backrest can be used together on the same chair or independently. There is also provided an alternate seat employing a suspension system that is capable of providing an enhanced range of motion in seating directions and that has a low profile to be used in situations where storage space is a significant consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Greenwich Industries, L.P.
    Inventors: Ned W. Mizelle, Shay Shalmon
  • Patent number: 7080883
    Abstract: A chair cover removably mounted on a chair. The cover has a pair of overlapping skirts between the chair's front legs, forming a vertical slit permitting a chair occupant to place his foot between the skirts and beneath the chair seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventor: Deborah A. Custer
  • Patent number: 7066535
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Inventor: Phillip J. Moses
  • Patent number: 7029066
    Abstract: A shopping cart seat cushion includes a pillow that has a first side, a second side and a peripheral edge extending between the first and second sides. The pillow is filled with a resiliently compressible material. The first and second sides are each generally rounded. An upper edge, a lower edge and a pair of lateral edges of the pillow are defined. The pillow has a pair of openings extending therethrough. The openings are positioned nearer to the lower edge than the upper edge. The openings are horizontally aligned with each other. A fastening assembly is attached to the pillow for selectively coupling the second side of the pillow to a child seat of a shopping cart. A securing assembly is attached to the pillow for selectively coupling a child to the first side of the pillow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Inventor: Ann Myers-Jones
  • Patent number: 7011367
    Abstract: A dining room chair slipcover arrangement has a pair of seat panels to cover each side of a seat while leaving an uncovered area. Each panel extends a full depth of the seat to a point below a front end of the seat. A chasuble covers the uncovered area of the seat and extends from a point below the front end of the seat, across the seat depth, up along a front surface of the back, across the top and down the rear surface of the back. Wrapping parts and connectors extending around the back for holding the chasuble to the chair. A skirt extends around the seat to cover sides of the seat and upper parts of the chair legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Prescient Partners, LP
    Inventor: Paula Riley
  • 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: 6951368
    Abstract: A chair cover includes a first cover surface, a second cover surface, and a non-elastic flap. Moreover, the non-elastic flap is attached to the second cover surface, in which the non-elastic flap and the second cover surface form a pocket therebetween. According to another embodiment, a chair cover includes a first cover surface, a second cover surface, and a non-elastic flap. Moreover, the non-elastic flap is attached to the second cover surface, in which the non-elastic flap and the second cover surface form a pocket therebetween. In addition, the first cover surface and the second cover surface are disposed within the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Inventor: Melba Delaine Self
  • Patent number: 6899391
    Abstract: A seat back for a chair has a support panel to contact a seated person and a flap that extends from the top of that support panel to which advertising is attached. The flap folds over the back of the top of the support panel and presents the advertising to a person seated behind the chair fitted with the seat back. The seat back is particularly useful to convey advertising messages in stadium settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Inventors: Lewis Schneller, Ingrid Schneller
  • Patent number: 6886890
    Abstract: A panel having particular utility in a chair or other apparatus for receiving an occupant in a seated position includes an envelope of resilient material having an opening with a fastener for closing the envelope. An envelope support frame is substantially rigid and formed in a closed loop. The envelope support frame is positioned inside the envelope to tension the resilient material of the envelope in one or more tension zones. A fastener is closed to envelop the envelope support frame with the resilient material. The width of each tension zone when the envelope is in a its relaxed state is different than the width of each immediately adjacent tension zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Inventors: David L. Rowland, Erwin W. Rowland
  • Patent number: 6866337
    Abstract: A protective cover (20) for a wheelchair (60) includes a first cover section (22) and a second cover section (24). The first and second cover sections (22, 24) form a contiguous unit having a first surface (34) and a second surface (36). The protective cover (20) wraps around either a seat (64) or back (66) of the wheelchair (60) so that the first and second cover sections (22, 24) reside on opposite sides of the seat (64) or the back (66). Fastening elements (38, 42) detachably couple a fourth edge (32) of the second cover section (24) with a first edge (26) of a first cover section (22) to form a closed loop around the seat (64) or the back (66). The protective cover (20) may optionally include cushions (52) for occupant comfort, and storage pockets (44) for occupant convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Wendy V. Lash
  • Patent number: 6857649
    Abstract: The system includes a back panel that attaches to the backrest of the wheelchair. The back panel is ornamented and/or decorated in a selected motif. A top element and side panel elements are provided that attach to the back panel. The top element extends above the occupant of the wheelchair and the side elements protrude from the side of the wheelchair. Both the top element and the side elements are ornamented and/or decorated in the same motif, as is the back panel. Decorative wheel attachments are also provided. The decorative wheel attachments attach to at least two of the wheels of the wheelchair, wherein the decorative wheel attachments share the same ornamentation motif as do the other elements in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Inventor: Prudence R. Patton
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20040251720
    Abstract: A chair banner comprises a single piece of material with pockets on the top and bottom of the fabric banner, the material being folded and having a single bungee cord or drawstring running through the pockets and a stopper for adjustability. The banner rests on and is attached to the back of any chair. Indicia, text or logos may be applied on one or all faces of the banner, and the design allows for reversible application of the banner. The chair banner is adjustable in width and the banner material may not cover the entire back of the chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Jenny H. Micheletti
  • Patent number: 6817664
    Abstract: A seat cover for an automobile to be installed over existing automobile seats includes at least two fabric straps having a hook surface, each of the fabric straps being attached to the automobile seat by a lower hook engaging the lower seat frame, an upper hook engaging the headrest supports, and an intermediate retaining bracket which engages each strap and retains it in the fold of the automobile seat located between the seat portion and the back portion of the automobile seat, the straps held against the inner surface of the seat with the hook surface facing outward from the automobile seat, with a lower seat cover covering the seat portion, the lower seat cover having an inner surface having a fabric loop surface which engages the hook surface of each strap, and an upper seat cover covering the back portion, the upper seat cover also having an inner surface having a fabric loop surface which engages the hook surface of each strap, the upper seat cover also having a headrest cover which covers the headrest
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Inventors: Jan Hao Tang, Jack Tang
  • Patent number: 6811215
    Abstract: In a chair 11 comprising at least a backrest portion 1 to support a back of a seated person and a back frame 2 to connect the backrest portion 1 with a seat, the backrest portion 1 has a pocket 3 that covers an upper portion of the back frame 2, the pocket 3 has an engaging portion 4 that prevents the upper portion from being pulled out of the pocket 3 by making an engagement with the upper portion of the back frame 2 and the upper portion of the back frame 2 is covered with the pocket 3 and the backrest portion 1 is mounted on the back frame 2 by engaging the engaging portion 4 with the covered upper portion of the back frame 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignees: Takano Co., Ltd., Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Horiki, Nobuyuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 6796609
    Abstract: A semi-fitted furniture slipcover covers a piece of seating furniture having at least one arm and at least one T-cushion with a projection extending in front of the arm. The slipcover has back, front, seat, arm, lower and side panels that are connected to each other. The lower, seat, side and arm panels each having portions adjacent the arm front and T-cushion projection that form a T-cushion assembly. The assembly has a slot between the arm front and the T-cushion projection and is form fit. The assembly also has no part that extends under the T-cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Classic Slipcovers Inc.
    Inventor: David Illulian
  • Publication number: 20040155499
    Abstract: The invention provides upholstery stretch slipcovers comprising a fabric having sufficient elastic recovery force that the cover requires no additional fabric having greater elastic recovery force than said first fabric to hold the stretch cover in place and to maintain the substantial absence of surface wrinkles in normal use. The stretch slipcovers are particularly useful for chairs having separate back and seat cushions. The invention further provides a method for replaceably upholstering a resilient cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Chambers, John Gorcyca, Geoffrey D. Hietpas
  • Publication number: 20040155498
    Abstract: A method of helping to secure an infant in a child's car seat and to prevent slouching of the infant in the car seat includes the step of placing a cushion having a unitary tube shaped structure into the car seat and placing an infant into the car seat where the tube-shaped structure has an upside-down U-shape including two legs with two axial ends and a base portion where the two legs are joined together. The base portion is located at the top of the back surface of the car seat and the two axial ends of the legs are located at the free edge of the seat surface of the car seat. The cushion legs engage the side walls of the car seat. The method includes the step of placing the infant into the car seat so that the infant is surrounded by the cushion base portion and legs to reduce the surface area of the car seat for the infant to occupy in order to help to minimize slouching of the infant in the car seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Esther A.L. Verbovszky
  • Patent number: 6773062
    Abstract: A slipcover bag combination includes a clear plastic bag, a folded slipcover made of a fabric having a color, pattern and texture, in a compact storage configuration in the bag and a fabric carry handle made of the same fabric as the slipcover and to an outer surface of the bag, the carry handle fabric having the same color, pattern and texture as the fabric of the slipcover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Classic Slipcovers, Inc.
    Inventor: David Illulian
  • Patent number: 6764134
    Abstract: A travel wrap with a central portion for covering a seat structure, first and second wing members for selectively blanketing a seat occupant, and a cap portion for retaining the central portion relative to a seat. First and second apertures can receive seat belt straps to enable the seat occupant to be secured relative to the seat structure. Third and fourth apertures can enable the seat belt straps to be threaded through the travel wrap to allow the seat belt arrangement to be fastened exterior to a blanketed configuration of the wing members. The cap portion can have first and, possibly, second pockets for receiving the upper end of the seat back, and a pillow can be associated with one face of the travel wrap for enabling the travel wrap to be applied reversibly and to enable the selective provision of a pillow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventors: Denise Crescenzi, Arron Lanphear, Michael Wilson
  • Patent number: 6761404
    Abstract: A securable protective seat cover, system and method. For a manually adjustable vehicle seat, a securable protective seat cover apparatus includes a seat cushion and an adjustor bar. The apparatus also includes a plastic film shaped to cover the vehicle seat. The film includes a front portion that includes a first seal portion, a second seal portion, and a surrounding portion. The first and second seal portions are directly secured to one another at a side of the adjustor bar so as to attach the surrounding portion to the adjustor bar. For a power adjustable vehicle seat, a temporary plastic protective seat cover system includes a front cover mounted below the power adjustable vehicle seat. The front cover includes a hook. The system also includes a plastic film that is shaped to cover the vehicle seat and is adapted to be secured to the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dustin Parker, Kyle Davidson