Vehicle seat cover

• US 10,434,909 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2018
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Run's Done, LLC
• Original Assignee: Run's Done, LLC
• Inventors: Anchors, Jr., Jerry K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barfield, Anthony D
• Application Number:
  US15/906,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20190263300A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: 29722812, 297229
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6036 by hook and loop-type fasteners

Abstract

A seat cover for a seat includes a seat portion formed from a flexible material; a back portion joined to the seat portion, a bottom end of the back portion joined to a rear end of the seat portion, a seat cover open angle between the seat portion and the back portion being adjustable; and a removable strap configured to secure the back portion of the seat cover to a headrest of the seat.

Claims

1. A seat cover for a seat, the seat cover comprising:

a seat portion formed from a flexible material, the seat portion defining a first side surface and a second side surface opposite from the first side surface;

a back portion formed from the flexible material and joined to the seat portion, the back portion defining a first side surface and a second side surface opposite from the first side surface, a bottom end of the back portion joined to a rear end of the seat portion, an angle between the seat portion and the back portion being adjustable; and

a tab extending from an intersection of the back portion and the seat portion, the tab forming a pocket defining a pocket opening facing the intersection of the back portion and the seat portion, the pocket opening sized to receive a user'"'"'s hand.

2. The seat cover of claim 1, wherein the pocket comprises a first panel and a second panel, each of the first panel and the second panel defining an inside surface and an outside surface, the inside surface of the first panel facing the inside surface of the second panel.

3. The seat cover of claim 2, wherein a side edge of the first panel is joined to a side edge of the second panel, the first panel and the second panel forming a cavity therebetween, the only opening to the cavity being the pocket opening.

4. The seat cover of claim 2, wherein a first side edge of the first panel of the pocket is joined to a first side edge of the second panel of the pocket and a second side edge of the first panel is joined to a second side edge of the second panel.

5. The seat cover of claim 1, further comprising a removable strap configured to join the back portion to a headrest of the seat.

6. The seat cover of claim 1, wherein the flexible material is impervious to passage of moisture from the second side surface of the seat portion to the first side surface of the seat portion and from the second side surface of the back portion to the first side surface of the back portion.

7. The seat cover of claim 1, wherein the flexible material is a non-woven material.

8. A method of using a seat cover, the method comprising:

positioning the seat cover over a seat, the seat cover comprising a seat portion formed from a flexible material, the seat portion defining a first side surface and a second side surface opposite from the first side surface; and

a back portion formed from the flexible material and joined to the seat portion, the back portion defining a first side surface and a second side surface opposite from the first side surface, a bottom side of the back portion joined to a rear side of the seat portion; and

a tab extending from an intersection of the back portion and the seat portion, the tab forming a pocket defining a pocket opening facing the intersection of the back portion and the seat portion;

placing the seat cover on the seat with the first side surface of the seat portion of the seat cover contacting a seat cushion of the seat;

inserting a hand of a user into the pocket opening defined in the tab;

pushing the tab of the seat cover into a space between a back cushion and the seat cushion of the seat; and

positioning the first side surface of the back portion against the back cushion of the seat.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the seat cover further comprises a removable strap, the method further comprising securing the strap to the back portion of the seat cover about a headrest post of a headrest of the seat.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein securing the strap to the back portion of the seat cover comprises securing a fastener of the seat cover in each of at least two fastening locations, the fastener being a hook-and-loop fasteners, at each fastening location a hook portion and a loop portion of each of the fasteners secured to each other.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the headrest post is a first headrest post, the seat further comprising a second headrest post, the method of securing the strap to the back portion of the seat cover comprising securing a fastener of the seat cover in three fastening locations, at least one of the at least three fastening locations positioned between the first headrest post and the second headrest post.