Protective removable cover

• US 10,449,879 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Stenberg, Nathaniel James, Fisher, Robert James, Smith, Jr., Thomas Ralph
• Primary Examiner(s): Weaver, Sue A
• Application Number:
  US15/099,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20170297466A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,285 Days
• Field of Search: 150158, 2972281, 2972181
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6009 covering more than only the seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6018 attachments thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/06 Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 5/50 Handling or transporting aircraft components

Abstract

A method and a protective removable cover are presented. The protective removable cover comprises a number of sheets of fabric joined together in a toroidal shape such that an interior of the toroidal shape and an exterior of the toroidal shape have a same surface. The number of sheets of fabric joined together in the toroidal shape is configured to roll over a monument such that the monument is substantially covered.

Claims

1. A protective removable cover comprising:

a number of sheets of fabric joined together in a toroidal shape such that an interior of the toroidal shape and an exterior of the toroidal shape have a same surface, wherein the number of sheets of fabric joined together in the toroidal shape is configured to roll over a monument such that the monument is substantially covered.

2. The protective removable cover of claim 1, wherein the number of sheets of fabric is formed of an elastic material.

3. The protective removable cover of claim 2, wherein the elastic material is Lycra.

4. The protective removable cover of claim 1, wherein the number of sheets of fabric is joined using stretch stitching.

5. The protective removable cover of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of elongate openings positioned in a column from a top of the toroidal shape to a bottom of the toroidal shape.

6. The protective removable cover of claim 5, wherein the plurality of elongate openings is substantially parallel to the top of the toroidal shape.

7. The protective removable cover of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of handles attached to the number of sheets of fabric.

8. The protective removable cover of claim 1 further comprising:

a number of fasteners attached to the number of sheets of fabric and associated with an opening of the toroidal shape.

9. The protective removable cover of claim 1 further comprising:

a drawstring associated with an opening of the toroidal shape.

10. A method of protecting a monument comprising:

rolling a protective removable cover over the monument, wherein the protective removable cover comprises a number of sheets of fabric joined together into a toroidal shape such that an interior of the toroidal shape and an exterior of the toroidal shape have a same surface, and wherein rolling the protective removable cover comprises rolling the toroidal shape such that the same surface contacts the monument.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the monument is a seat bank on a vehicle, the method further comprising:

pulling a seat belt of the seat bank through at least one of a plurality of elongate openings positioned in a column from a top of the toroidal shape to a bottom of the toroidal shape.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein rolling the protective removable cover over the monument comprises:

pulling on at least one of a plurality of elongate openings positioned in a column from a top of the toroidal shape to a bottom of the toroidal shape.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein rolling the protective removable cover over the monument comprises:

pulling on at least one of a plurality of handles attached to the number of sheets of fabric.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

closing an opening of the toroidal shape after rolling the protective removable cover over the monument.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein closing the opening of the toroidal shape includes at least one of pulling a drawstring, fastening a number of fasteners, or pulling a first portion of the toroidal shape over a second portion of the toroidal shape.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

accessing a component of the monument through an opening of the toroidal shape.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the monument is a component of a vehicle, and wherein the method further comprises:

operating the vehicle while the toroidal shape covers the monument.

18. A method of forming a protective removable cover comprising:

joining a number of sheets of fabric to form a toroidal shape such that an interior of the toroidal shape and an exterior of the toroidal shape have a same surface; and

forming a plurality of elongate openings positioned in a column from a top of the toroidal shape to a bottom of the toroidal shape.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein joining the number of sheets of fabric comprises forming a number of stretch stitches in an elastic material.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

forming a plurality of handles attached to the number of sheets of fabric.