Seat cushion construction for reclining chair

• US 20060226682A1
• Filed: 03/21/2006
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: La-Z-Boy Incorporated
• Original Assignee: La-Z-Boy Incorporated
• Inventors: Lawson, Steve H., Chavis, Patricia A., Braden, Robert B., Barnett, Jeffrey L., McClung, Mark D.
• Application Number:
  US11/385,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20060226682A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/219.100
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/11 for chairs for headrests only A47C7/386; removable protective covers for car seats B60N2/60

Abstract

A furniture member cushion includes an exterior cover having opposed walls defining an interior cavity and a cushion fill opening. A first slit is created through the cover proximate to the cushion fill opening. A foam cushion member is disposed through the cushion fill opening and substantially fills the interior cavity. A second slit is created in the cushion member, and aligned with the first slit when the cushion member is disposed in the interior cavity. A plurality of seams are sewn through the opposed walls and the cushion member, at least one aligned with the first and second slits.

Claims

1. A furniture member cushion, comprising:

an exterior cover having opposed walls defining an interior partially enclosed cavity;

a cushion fill opening created in the exterior cover;

a polymeric foam cushion member disposable through the cushion fill opening and operable to substantially fill the interior cavity; and

a plurality of sewn seams disposed through the opposed walls and the cushion member, the plurality of sewn seams defining a plurality of sub-sections of the furniture member cushion.

2. The cushion of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one first slit created through the exterior cover proximate to the cushion fill opening; and

at least one second slit created in the cushion member and positionable proximate to the cushion fill opening and alignable with the first slit when the cushion member is disposed in the interior cavity;

wherein at least one of the plurality of sewn seams is operably alignable with both the first and second slits.

3. The cushion of claim 2, wherein the at least one first slit further comprises a plurality of first slits each equidistantly separable from at least a proximate one of the plurality of first slits.

4. The cushion of claim 3, wherein the at least one second slit further comprises a plurality of second slits each equidistantly separable from at least a proximate one of the plurality of second slits and each alignable with one of the plurality of first slits.

5. The cushion of claim 2, wherein the at least one first slit is created through a first one of the opposed walls of the exterior cover.

6. The cushion of claim 2, wherein the at least one first slit is created through both a first and a second one of the opposed walls of the exterior cover.

7. The cushion of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of pre-determined portions of the cushion member each separable into one of the plurality of sub-sections of the cushion by the sewn seams.

8. The cushion of claim 1, further comprising at least one strap connected to a first one of the opposed walls and operable to connect the cushion to a furniture member.

9. A furniture member cushion system, comprising:

a furniture member having a frame;

a cushion releasably connectable to the frame, the cushion including;

an exterior cover having opposed first and second walls and first and second cover ends, the first and second walls fixedly joined at each of first and second sealed ends, the first and second walls and the first and second cover ends together defining an interior cavity and a cushion fill opening at the first cover end;

a plurality of first slits created through the first wall proximate the first cover end and the cushion fill opening;

a first plurality of second end slits created in the first wall proximate to the second cover end alignable with individual ones of the plurality of first slits;

a polymeric foam cushion member disposable through the cushion fill opening and operable to substantially fill the interior cavity; and

a plurality of sewn seams created through each of the first and second walls and the cushion member, individual ones of the plurality of sewn seams alignable with individual aligned ones of the first slits and the first plurality of second end slits.

10. The cushion system of claim 9, further comprising a plurality of second slits created through the second wall proximate the cushion fill opening, individual ones of the second slits alignable with individual ones of the first slits.

11. The cushion system of claim 10, further comprising a second plurality of second end slits created in the second wall proximate the second cover end and individually alignable with individual ones of the first plurality of second end slits.

12. The cushion system of claim 9, further comprising a first plurality of cushion slits created at a cushion first end and individually alignable with individual ones of the plurality of first slits.

13. The cushion system of claim 12, further comprising a second plurality of cushion slits created at a cushion second end individually alignable with individual ones of the first plurality of second end slits.

14. The cushion system of claim 9, further comprising a plurality of sub-sections of the cushion separable by the sewn seams.

15. The cushion system of claim 9, wherein any one of the plurality of first slits is equidistantly separable from a proximate one of the plurality of first slits.

16. The cushion system of claim 9, wherein the furniture member further comprises a reclining chair.

17. The cushion system of claim 9, further comprising at least one strap fixedly connected to one of the first and second walls operable to releasably connect the cushion to the frame.

18. The cushion system of claim 9, wherein the opposed first and second walls each further comprise an extending section fastenably connectable to the frame of the furniture member.

19. A method for creating a furniture member cushion, the cushion including opposed walls defining an interior cavity and a cushion fill opening;

and a polymeric foam cushion member, the method comprising;

disposing the polymeric foam cushion member through the cushion fill opening to substantially fill the interior cavity; and

sewing a plurality of seams each extending through the opposed walls and the polymeric foam cushion member.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising creating a first slit through the exterior cover proximate to the cushion fill opening.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising creating a second slit in the cushion member positionable proximate to the cushion fill opening.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising aligning the second slit with the first slit during the disposing step.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising aligning one of the plurality of sewn seams with both the first and second slits.

24. A method for creating a cushion connectable to a furniture member, the cushion including opposed walls defining an interior cavity and a cushion fill opening;

and a polymeric foam cushion member, the method comprising;

disposing the polymeric foam cushion member through the cushion fill opening to substantially fill the interior cavity;

sewing a plurality of seams each extending through the opposed walls and the polymeric foam cushion member;

connecting at least one strap to one of the opposed walls; and

releasably joining the at least one strap to the furniture member to operably join the furniture member cushion to the furniture member.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising creating a first slit through the exterior cover proximate to the cushion fill opening.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising creating a second slit in the cushion member positionable proximate to the cushion fill opening.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising aligning the second slit with the first slit during the disposing step.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising aligning one of the plurality of sewn seams with both the first and second slits.