FURNITURE UNIT
First Claim
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1. A furniture unit comprising:
- a unitary seat and back portion and a pair of sidearm portions;
a single-detachable cover means for the seat and back portion comprising a principal cover and a pair of side covers, each side cover being directly connected to an end of said principal cover by elastic web means having opposed extremities attached to said principal cover and said side covers; and
detachable sidearm covers including means for covering the elastic web means.
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Abstract
Furniture units having readily detachable but permanent appearing covers incorporate a single principal cover element which is tautened in two mutually orthogonal directions by means including interior elastic webbing members disposed along planes transverse to the length of the furniture unit. The elastic members are in turn concealed by arm members which may comprise a combination of padding, retention means and cover.
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1. A furniture unit comprising:
- a unitary seat and back portion and a pair of sidearm portions;
a single-detachable cover means for the seat and back portion comprising a principal cover and a pair of side covers, each side cover being directly connected to an end of said principal cover by elastic web means having opposed extremities attached to said principal cover and said side covers; and
detachable sidearm covers including means for covering the elastic web means.
- a unitary seat and back portion and a pair of sidearm portions;
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2. The unit of claim 1 which includes elastic means concealably disposed for detachably securing the covers to the associated seat, back and sidewarm portions.
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3. The unit of claim 1 wherein the sidearm portions are removably attached to the seat and back portions.
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4. A furniture unit comprising:
- a frame;
cushioning material supported by the frame and forming a seat and a back;
a single-upholstery cover comprising (a) a principal cover extending over the seat and back, and (b) a pair of side covers for covering the ends of the seat and back, the principal cover and side covers having margins disposed along the underside of the frame;
first and second elastic web means having opposed extremities attached to said principal cover and said side covers for directly coupling the ends of said principal cover and the side covers adjacent the sides of the furniture unit;
means including a plurality of elastic means, disposed along the underside of the furniture unit for securing the single cover to the underside of the furniture unit; and
means coupled to the furniture unit for detachably covering the elastic web portions of the single cover, including a pair of siDearm assemblies each including a frame and removable sidearm cover means.
- a frame;
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5. The unit of claim 4 wherein the frame includes sidearm-mounting means attached thereto for receiving the sidearm assemblies.
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6. The unit of claim 5 wherein the sidearm mounting means comprises brackets attached to the frame and forming channels.
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7. The unit of claim 5 wherein the sidearm assembly frames include means for registering the sidearm mounting means.
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8. The unit of claim 7 wherein the registering means comprises downwardly extending posts for frictionally engaging the sidearm mounting means.
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9. The unit of claim 4 wherein the sidearm cover means include front and rear elongated cover strips, which strips extend from the sidearm assembly whereby the strips are disposed over and cover a portion of the elastic web means.
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10. The unit of claim 7 wherein ends of the front and rear cover strips are detachably connected to the front and rear underside of the furniture unit respectively.
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