Fastening means for custon-fit seat covers

• US 5,023,125 A
• Filed: 07/24/1989
• Issued: 06/11/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nouveaux Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nouveaux Corporation
• Inventors: Gray, Jordan B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Epstein, Henry F.
• Application Number:
  US07/384,501
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 428/100, 428/304.4, 150/158, 297/DIG. 6, 297/218, 297/219, 297/220
• US Class Current: 428/100
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5833 by hook-and-loop type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/60 Removable protective coverings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/06 Hook and loop type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24017 Hook or barb
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249953 Composite having voids in a component [e.g., porous, cellular, etc.]

Abstract

Seat covers for motor vehicle seats and the like are made from a relatively inelastic material that is soft to the touch, but durable. Such material would include leather or imitation leather material. Each seat cover is custom made for a certain style and size of seat, generally in two or three pieces, one to cover the back, one to cover the bottom, and one to cover the headrest. The pieces have fastening means attached at their respective openings which include the hook part of a Velcro fastener and the loop part of a Velcro fastener. Alternatively, the seat cover material itself may serve as the loop part. Suitable material for this purpose can be purchased under the trade name "TEMPO." The back cover, the bottom cover and the headrest cover are snugly adjusted by this fastening means on installation and throughout the life of the seat cover.

Claims

1. An improved seat-bottom cover for covering a seat-bottom, the improvement comprising:

a cover material, the cover material being shaped so as to snugly fit over the seat bottom;

a back-flap extending from a back side of the cover material;

at least one elongated front-strap fastened to and extending from a front side of the cover material so as to oppose the back-flap underneath the seat-bottom, the elongated front-strap having a pile fastening structure thereon for engaging the back-flap;

a side-flap extending from one side of the cover material; and

an elongated side-strap fastened to and extending from the other side of the cover material so as to oppose the side-flap underneath the seat-bottom, the elongated side-strap having a pile fastening structure thereon for engaging the side-flap.

2. The improved seat-bottom cover of claim 1 wherein the seat cover material itself has a loop pile fastening structure and wherein the front-strap and the side-strap have a hook pile fastening structure.

3. The improved seat-bottom cover of claim 1 wherein the back-flap and the side-flap each have a loop pile fastening patch fastened thereto and wherein the front-strap and the side-strap have a hook pile fastening structure.

4. The improved seat-bottom cover of claim 3 wherein the patches fastened to the back-flap and the side-flap have a hook pile fastening structure and wherein the front-strap and the side-strap each have a loop pile fastening structure.

5. An improved seat-back cover for covering a seat-back, the improvement comprising:

a cover material defining a cylinder having a substantially rectangular cross section with an open end and a closed end, the cover material being shaped so as to snugly fit over the seat-back when pulled thereover;

a first flap extending from a first side of the open end of the cover material, the first flap having a patch with a pile fastening structure attached thereto; and

a second flap extending from a second side of the open end of the cover material so as to oppose and engage the first flap underneath the seat-back.

6. The improved seat-back cover of claim 5 wherein the seat cover material itself has a loop pile fastening structure and wherein the the patch attached to the first flap has a hook pile fastening structure.

7. The improved seat-back cover of claim 5 wherein the patch attached to the first flap has a hook pile fastening structure and wherein the second flap further includes a patch having a loop pile fastening structure fastened thereto.

8. The improved seat-back cover of claim 5 wherein the patch attached to the first flap has a loop pile fastening structure and wherein the second flap further includes a patch having a hook pile fastening structure fastened thereto.

9. An improved headrest cover for snugly covering a headrest having cylindrical post sections, the improvement comprising:

a cover material defining a cylinder having a substantially rectangular cross section with an open end and a closed end, the cover material being shaped so as to snugly fit over the headrest when pulled thereover;

a first flap extending from a first side of the open end of the cover material, the first flap having a pile fastening patch attached thereto;

a second flap extending from a second side of the open end of the cover material so as to oppose and engage the first flap underneath the headrest between the cylindrical post sections;

a first and second interior patch of material, each having a pile fastening structure and each fastened to the interior of the cover material; and

a first and second strap extending from opposite ends of the open end of the seat cover material for wrapping around the cylindrical post sections, each of the straps having a patch with a pile fastening structure fastened thereto for engagement with the first and second interior patches, respectively.