Fastening means for custom-fit seat covers

• US 5,028,472 A
• Filed: 09/28/1988
• Issued: 07/02/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: California Rising Corporation
• Original Assignee: Legend Design
• Inventors: Gray, Jordan B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Epstein, Henry F.
• Application Number:
  US07/250,386
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 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, and highly porous. Such material can be purchased under the trade name "Tempo." 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. The seat cover material acts as the loop part. 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. In a seat cover, a means for fastening the cover material around a portion of the seat to be covered, said fastening means comprising:

a seat cover material having a loop pile fastening structure and being relatively inelastic, and soft but durable, said seat cover material being shaped to substantially conform to the portion of the seat to be covered; and

a plurality of hook pile fastening tabs connected to said seat cover material, said hook pile fastening tabs wrapping around the portion of the seat to be covered and opposing a loop pile surface of said seat cover material, said hook pile fastening tabs being removably fastenable to the loop pile surface of the seat cover material;

whereby the hook pile fastening tabs wrap around the portion of the seat to be covered and are adjustable over any desired portion of the loop pile surface of the seat cover material.

2. The fastening means for seat covers of claim 1 wherein said seat cover material comprises a three-layer laminate construction of loop-type nylon cloth bonded to an inner core of polyester foam bonded to a tricot backing.

3. The fastening means for seat covers of claim 1 wherein a separate cover is used for the bottom part, a separate cover is used for the back part, and a separate cover is used for the headrest.

4. The fastening means for seat covers of claim 1 wherein the cover is custom cut to fit a seat of a particular size and shape.

5. The fastening means of claim 4 wherein a separate cover is used for the bottom part, a separate cover is used for the back part of the seat cover, and a separate cover is used for the headrest.

6. The fastening means of claim 5 wherein the bottom part has a plurality of hook pile fastening straps, said hook pile fastening straps fastening to the seat cover material.

7. The fastening means of claim 6 wherein the back part has a hook pile fastening strap sewn to the seat cover material so as to overlay a flap of seat cover material.

8. The fastening means of claim 7 wherein the headrest part has a hook pile fastening strap sewn to the headrest cover material so as to overlay the cover material when installed.