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Continuous loop seat cover fastening system

  • US 5,265,933 A
  • Filed: 10/13/1992
  • Issued: 11/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a seat cover for installation on a vehicle seat having a seat cushion portion and a seat back portion, with an open junction therebetween, said seat cover having a front panel, with side and top edges, which overlies the front of the seat back portion, and a lower extension extending downwardly from the front panel to fit through the junction, said seat cover also having a top panel, with side and front edges, which overlies the top of the seat cushion portion, and a rear extension extending backwardly from the top panel to fit through the junction, underneath the lower extension, said lower extension and rear extension defining an attachment fixture means,a seat cover fastening system comprisinga flexible sheet of material joined to the side and top edges of the front panel to extend about the sides and over the top of the seat back portion to the rear thereof, said sheet of material terminating in a rear edge at the rear of the seat back portion, and formed generally in the shape of an inverted U, said rear edge including a channel extending along a substantially portion of the edge for receiving a drawstring therein,a drawstring disposed in the channel so that the ends of the string extend out respective ends of the channel, andmeans for connecting the ends of the drawstring to the lower extension to thereby apply a substantially uniform tension to the sides and top of said sheet of material and simultaneous tension to the lower extension to pull the front panel smooth against the front of the seat back portion,a second flexible sheet of material joined to the side and front edges of the top panel to extend over the sides and front of the seat cushion portion to the bottom thereof, said second sheet of material terminating in a bottom edge underneath the seat cushion portion, and formed generally in the shape of a U, said bottom edge including a second channel extending along a substantially portion of the edge for receiving a drawstring therein,a second drawstring disposed in the second channel so that the ends of the second drawstring extend out respective ends of the channel, andsecond means for connecting the ends of the second drawstring to the rear extension to thereby apply a substantially uniform tension to the sides and front of the second sheet of material and simultaneous tension to the rear extension to pull the top panel smooth against the top of the seat cushion portion.

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