Cover for lounge chair

• US 5,275,463 A
• Filed: 05/18/1992
• Issued: 01/04/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nicasio I. Rocha
• Original Assignee: Nicasio I. Rocha
• Inventors: Rocha, Nicasio I.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US07/884,767
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 297/188, 297/219, 297/229, 297/225, 297/228
• US Class Current: 297/229
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/14 Beach chairs ; Chairs for outdoor use, e.g. chairs for relaxation or sun-tanning
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/11 for chairs for headrests only A47C7/386; removable protective covers for car seats B60N2/60

Abstract

A lounge chair cover which can be rolled up and fastened so as to be carried like a duffel bag, the cover including a panel to cover the top of the chair back, seat, and leg rest portions, having a hood pocket into which the top of the back portion of the chair fits, a pocket member hanging from the top which can serve as an attached pillow cover; a lateral back strap to stretch the cover taut across the back portion, and spaced strap members on the lower leg portion releasably connected together, preferably by hook and loop fasteners, longitudinal strap members along the lateral edges of the lower part of the main panel to fasten the panel smoothly and tautly to the leg rest portion of the chair; a pair of side pockets hanging downwardly from opposite sides of the seat portion of the cover, a pair of strap handles and cross reinforcing straps, and a strap closure member to hold the cover in a rolled form of a duffel bag with all pockets and their contents inside the roll.

Claims

1. A unitary cover for a lounge chair, beach chair, and the like having a back portion, a seat portion, and a leg rest portion comprising:

A. an elongated main body panel for covering the chair including an upper section for covering the back portion of the chair and a lower section for covering the seat portion and leg rest portion of the chair, said upper and lower sections being joined in the region covering the seat portion of the chair;

B. a hood portion including a short back panel fastened along its edges to the corresponding edges of the upper section of the main body panel to provide a pocket for receiving therein the upper extremity of the back of the chair;

C. lateral strap means having two connectible ends attached to the lateral edges of the main body panel respectively, and positioned to extend across the back of the chair below said hood means to provide a tautness to said main body panel;

D. a pocket means attached to said main body panel adjacent the top thereof to selectively hang downward behind the chair back as a storage pocket or to lie on top of said main body panel as a pillow cover;

E. longitudinal strap means attached to said lower section including a pair of straps positioned respectively along the lateral edges of said lower section selectively connecting the lower edge of the lower section of the cover to the cover adjacent the seat portion of the chair;

F. a pair of pockets respectively attached to and adapted to hang downwardly from opposite lateral edges of said main body panel adjacent the section covering the seat portion of the chair;

G. closure strap means extending laterally across said main body panel substantially midway of the two ends thereof and adapted to hold said cover in the form of a roll when the cover is removed from the chair and rolled up for storage or transportation of the cover and its contents; and

H. a loop handle attached to said cover for manually carrying said closed and rolled cover.

2. The chair cover of claim 1 wherein said lateral strap means includes as a portion thereof an elastic strap.

3. The chair cover of claim 1 wherein said longitudinal strap means attached to said lower section includes as a portion thereof an elastic strap.

4. The chair cover of claim 1 wherein said longitudinal strap means includes a first pair of straps attached to said lower section adjacent said seat portion of the chair, a second pair of straps attached to the lower end of said lower section and cooperating fabric hook and loop fasteners attached to said two pairs of straps to be respectively connectible to form one strap along each lateral edge respectively of said lower section to hold it snugly to said seat and leg rest portions.

5. The chair cover of claim 4 wherein said means includes a length adjustment means on each of said pair of straps.

6. The chair cover of claim 1 wherein said hood portion includes an elastic lateral edge portion to provide tautness of the main body cover laterally across said upper section.

7. The cover of claim 1 wherein said two connectible ends of said lateral strap means are connectible by way of fabric hook and fabric loop fasteners.

8. The cover of claim 1 wherein said closure strap means includes cooperating fasteners of fabric hooks and fabric loops.

9. The cover of claim 1 wherein said pocket means and said pair of pockets include a manually operable closure for each pocket.

10. A soft, washable chair cover for a lounge chair having a seat portion, a back portion pivotable from an upright vertical position to a flat horizontal position, and a leg rest portion extending generally horizontally outward from said seat portion, oppositely from said back portion;

said cover comprising;

A. a unitary body panel of a size to extend over said back portion, said seat portion and said leg rest portion of the lounge chair;

B. a hood member comprising a back partial panel sewed to said body panel to form a pocket for insertion of a part of said back portion therein;

C. a pair of connectible lateral strap members sewed respectively to each lateral edge of said main body panel and adapted to be connected across said back portion;

D. two pairs of connectible longitudinal strap members positioned along the lateral edges of said main body panel and adapted to stretch said body panel over said seat portion and said leg rest portion;

E. a pair of side pockets sewed to said main body panel and adapted to hang downwardly along opposite sides respectively of said seat portion;

F. a head pocket member sewed to the upper edge of said main body panel and adapted to hang selectively down behind said hood member or rest against said main body panel as a pillow cover;

G. a pair of lateral closure strap members midway between the ends of said main body panel and adapted to maintain said cover in a rolled storable and transportable disposition; and

H. a pair of strap loop handles attached to reinforcement strap extending laterally across said cover adjacent said closure strap and adapted for carrying said cover in its rolled disposition.

11. A cover of claim 10 wherein one of said lateral strap members is elastic.

12. A cover of claim 10 wherein one strap of each pair of longitudinal straps is elastic.

13. A cover of claim 10 wherein said pair of lateral strap members and said pair of closure strap members each include fasteners of fabric hooks and fabric loops.

14. A cover of claim 10 wherein each pair of longitudinal strap members is fitted with a first fastener member which is adapted to cooperate with a second fastener member to join the straps of each pair.

15. A unitary cover for a beach lounge chair having a back portion, a seat portion, and a leg rest portion comprising:

an elongated main body panel for covering a chair including an upper section for covering a back portion of a chair and a lower section having a seat portion and a leg rest portion, a short back panel fastened along its upper and side edges to corresponding edges of said upper section of said main body panel, said back panel and upper section forming a receptor for the upper extremity of a back of a chair, lateral strap means having two connectible ends attached to lateral edges of said upper section of said main body panel respectively, and positioned to extend generally across a back of a chair spacedly below a lower edge of said back panel to provide a tautness to said main body panel, a pocket means attached generally between said main body panel and back panel to selectively hang downward behind a chair back or to hang forwardly in front of a chair to provide a pillow member on top of said main body panel, and longitudinal strap means attached to said lower section including a pair of spaced long straps positioned respectively along lateral edges of said lower section and attached adjacent said seat portion and a pair of spaced short straps attached to a lower edge of said lower section of said cover and means for selectively connecting said long straps respectively to said short straps.

16. The cover of claim 15 further comprising a pair of pockets attached respectively to opposite lateral edges of said main body panel adjacent said lower section.

17. The cover of claim 16 further comprising a closure strap means extending laterally across said main body panel substantially midway thereof and adapted to hold said cover in the form of a roll when said cover is removed from the chair and rolled up for storage or transportation.

18. The cover of claim 17 further comprising a loop handle adjacent said closure strap means for manually carrying said closed and rolled cover as a duffle bag.

19. The cover of claim 18 which includes a roll cover panel of soil resistant material across said cover at said seat section and adapted to provide an outside layer when said cover is rolled for storage or transportation.

20. The cover of claim 15 wherein said means for selectively connecting said long straps to said short straps includes cooperating pads of fabric hooks and fabric loops for each said means adapted to hold said seat and leg rest portions snugly to said chair.