Seating furniture cover

• US 5,636,897 A
• Filed: 08/23/1995
• Issued: 06/10/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Otto W. Zapf
• Original Assignee: Otto W. Zapf
• Inventors: Zapf, Otto W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US08/518,151
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 297/228.1, 297/229, 297/224, 5/907, 5/482, 5/485
• US Class Current: 297/228.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/02 Seat parts adaptation of seats to mounting in tubular chairs A47C5/06; such parts not restricted to chairs A47C23/00; removable upholstered units or cushions A47C27/00

Abstract

An article of seating furniture includes a support structure that has oppositely facing major surfaces and a circumferential edge portion extending between the major surfaces. A cover is provided for the support structure, such cover including two major portions each juxtaposed with one of the major surfaces of the support structure and a continuous band juxtaposed with the edge portion of the support structure mid connected along respective seams with each of the two major portions of the cover. The band is visually distinguishable from the remainder of the covers, such as by being provided with visually distinguishable symbols distributed along its length.

Claims

1. An article of seating furniture, comprising:

a) a support structure including a seating portion and a backrest portion, said support structure having oppositely facing major surfaces and a circumferential edge portion extending between said major surfaces, said edge portion including a front edge region extending transversely of said seating portion, a top edge region extending transversely of said backrest portion, and side edge regions at opposite lateral sides of said seating portion and said backrest portion;

b) a cover for the support structure, including two major portions each juxtaposed with one of said major surfaces of said support structure and a continuous visually distinguishable band juxtaposed with said edge portion of said support structure and connected along respective seams with each of said two major portions of said cover, said band extending along a circumferentially complete path along said front, side and top edge regions of said edge portion of said support structure, and having a constant width as considered transversely of said path; and

c) visually distinguishable symbols repetitively distributed over the entire length of said circumferentially complete path of said band over said front, side and top edge regions of said edge portion of said support structure.

2. The article of seating furniture as defined in claim 1, wherein said backrest portion is connected with said seating portion;

and wherein said cover covers at least one of said seating and backrest portions.

3. The article of seating furniture as defined in claim 2, wherein said seating mad backrest portions of said support structure are integral with and merge into one another;

mid wherein said cover continuously covers both said seating portion and said backrest portion of said support structure.

4. The article of seating furniture as defined in claim 1, wherein said symbols are printed onto said band.

5. The article of seating furniture as defined in claim 1, wherein said symbols are woven into said band.

6. The article of seating furniture as defined in claim 1, wherein said symbols are knit into said band.

7. The article of seating furniture as defined in claim 1, wherein said band is of a uniform color visually distinguishable from that of each of said two major portions of said cover.

8. The article of seating furniture as defined in claim 1, wherein said band is woven.

9. The article of seating furniture as defined in claim 1, wherein said band is knit.