Convertible seat cover

• US 5,655,813 A
• Filed: 02/27/1996
• Issued: 08/12/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elegant USA, LLC
• Original Assignee: Saddleman Incorporated
• Inventors: Kirkpatrick, Colleen
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US08/607,710
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 297/220, 297/228.1, 297/219.1, 297/229, 297/396
• US Class Current: 297/220
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/386 Detachable covers for headrests

Abstract

A seat cover which fits the contour of a seat having a headrest. The cover includes a flexible headrest pocket which can be folded inwardly into the rest of the cover in order to fit the contour of a seat not having a headrest.

Claims

1. A covering for a seat having a backrest, said covering comprising:

a main pocket made of flexible material having a lower open end, said main pocket being configured and dimensioned to envelop at least an upper portion of the backrest with said backrest protruding through the lower open end said main pocket including an upper edge and an opening form in a portion of said upper edge; and

a secondary pocket having an open lower end connected to the upper edge of the main pocket and extending around the opening such that the secondary pocket and the main pocket are disposed in communication through said opening;

the secondary pocket and the main pocket being connected together along an annular junction extending around the opening of the main pocket, the seat covering being creased along said annular junction in a manner sufficient to induce folding at the annular junction of the secondary pocket inside-out into the main pocket such that said main pocket is flush against said secondary pocket at the annular junction when folded inside-out.

2. The covering as defined in claim 1, wherein the seat covering is for use with a seat having a backrest and a headrest, and wherein the secondary pocket of the seat covering is configured and dimensioned to be placed over the headrest so as to envelop said headrest.

3. The covering as defined in claim 1, wherein the secondary pocket is further configured to extend from the upper edge of the main pocket inwardly into said main pocket when folded inside-out.

4. The covering as defined in claim 1, wherein said annular junction forms an opening in the upper edge of the main pocket that is a narrow slit.

5. The covering as defined in claim 4, wherein the annular junction is substantially common to a single plane.

6. The covering as defined in claim 5, wherein the plane is substantially common to the remaining portion of the upper edge of the main pocket not having the opening.

7. A cover for a seat having a backrest with a contour and a headrest with a contour, said cover comprising:

first and second sheets of flexible material, said sheets being substantially identical in shape and dimension to one another, each of said sheets having at least a contour edge, a backrest section and a headrest section, said contour edge matching the contour of the backrest and the contour of the headrest of the seat, said backrest section and headrest sections of said sheets positionable within said contour edge to correspond with the contours of said backrest and headrest of the seat, respectively;

attachment means for attaching a majority of the contour edge of said first sheet to a corresponding portion of the contour edge of said second sheet to form a contour edge seam, said contour edge seam being flexible so as to allow the headrest sections of the first and the second sheets to be folded inward to form an opening and pocket.

8. A cover as in claim 7, said flexible material being an elastic fabric.