Seat cover

• US 5,957,528 A
• Filed: 12/24/1997
• Issued: 09/28/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kelly K. Campbell
• Original Assignee: Kelly K. Campbell
• Inventors: Campbell, Kelly K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US08/998,308
• Time in Patent Office: 643 Days
• Field of Search: 297/228.12, 297/228.1, 297/228.11, 297/229, 297/219.1, 297/224, 297/225, 297/230.1, 297/226, 297/218.4
• US Class Current: 297/228.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6036 by hook and loop-type fasteners

Abstract

A seat cover preferably made of washable fabric has flexible foam attachment members and a flexible foam flap and is removably installed on a vehicle'"'"'s seat. The basic structure of the seat cover consists of a seat portion and a back portion with a flap portion longitudinally extending between the seat and back portions. The flap portion has one or more deformable pad members affixed to the flap portion for insertion of the flap portion into the seat between the back and the seat cushion of the seat. Two or more strap members extend transversely from the opposite comers of the seat cover and have at least one deformable pad affixed to the end of the strap member for insertion of the end of the strap member between the seat and the car body.

Claims

1. A seat cover, comprising:

a seat portion;

a back portion;

a flap position longitudinally extending between said seat and back portions, said flap portion having at least one deformable pad attached thereto; and

at least one strap member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the at least one strap member extending from the back portion of said seat cover, the second end of said at least one strap member having at least one deformable pad member affixed thereto.

2. A seat cover as recited in claim 1 wherein said seat and back portions have a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end of said seat portion and the top end of said back portion each having a gathered seam affixed thereto.

3. A seat cover as recited in claim 2 further comprising:

at least one headrest attachment member, said at least one headrest attachment member attached to the top end of said back portion.

4. A seat cover as recited in claim 3 wherein said headrest attachment members are made of an elastic band.

5. A seat cover as recited in claim 2 further comprising:

a loop member, said loop member attached at both ends of said loop member to the top end of said back portion.

6. A seat cover as recited in claim 5 wherein said loop member is made of an elastic band.

7. A seat cover as recited in claim 2 wherein said back portion further comprises a slot positioned in the middle of the bottom end of said back portion for using seat belts.

8. A seat cover as recited in claim 2 wherein said seat portion further comprises a slot positioned in the middle of the top end of said seat portion for using seat belts.

9. A seat cover as recited in claim 2 wherein the gathered seams contain elastic.

10. A seat cover as recited in claim 2 wherein the gathered seam affixed to said back portion is shorter in length than the gathered seam affixed to said seat portion.

11. A seat cover as recited in claim 1 wherein said seat cover has four strap members each strap member extending from a different corner of said seat cover.

12. A seat cover as recited in claim 11 wherein two of the four strap members are shorter than the other strap members.

13. A seat cover as recited in claim 1 wherein said seat cover is made of a material selected from the group consisting of denim, canvas, cotton duct, leather, nylon and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and laminates thereof.

14. A seat cover as recited in claim 1 wherein said deformable pads are made of a material selected from the group consisting of closed cell polyethylene foam and open cell polyethylene foam.

15. A seat cover as recited in claim 1 wherein said seat cover has at least two strap members, each strap member extending from said back portion.

16. A seat cover as recited in claim 15 wherein said at least two strap members extend from opposite corners of said back portion.

17. A seat cover as recited in claim 1 wherein said seat cover has at least four strap members, two of said at least four strap members extending from said back portion, and two of the at least four strap members extending from said seat portion.

18. A seat cover, comprising:

a seat portion having first and second surfaces and top and bottom ends;

a back position having first and second surfaces and top and bottom ends, the bottom end of said seat portion and the top end of said back portion each having a gathered seam; and

at least one flap member longitudinally connected between said seat and back portions, said flap member having at least one deformable foam pad attached thereto, said flap member connected to the second surfaces of said seat and back portions.

19. A seat cover as recited in claim 18 further comprising:

at least one headrest attachment member, said at least one headrest attachment member attached to the top end of said back portion.

20. A seat cover as recited in claim 19 wherein said headrest attachment members are made of an elastic band.

21. A seat cover as recited in claim 18 wherein said seat cover is made of a material selected from the group consisting of denim, leather, canvas, cotton duct, nylon and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and laminates thereof.

22. A seat cover as recited in claim 18 wherein said deformable pads are made of a material selected from the group consisting of closed cell polyethylene foam and open cell polyethylene foam.

23. A seat cover as recited in claim 18 wherein said back portion further comprises a slot positioned in the middle of the bottom end of said back portion for using seat belts.

24. A seat cover as recited in claim 18 further comprising:

at least one strap member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the at least one strap member extending from the back portion of said seat cover, the second end of said at least one strap member having at least one deformable pad member affixed thereto.

25. A seat cover as recited in claim 24 wherein said seat cover has at least two strap members each strap member extending transversely from a corner of said seat cover.

26. A seat cover as recited in claim 24 wherein said seat cover has at least two strap members each strap member extending from said back portion.

27. A seat cover as recited in claim 24 wherein said seat cover as at least four strap members, two of said at least four strap members extending from said back portion, and two of said at least four strap members extending from said seat portion.

28. A seat cover, comprising:

a seat portion having first and second surfaces and top and bottom ends, said seat portion having a slot positioned in the middle of the top end of said seat portion for using seat belts;

a back portion having first and second surfaces and top and bottom ends, the bottom end of said seat portion and the top end of said back portion each having a gathered seam affixed thereto, wherein the gathered seam of said back portion is shorter in length than the gathered seam of said seat portion, wherein said seat cover is made of a material selected from the group consisting of denim, canvas, cotton duct, leather, nylon, and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and laminates thereof;

a plurality of deformable pad members made of a material selected from the group consisting of closed cell polyethylene foam and open cell polyethylene foam;

at least one flap member longitudinally connected between said seat and back portions, said flap member having at least one deformable foam pad attach thereto, said flap member connected to the second surfaces of said seat and back portions; and

four strap members each having first and second ends, each strap member extending from a different corner of said seat cover, each of said strap members having at least one deformable pad member affixed to the second end of said strap member, wherein two strap members are shorter than the other two strap members.