Chair cover

• US 7,011,365 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2004
• Issued: 03/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jessica T. Kerfoot, Kathryn A. Klausing
• Original Assignee: Jessica T. Kerfoot, Kathryn A. Klausing
• Inventors: Klausing, Kathryn A., Kerfoot, Jessica T.
• Primary Examiner(s): BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL
• Application Number:
  US10/842,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20050264054A1
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 297/219.1, 297/228.1, 297/228.12, 297/220, 297/221, 297/222, 297/225, 297/229, 297/485, 297/440.12, 297/228
• US Class Current: 297/219.12
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/11 for chairs for headrests only A47C7/386; removable protective covers for car seats B60N2/60

Abstract

A chair cover is provided including a member defining a curtain portion and a belt portion. The belt portion includes a hood portion, a first arm portion, and a second arm portion. The first arm portion extends from a first edge of the hood portion. The second arm portion extends from a second edge of the hood portion that is opposite the first edge. The hood portion is adapted to engage a seatback of a chair. The skirt portion is adapted to cover a backside of the chair. The first and second arm portions are adapted to be fixed together behind the seatback of the chair.

Claims

1. A cover for a chair having a seatback and a backside, comprising:

a one-piece member including seamless boundaries between a curtain portion, a hood portion, and a belt portion on the one-piece member, the curtain portion being adapted to cover the backside of the chair, the hood portion extending from the curtain portion and folded onto itself to partially define a pocket adapted to cover a top portion of the seatback, and the belt portion including a first arm portion extending from a first edge of the hood portion and a second arm portion extending from a second edge of the hood portion that is opposite the first edge, the first arm portion and the second arm portion further defining the pocket.

2. The chair cover of claim 1 wherein the member is generally T-shaped.

3. The chair cover of claim 1 wherein the member is a flexible member.

4. The chair cover of claim 1 wherein the curtain portion is larger than the belt portion.

5. A decorative chair, comprising:

a seat bottom;

a seatback having a seating face and a back face opposite the seating face, the seatback being supported generally upright on the seat bottom; and

a member having a curtain portion covering the back face of the seatback and a belt portion including;

a hood portion partially defining a pocket adapted to cover a top portion of the seatback; and

a pair of arm portions extending from opposite edges of the hood portion and further defining the pocket, the arm portions being fixed together behind the curtain portion of the cover and the back face of the seatback to maintain the hood portion in engagement with the seating face and the member on the chair.

6. The decorative chair of claim 5 further comprising a plurality of legs supporting the seat bottom, wherein the curtain portion extends to cover at least one of the plurality of legs.

7. The decorative chair of claim 5 wherein the member is substantially T-shaped.

8. The decorative chair of claim 5 wherein the member is a flexible member.

9. The chair cover of claim 5 wherein the curtain portion of the member is larger than the belt portion.

10. A chair covering product, comprising:

a first member including a first curtain portion and first and second opposing arm portions;

a second member including a second curtain portion and third and fourth opposing arm portions;

a first perforated seam disposed between the first curtain portion of the first member and one of the third and fourth arm portions of the second member; and

a second perforated seam disposed between the second curtain portion of the second member and one of the first and second arm portions of the first member.

11. The chair covering product of claim 10 further comprising a first waste portion disposed between the first and second members and partially defined by the first and second perforated seams.

12. The chair covering product of claim 10 wherein the first and second members are substantially T-shaped.

13. The chair covering product of claim 10 wherein the first and second members are flexible members.

14. The chair covering product of claim 10 wherein the first and second arm portions extend substantially perpendicular to the first curtain portion and the third and fourth flexible arm portions extend substantially perpendicular to the second curtain portion.

15. The chair covering product of claim 10 wherein the first member further includes a first hood portion disposed between the first and second arm portions and the second member further includes a second hood portion disposed between the third and fourth arm portions, the first and second hood portions being adapted to engage a seatback of a chair.