Chair cover

• US 7,080,883 B1
• Filed: 01/31/2005
• Issued: 07/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deborah A. Custer
• Original Assignee: Deborah A. Custer
• Inventors: Custer, Deborah A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barfield, Anthony D.
• Application Number:
  US11/045,553
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 297/228.1, 297/229, 297/225, 297/219.1
• US Class Current: 297/229
• 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 removably mounted on a chair. The cover has a pair of overlapping skirts between the chair'"'"'s front legs, forming a vertical slit permitting a chair occupant to place his foot between the skirts and beneath the chair seat.

Claims

1. A one-piece seat cover, comprising:

a back portion suited for mounting on a chair back;

a seat portion attached to the back portion, the seat portion having an integral depending first skirt and an integral depending second skirt that drape down between the front legs of a four-legged chair when the seat portion is removably disposed on the seat of a four-legged chair;

an inner vertical edge of one of the skirts overlapping an inner vertical edge of the other of the skirts to form at least one slit extending from the chair seat to the lower ends of the front chair legs; and

whereby a user can place a foot and lower leg in the slit and between the skirts to a position beneath the seat of the four-legged chair.

2. A cover, as set forth in claim 1, including a strap for securing the cover to the chair.

3. A cover, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said strap is produced with an elastic material for quickly adapting said cover to said chair.

4. A cover, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said strap is produced of a similar color to that of said cover for blending into said cover.