Slipcover with integrated padded and decorative component

• US 7,258,399 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2005
• Issued: 08/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eric G. Fischman, Dds
• Original Assignee: Paula S. Neustat
• Inventors: Neustat, Paula S
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US11/208,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20070040424A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 297/219.1, 297/223, 297/225, 297/226, 297/228, 297/228.13, 297/228.1, 297/218.2, 297/452.48, 297/452.27, 297/452.26, 297/DIG.1
• US Class Current: 297/219.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/008 Use of remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/11 for chairs for headrests only A47C7/386; removable protective covers for car seats B60N2/60
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/113 liquid-impermeable
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/72 Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/727 with speakers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/01 Foam

Abstract

Slipcovers are provided for covering a variety of seating structures. The slipcovers can include a fabric sheet, multi-layered components, extensions, anchors, relaxation mechanisms, and holders, and can be configured to cover all or a portion of a seating structure. The multi-layered components can be removably secured to the fabric sheet by decouplable fasteners or by friction or interaction with a friction enhancing material, non-removably secured to the fabric sheet by sewing, quilting, tufting, gluing, and/or applying an adhesive or bonding agent, or secured to the fabric sheet by extensions inserted into a crevice. The internal layers of a multi-layered component can also be removable, or a multi-layered component can be configured to allow additional layers to be inserted.

Claims

1. A slipcover for covering at least a portion of a seating structure, comprising:

a fabric sheet configured to cover at least a portion of the seating structure, wherein the fabric sheet substantially conforms to the seating structure when applied and is removably secured thereto; and

at least one of;

at least one fastener attached to the fabric sheet for releasably securing a multi-layered component to at least one selected portion of the fabric sheet, wherein the at least one selected portion comprises less than the entire fabric sheet, and

a multi-layered component releasably secured to the fabric sheet, wherein the multi-layered component comprises;

a shaped edge;

a top layer of fabric, and

a layer of cushioning material that at least partially corresponds to said shaped edge.

2. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein the top layer of fabric is secured to the fabric sheet.

3. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein the multi-layered component is configured so that the layer of cushioning material is removable from the multi-layered component.

4. The slipcover of claim 1, further comprising a second fastener for attaching to at least one of:

a fastener on another slipcover and a fastener on a portion of another slipcover.

5. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein, for a seating structure that accommodates multiple users, the fabric sheet is configured to at least partially cover a one-user portion of the seating structure.

6. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein the at least one fastener is secured to a portion of the fabric sheet corresponding to at least one of:

a seat portion, a back portion, an arm portion, a skirt portion, and a foot rest portion of the seating structure.

7. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein the multi-layered component is secured to a portion of the fabric sheet corresponding to at least one of:

a seat portion, a back portion, an arm portion, a skirt portion, and a foot rest portion of the seating structure.

8. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein, for a seating structure that accommodates more than two users, the fabric sheet is configured to at least partially cover a two-user portion of the seating structure.

9. The slipcover of claim 1, further comprising:

a removable multi-layered component having a second fastener for interacting with the at least one fastener on the fabric sheet to secure the removable multi-layered component to the fabric sheet.

10. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein the at least one fastener includes at least one of:

a zipper, a button and a button hole, a snap, a tie, a hook, a buckle, a D-ring, a clip, a strap, and a hook-and-loop type fastener.

11. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein the multi-layered component is secured to the fabric sheet by at least one of:

applying fasteners, applying friction, and applying friction from a friction enhancing material.

12. Furniture, comprising:

a seating structure comprising;

a first seating structure portion, and

at least one other seating structure portion;

a first slipcover according to claim 1, said first slipcover at least partially covering the first seating structure portion; and

a second slipcover according to claim 1, said second slipcover at least partially covering one of the at least one other seating structure portions.

26. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein the seating structure comprises at least one cushion, and the fabric sheet covers the entirety of the at least one cushion.

13. A slipcover for covering at least a portion of a seating structure, the slipcover comprising:

a fabric sheet that substantially conforms to the seating structure when applied and is removably secured thereto; and

a multi-layered component releasably secured to the fabric sheet and comprising;

a shaped edge;

a top layer of fabric, and

a layer of cushioning material that at least partially corresponds to said shaped edge, wherein the multi-layered component is capable of being opened to access the layer of cushioning material.

14. The slipcover of claim 13, wherein the seating structure comprises at least one cushion, and the fabric sheet covers the entirety of the at least one cushion.

15. The slipcover of claim 13, wherein the multi-layered component is secured to a portion of the fabric sheet corresponding to at least one of:

a seat portion, a back portion, an arm portion, a skirt portion, and a foot rest portion of the seating structure.

16. The slipcover of claim 13, further comprising at least one fastener for attaching to at least one of:

a fastener on another slipcover and a fastener on a portion of another slipcover.

17. The slipcover of claim 13, further comprising an extension that is secured to the multi-layered component.

18. The slipcover of claim 17, wherein, if the seating structure has a crevice, the extension is inserted into the crevice of the seating structure together with an end portion of the fabric sheet, and wherein the multi-layered component is secured to the fabric sheet by pressure and friction between the extension and the end portion of the fabric sheet in the crevice.

19. The slipcover of claim 13, wherein the top layer of fabric is secured to the fabric sheet by decouplable fasteners.

20. The slipcover of claim 13, wherein the multi-layered component further comprises a bottom layer of fabric, wherein the top layer of fabric and the bottom layer of fabric are at least partially secured to each other by decouplable fasteners.

21. The slipcover of claim 13, wherein the multi-layered component is capable of containing more than one layer of cushioning material.

22. A multi-layered component capable of being releasably secured to a slipcover having at least one fastener, the multi-layered component comprising:

a shaped edge;

a top layer of fabric;

a bottom layer of fabric secured to the top layer of fabric;

a layer of cushioning material between the top layer of fabric and the bottom layer of fabric, wherein the layer of cushioning material at least partially corresponds to said shaped edge; and

at least one fastener for releasably coupling to corresponding at least one fastener on the slipcover.

23. The multi-layered component of claim 22, wherein the at least one fastener includes at least one of:

a zipper, a button and a button hole, a snap, a tie, a hook, a buckle, a D-ring, a clip, a strap, and a hook-and-loop type fastener.

24. The multi-layered component of claim 22, wherein the at least one fastener is attached to at least one of:

the top layer of fabric and the bottom layer of fabric.

25. The multi-layered component of claim 22, wherein the multi-layered component is configured so that the layer of cushioning material is removable from the multi-layered component.