Chair upholstered with sports jersey

• US 7,340,813 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2005
• Issued: 03/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neil Robert Dawson
• Original Assignee: Jersey Chair, Inc.
• Inventors: Hampton, Kerry J., Hampton, Kevin S.
• Primary Examiner(s): MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM
• Application Number:
  US11/257,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20060097552A1
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• Field of Search: 297/219.1, 297/228.1, 297/229, 297/225, 297/227, 297/228, 297/181, 29/91, 29/911, 294/48
• US Class Current: 29/91
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/24 Upholstered seats A47C7/18 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/48 Upholstered article making

Abstract

An article of furniture, for example a chair, is upholstered with a sports jersey for displaying the jersey thereon. The front side and logo of the jersey are displayed on the back supporting surface of the chair while the rear side and player number of the jersey are displayed on the seating surface of the chair. The chair arms are upholstered with arms of the sports jersey. By providing a chair upholstered with a sports jersey conventional, authentic and readily available sports equipment can be reused in a practical way and displayed in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a sports jersey on a chair, said method comprising:

providing a sports jersey comprising a front side and a back side joined together at seams to form a torso portion of the sports jersey having a neck opening and arm openings therein;

providing a chair having a seat support surface arranged for supporting a person seated thereon in which the seat support surface is arranged to be supported spaced above the ground and a back support surface extending upwardly from the seat support surface;

separating the front side and the back side of the sports jersey into separate panels; and

upholstering one of the support surfaces of the chair with either the front side or the back side of the sports jersey.

2. The method according to claim 1 including upholstering the back support surface with the front side of the sports jersey.

3. The method according to claim 1 including upholstering each of the back support surface and the seat support surface with one of the front and back sides of the sports jersey respectively.

4. The method according to claim 3 including upholstering the back support surface with the front side of the sports jersey and upholstering the seat support surface with the back side of the sports jersey.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the chair includes chair arms and the sports jersey includes jersey arms joined with the front side and the back side of the jersey, the method including separating the jersey arms from the front side and the back side of the jersey and upholstering the chair arms with the jersey arms.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the front side and the back side of the jersey comprise fabric material.

7. The method according to claim 1 including upholstering a top side of the back support surface with a name bar of the sports jersey.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the chair includes legs and the method includes upholstering the legs with pliable material matching the sports jersey in color.

9. A method of displaying a sports jersey on a chair, the sports jersey having a front side and a back side, said method comprising:

providing a jersey comprising a front side and a back side joined together at seams to form a torso portion having a neck opening and arm openings therein, and jersey arms comprising tubular sleeves joined with the front side and the back side of the jersey at the arm openings;

providing a chair having a seat support surface arranged for supporting a person seated thereon in which the seat support surface is arranged to be supported spaced above the ground and a back support surface extending upwardly from the seat support surface;

separating the front side, the back side and the jersey arms of the jersey into separate panels;

upholstering the back support surface of the chair with one of the front side and the back side of the sports jersey;

upholstering the seat support surface of the chair with the other one of the front side and the back side of the sports jersey; and

upholstering the chair arms of the chair with the jersey arms of the sports jersey.

10. The method according to claim 9 including upholstering the back support surface with the front side of the sports jersey and upholstering the seat support surface with the back side of the sports jersey.

11. The method according to claim 9 wherein the front side, the back side and the jersey arms of the jersey comprise fabric material.