Semi-custom fit slipcover

• US 7,472,954 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2005
• Issued: 01/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sure Fit Home Products, LLC (Hollander Sleep Products, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Sure Fit Inc. (Hollander Sleep Products, LLC)
• Inventors: Miller, Brenda Kay
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn; David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilson; Kaitlin A
• Application Number:
  US11/245,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20060071520A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• Field of Search: 197/228, 197/228.1, 197/224, 197/229, 197/225, 150/158, 150/165
• US Class Current: 297/225
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/11 for chairs for headrests only A47C7/386; removable protective covers for car seats B60N2/60

Abstract

A slipcover for a piece of furniture including a base, a back, first and second arms, and a seat portion. The slipcover has back pleats located at the respective back corners and having pleated seams and elastic, which runs through the pleated seams and travels across the back pleats for allowing the slipcover to expand over the largest perimeter of the furniture and then relax to fit the base of the furniture as the slipcover is placed on the furniture. First and second arm fronts cover respective top front portions of the first and second arms. A wrap skirt covers respective bottom portions of the first and second arms.

Claims

1. A slipcover for a piece of furniture including a base, a back, first and second arms, and a seat portion, the slipcover comprising:

back pleats located at the respective back corners and having pleated seams and elastic, which runs through the pleated seams and travels across the back pleats for allowing the slipcover to expand over the largest perimeter of the furniture and then relax to fit the base of the furniture as the slipcover is placed on the furniture;

first and second arm fronts for covering respective top front portions of the first and second arms; and

a wrap skirt for covering respective bottom portions of the first and second arms wherein the back pleats each comprise a top pleat and a bottom pleat, wherein each of the top and bottom pleats has a substantially trapezoidal shape with a longer lower portion and a shorter upper portion, and the bottom pleat is larger than the top pleat.

2. The slipcover of claim 1, further comprising a seat which fits over a seat cushion of the furniture.

3. The slipcover of claim 1, further comprising a separate seat cushion cover for a seat cushion of the furniture.

4. The slipcover of claim 1, wherein the first and second arm fronts are darted.

5. The slipcover of claim 4, further comprising first and second arm sides attached to the respective first and second arm fronts, wherein each of the first and second arm fronts has a shape of an upside-down Christmas stocking, and the right arm front is a mirror-image of the left arm front.

6. The slipcover of claim 5, further comprising:

a seat, wherein bottom edges of the first and second arm fronts are positioned to be lower than a bottom edge of the seat; and

a front ruffle for covering the bottom portions of the first and second arms along with the dart lines of the first and second arm fronts, having a middle portion secured to the seat, and having the ends bar-tacked to the arm sides to thereby cover any excess fabric at the bottoms of the arm sides.

7. The slipcover of claim 6, wherein the amount of excess fabric covered depends on the height of the sofa arms.

8. The slipcover of claim 1, further comprising first and second arm sides attached to the respective first and second arm fronts, wherein each of the first and second arm fronts has a dome shape and is undarted.

9. The slipcover of claim 8, further comprising:

a seat, wherein bottom edges of the first and second arm fronts are positioned to be colinear with a bottom edge of the seat; and

a front ruffle for covering the bottom portions of the first and second arms, having a middle portion secured to the seat, and having the ends bar-tacked to the arm sides to thereby cover any excess fabric at the bottoms of the arm sides.

10. The slipcover of claim 9, wherein the amount of excess fabric covered depends on the height of the sofa arms.

11. A combination comprising:

a piece of furniture including a base, a back, first and second arms, and at least one seat cushion; and

a slipcover comprising;

back pleats located at the respective back corners and having pleated seams and elastic, which runs through the pleated seams and travels across the back pleats for allowing the slipcover to expand over the largest perimeter of the furniture and then relax to fit the base of the furniture as the slipcover is placed on the furniture;

first and second arm fronts for covering respective top front portions of the first and second arms; and

a wrap skirt for covering respective bottom portions of the first and second arms wherein the back pleats each comprise a top pleat and a bottom pleat, wherein each of the top and bottom pleats has a substantially trapezoidal shape with a longer lower portion and a shorter upper portion, and the bottom pleat is larger than the top pleat.

12. The combination of claim 11, wherein the slipcover further comprises a seat which fits over a seat cushion of the furniture.

13. The combination of claim 11, wherein the slipcover further comprises a separate seat cushion cover for a seat cushion of the furniture.

14. The combination of claim 11, wherein the first and second arm fronts are darted.

15. The combination of claim 14, wherein the slipcover further comprises first and second arm sides attached to the respective first and second arm fronts, wherein each of the first and second arm fronts has a shape of an upside-down Christmas stocking, and the right arm front is a mirror-image of the left arm front.

16. The combination of claim 15, wherein the slipcover further comprises:

a seat, wherein bottom edges of the first and second arm fronts are positioned to be lower than a bottom edge of the seat; and

a front ruffle for covering the bottom portions of the first and second arms along with the dart lines of the first and second arm fronts, having a middle portion secured to the seat, and having the ends bar-tacked to the arm sides to thereby cover any excess fabric at the bottoms of the arm sides.

17. The combination of claim 16, wherein the amount of excess fabric covered is dependent on the height of the sofa arms.

18. The combination of claim 11, wherein the slipcover further comprises first and second arm sides attached to the respective first and second arm fronts, wherein each of the first and second arm fronts has a dome shape and is undarted.

19. The combination of claim 18, wherein the slipcover further comprises:

a seat, wherein bottom edges of the first and second arm fronts are positioned to be colinear with a bottom edge of the seat; and

a front ruffle for covering the bottom portions of the first and second arms, having a middle portion secured to the seat, and having the ends bar-tacked to the arm sides to thereby cover any excess fabric at the bottoms of the arm sides.

20. The combination of claim 19, wherein the amount of excess fabric covered depends on the height of the sofa arms.

21. A slipcover for a piece of furniture including a base, a back, first and second arms, and a seat portion, the slipcover comprising:

back pleat means located at the respective back corners and having pleated seams and elastic, which runs through the pleated seams and travels across the back pleat means for allowing the slipcover to expand over the largest perimeter of the furniture and then relax to fit the base of the furniture as the slipcover is placed on the furniture;

first and second arm front means for covering respective top front portions of the first and second arms; and

a wrap skirt means for covering respective bottom portions of the first and second arms wherein the back pleat means each comprise a top pleat and a bottom pleat, wherein each of the top and bottom pleats has a substantially trapezoidal shape with a longer lower portion and a shorter upper portion, and the bottom pleat is larger than the top pleat.

22. The slipcover of claim 21, further comprising a seat which fits over a seat cushion of the furniture.

23. The slipcover of claim 21, further comprising a separate seat cushion cover for a seat cushion of the furniture.

24. The slipcover of claim 21, wherein the first and second arm front means are darted.

25. The slipcover of claim 24, further comprising first and second arm sides attached to the respective first and second arm front means, wherein each of the first and second arm front means has a shape of an upside-down Christmas stocking, and the right arm front is a mirror-image of the left arm front.

26. The slipcover of claim 25, further comprising:

a seat, wherein bottom edges of the first and second arm front means are positioned to be lower than a bottom edge of the seat; and

a front ruffle for covering the bottom portions of the first and second arms along with the dart lines of the first and second arm front means, having a middle portion secured to the seat, and having the ends bar-tacked to the arm sides to thereby cover any excess fabric at the bottoms of the arm sides.

27. The slipcover of claim 26, wherein the amount of excess fabric covered is dependent on the height of the sofa arms.

28. The slipcover of claim 21, further comprising first and second arm sides attached to the respective first and second arm front means, wherein each of the first and second arm front means has a dome shape and is undarted.

29. The slipcover of claim 28, further comprising:

a seat, wherein bottom edges of the first and second arm front means are positioned to be colinear with a bottom edge of the seat; and

a front ruffle for covering the bottom portions of the first and second arms, having a middle portion secured to the seat, and having the ends bar-tacked to the arm sides to thereby cover any excess fabric at the bottoms of the arm sides.

30. The slipcover of claim 29, wherein the amount of excess fabric covered is dependent on the height of the sofa arms.