Adjustable slip cover for sofas

• US 7,637,567 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2004
• Issued: 12/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sure Fit Home Products, LLC (Hollander Sleep Products, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Sure Fit Inc. (Hollander Sleep Products, LLC)
• Inventors: Shields, Ann Elizabeth, Neustat, Paula S., Garbinski, Walter, Miller, Brenda Kay
• Primary Examiner(s): Edell; Joseph F
• Application Number:
  US10/892,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20080290705A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,993 Days
• Field of Search: 297/218.1, 297/218.5, 297/218.4, 297/228, 297/225, 297/228.1, 297/228.11, 297/229, 297/219.1, 297/224, D66/10, D66/11
• US Class Current: 297/228
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/11 for chairs for headrests only A47C7/386; removable protective covers for car seats B60N2/60

Abstract

A slip cover for a sofa or love seat is disclosed. The slip cover is adjustable in a number of ways to give a good fit for a range of sofa sizes and configurations. Vents are formed in the sides of the back covering portion to accommodate the presence or absence of arms for the seating piece. The seat portion has overlapping sides to fit a range of seat sizes. Front and back skirts are used to wrap the periphery of the sofa piece, thus covering the overhanging sides of the seat portion, the front and back skirts themselves overlapping and being adjustably secured with ties and binding extensions. Arm pieces, where needed, are separate from the back/seat portion of the covering, are adjustable by tucking any excess fabric behind the ruffle seam, and are secured to the legs of the sofa piece.

Claims

1. A slip cover for a sofa or a love seat, the sofa or love seat including a back portion, a seating surface and a supporting portion provided below the seating surface, the slip cover comprising:

a body piece that includes a generally rectangular back piece and left and right side pieces formed and joined to fit front-facing and back-facing portions of the back piece, each side piece meeting the front-facing portion of the back piece to form a releasably closable vent therebetween on one of a left side or a right side of the sofa or love seat;

a generally rectangular back ruffle piece having a plurality of ties, the back ruffle piece joined by a seam to the back-facing portion of the body piece to cover the supporting portion of the sofa or love seat about a back side and the left and right sides of the sofa or love seat, and having first binding extensions extending at each of left and right ends of the back ruffle piece from the seam of the body piece;

a seat piece joined to the body piece such that side portions of the seat piece can overhang sides of the seating surface of the sofa or love seat to fit a range of seating surface sizes; and

a generally rectangular front ruffle piece having a plurality of ties, the front ruffle piece joined by a seam to a front-facing portion of the seat piece to cover the supporting portion of the sofa or love seat about a front side and the left and right sides of the sofa or love seat, and having second binding extensions extending at the left and right ends from the seam;

wherein each releasably closable vent on one of the left side and the right side of the sofa or love seat is configured to be open when the sofa or love seat has an arm on the one side, in order to accommodate the arm of the sofa or love seat, and is configured to be closed when the sofa or love seat has no arm on the one side,

wherein the front and back ruffle pieces are unattached to and configured to directly overlap the side portion of the seat piece on the one side when the sofa or love seat has no arm on the one side, and

wherein the ties and the first and second binding extensions are tied to one another along the left and right sides of the supporting portion of the sofa or love seat, so as to adjustably wrap the front and back ruffles around the periphery of the sofa or love seat, thereby directly covering excess fabric of the side portion of the seat piece on the one side to adjust the shape of the seat piece when the sofa or love seat has no arm on the one side.

2. The slip cover of claim 1, further comprising:

a first arm piece separate from and not directly joined to any of the body piece, back ruffle piece and seat piece,

wherein the sofa or love seat has the arm on the one side,

wherein the arm piece is configured to cover the arm on the one side,

wherein the front and back ruffle pieces are unattached to and are configured to directly overlap a side portion of the arm piece of the slip cover on the one side, and

wherein the front and back ruffles are configured to directly cover excess fabric of the arm piece on the one side to adjust the shape of the arm piece.

3. The slip cover of claim 2, wherein the arm piece comprises at least one tie or binding extension for securing the arm piece to the sofa or love seat.

4. The slip cover of claim 2, wherein the sofa or love seat further includes a second arm on the other of the left side or right side, the slip cover further comprising:

a second arm piece separate from and not directly joined to any of the body piece, back ruffle piece and seat piece, and

wherein the arm piece is configured to cover the second arm on the other side.

5. A slip cover for a sofa or a love seat, the sofa or love seat including a back portion, a seating surface and a supporting portion, the slip cover comprising:

means for covering the back portion, the back portion covering means including left and right vents, each of the left and right vents configured to be closed by securely joining a vent facing piece on one side of the vent with a vent facing piece on another side of the vent and to be opened by separating the vent facing piece on the one side of the vent from a vent facing piece on the other side of the vent, each opened vent further configured to accommodate an arm of the sofa or love seat being positioned therethrough;

means, connected to the back portion covering means, for adjustably covering the seating surface having a range of seating surface shapes and sizes; and

means, connected to the back portion covering means and the seating surface covering means, for adjustably covering the supporting portion about the periphery of the sofa or love seat.

6. A slip cover as recited in claim 5,

further comprising means for covering the arm extending through one of the vents.

7. A slipcover as recited in claim 5, wherein at least one of the left and right vents is closed by securing means securing the vent facing pieces on each side of the at least one vent.

8. A slipcover as recited in claim 7, wherein the securing means comprises a hook and loop fastening system attached to each of the vent facing pieces on each side of the at least one vent.

9. A slip cover for a sofa or a love seat, the sofa or love seat including a back, a seating surface and a supporting portion, the slip cover comprising:

a generally rectangular back piece for covering the back, the back piece having front and back edges and left and right side edges and having left and right vent facings attached to frontward-facing portions of the left and right side edges, respectively;

left and right side pieces for covering the sides of the back portion, each piece having attached thereto a vent facing, the left side piece being joined to the left side edge of the back portion so as to align the vent facing of the left side piece with the left vent facing of the back piece such that a left vent is formed therebetween along the frontward-facing portion of the left side edge, the left vent being closable by securely joining the vent facing of the left side piece with the left vent facing of the back piece, the right side piece being joined to the right side of the back portion so as to align the vent facing of the right side piece with the right vent facing of the back piece such that a right vent is formed therebetween along the frontward-facing portion of the right side edge, the right vent being closable by securely joining the vent facing of the right side piece with the right vent facing of the back piece;

a generally rectangular back ruffle piece having a plurality of ties, the back ruffle piece having a long side joined by a seam to the back edge of the back piece and side pieces to cover the supporting portion of the sofa or love seat about the back and sides, and having first binding extensions extending at the left and right ends from the seam of the back ruffle piece;

a seat piece having a back edge longer than the front edge of the back piece, the back edge of the seat piece being joined to the front edge of the back piece such that side portions of the seat piece can overhang the sides of the seating surface of the sofa or love seat to fit a range of seating surface sizes; and

a generally rectangular front ruffle piece having a plurality of ties, the front ruffle piece having a long edge joined by a seam to a front edge of the seat piece to cover the supporting portion of the sofa or love seat about the front and sides, and having second binding extensions extending at the left and right ends from the seam;

wherein the front and back ruffle pieces overlap, with the ties and the first and second binding extensions tied to one another, so as to adjustably wrap the front and back ruffles around the periphery of the sofa or love seat, covering any overhanging side portions of the seat piece.

10. A slip cover as recited in claim 9, wherein the front ruffle piece is formed from a single piece of material.

11. A slip cover as recited in claim 9,

wherein the front ruffle piece is formed from two side ruffle pieces, two recliner front pieces, and a center ruffle;

and

wherein the front recliner pieces are joined so as to overlap the center piece, and such that the side ruffle pieces are partially under the front recliner pieces.

12. A slip cover as recited in claim 11, wherein the sofa or love seat has a recliner function.

13. A slip cover as recited in claim 9, further comprising an arm piece for covering a left or right arm of the sofa or love seat, the arm piece including two binding extensions for securing the arm piece to a front and a back leg of the sofa or love seat.

14. A slip cover as recited in claim 9, wherein the seam between the front ruffle and seat piece and the seam between the back ruffle and back piece are finished with a chain stitched bias binding that permits the ruffles to stretch tightly around the periphery of the sofa or love seat.

15. A slip cover as recited in claim 9, wherein the seat piece is adapted to cover a T-cushion shape.

16. A slip cover as recited in claim 9, wherein the seat piece is adapted to cover a standard cushion shape.

17. A slip cover as recited in claim 9,

wherein the slip cover is adapted to cover a medium-sized sofa;

and

wherein the back piece and side pieces are adapted to fit a back portion having a width variance of approximately 6 inches.

18. A slip cover as recited in claim 9,

wherein the slip cover is adapted to cover a large-sized sofa;

and

wherein the back piece and side pieces are adapted to fit a back portion having a width variance of approximately 15 inches.

19. A slip cover as recited in claim 9,

wherein the slip cover is adapted to cover a medium-sized sofa;

and

wherein the seat piece is adapted to fit a seating surface having a width variance of approximately 6 inches.

20. A slip cover as recited in claim 9,

wherein the slip cover is adapted to cover a large-sized sofa;

and

wherein the seat piece is adapted to fit a seating surface having a width variance of approximately 15 inches.

21. A slip cover as recited in claim 9,

wherein the slip cover is adapted to fit a medium-sized sofa;

and

wherein the back piece is adapted to fit a back portion having an inside contour variance of approximately 10 inches.

22. A slip cover as recited in claim 9,

wherein the slip cover is adapted to fit a large-sized sofa;

and

wherein the back piece is adapted to fit a back portion having an inside contour variance of approximately 10 inches.