Sanitized protective seat cover kit with disinfecting agent

• US 9,221,372 B1
• Filed: 07/18/2014
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlene Anna Lacey
• Original Assignee: Arlene Anna Lacey
• Inventors: Lacey, Arlene Anna
• Primary Examiner(s): White, Rodney B
• Application Number:
  US14/335,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20160016496A1
• Time in Patent Office: 529 Days
• Field of Search: 2972191-229
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6027 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6036 by hook and loop-type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/753 movable to an inoperative position

Abstract

The protective seat cover kit is a specially fabricated sanitary and protective seat covering comprising a back section, a seat section, left and right wings, and a pouch containing a sani-pac. The sani-pac contains fumigant particles secured in place by a fine mesh overlaid by an airtight flap. A traveler using the seat cover kit places it over the corresponding parts of a passenger seat to protect the traveler from harmful bacteria or germs that may have been deposited onto the seat by a prior occupant. After use of the protective seat cover, the fumigant particles in the sani-pac, may be exposed to air circulation by the opening of the flap. The protective seat cover is then folded along designated seams and placed completely within the pouch, thus allowing the fumigant particles to sanitize and disinfect the protective seat cover as it is folded within the confines of the pouch.

Claims

1. A protective seat cover kit, comprising:

(a) a closeable, pouch section contained within a horizontally-oriented header, said header having a left fastener and a right fastener;

(b) a foldable, primarily oblong back section attached to said header by means of a back seam;

said back section having a longitudinal left seam with a left wing and a left tubular cuff attached to said left seam and a longitudinal right seam with a right wing and a right tubular cuff attached to said right seam;

(c) a seat section longitudinally integral to and extending from said back section, (d) a sani-pac disposed within said pouch section, said sani-pac comprising a packet-shaped structure having an under surface, and an upper surface with a fixed border permanently attached to said upper surface;

(e) an airtight flap, said flap having a border corresponding to the dimensions of said fixed border, said flap border being detachably connected to the fixed border; and

(f) a quantity of fumigant/disinfectant agent contained within said sani-pac, said agent contained by means of a fine mesh disposed immediately underneath said flap, the agent further characterized by sublimation when exposed to air;

wherein

said back section and said seat section, when completely unfolded comprise dimensions corresponding to an exterior useable surface of a passenger seat installed on any of various means of public transportation vehicles, whereby said header is secured to a headrest of said passenger seat by means of the left and right fasteners, said back section substantially covers a seatback of said passenger seat, said seat section substantially covers a seat cushion of said passenger seat, said left wing substantially covers a left armrest of said passenger seat, said right wing substantially covers a right armrest of said passenger seat, with said left and right tubular cuffs enclosing the armrests of the seat, and further,

for storage and ease of transport, said protective seat cover may be easily compacted by means of folding the left wing inward along the left seam of the back section, folding the right wing inward along the right seam of the back section, and thereupon folding the seat section inward toward the back section a plurality of times until the adjoined back section and the seat section may be foldably placed into and stored within the confines of said pouch section.

2. A protective seat cover kit as in claim 1, wherein the header back section, seat section, right wing, and left wing are constructed from a fabric possessing a material property that allows water vapor to be transmitted through the material and further, allows air to pass through the fabric and further, said left and right fasteners comprise complementary segments of hook-and-felt type fastening mechanism.

3. A protective seat cover kit as in claim 1, wherein the under surface of the sani-pac may be attached to an inner surface of the pouch, either by adhesive, stitching, hook-and-felt mechanism, or other fastening means.

4. A protective seat cover kit, comprising:

(a) a closeable, pouch section contained within a horizontally-oriented header, said header having a left fastener and a right fastener;

(b) a foldable, primarily oblong back section attached to said header by means of a back seam;

said back section having a longitudinal left seam with a left wing and a left tubular cuff attached to said left seam and a longitudinal right seam with a right wing and a right tubular cuff attached to said right seam;

(c) a seat section longitudinally integral to and extending from said back section, (d) a sani-pac disposed within said pouch section, said sani-pac comprising a packet-shaped structure having an under surface, and an upper surface with a fixed border permanently attached to said upper surface;

(e) an airtight flap, said flap having a border corresponding to the dimensions of said fixed border, said flap border being detachably connected to the fixed border; and

(f) a quantity of fumigant/disinfectant agent contained within said sani-pac, said agent contained by means of a fine mesh disposed immediately underneath said flap, the agent further characterized by sublimation when exposed to air;

wherein

said back section and said seat section, when completely unfolded comprise dimensions corresponding to an exterior useable surface of a passenger seat installed on any of various means of public transportation vehicles, whereby said header is secured to a headrest of said passenger seat by means of the left and right fasteners, said back section substantially covers a seatback of said passenger seat, said seat section substantially covers a seat cushion of said passenger seat, said left tubular cuff substantially encompasses a left armrest of said passenger seat, said right tubular cuff substantially encompasses a right armrest of said passenger seat, and further,

for storage and ease of transport, said protective seat cover may be easily compacted by means of folding the left wing inward along the left seam of the back section, folding the right wing inward along the right seam of the back section, and thereupon folding the seat section inward toward the back section a plurality of times until the adjoined back section and the seat section may be foldably placed into and stored within the confines of said pouch section.

5. A protective seat cover kit as in claim 4, wherein the header back section, seat section, right wing, and left wing are constructed from a fabric possessing a material property that allows water vapor to be transmitted through the material and further, allows air to pass through the fabric and further, said left and right fasteners comprise complementary segments of hook-and-felt type fastening mechanism.

6. A protective seat cover kit as in claim 4, wherein the under surface of the sani-pac may be attached to an inner surface of the pouch, either by adhesive, stitching, hook-and-felt mechanism, or other fastening means.