Chair upholstered with sports jersey

• US 20060097552A1
• Filed: 10/25/2005
• Published: 05/11/2006
• 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.
• Granted Patent: US 7,340,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/228.1
• 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 chair in combination with a sports jersey having a front side and a back side, the chair comprising:

a seat support surface for supporting a person seated thereon;

legs for supporting the seat support surface spaced above the ground; and

a back support surface extending upwardly from the seat support surface;

one of the support surfaces being upholstered with either the front side or the back side of the sports jersey.

2. The chair according to claim 1 wherein the back support surface is upholstered with the front side of the sports jersey.

3. The chair according to claim 1 wherein the back support surface and the seat support surface are each upholstered with one of the front and back sides of the sports jersey.

4. The chair according to claim 3 wherein the back support surface is upholstered with the front side of the sports jersey and the seat support surface is upholstered with the back side of the sports jersey.

5. The chair according to claim 1 wherein the chair includes chair arms, the chair arms being upholstered with arms of the sports jersey.

6. The chair according to claim 1 wherein a top side of the back support surface is upholstered with a name bar of the sports jersey.

7. The chair according to claim 1 wherein the legs are upholstered with pliable material matching the sports jersey in color.

8. 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 chair having a seat support surface for supporting a person seated thereon, legs for supporting the seat support surface spaced above the ground and a back support surface extending upwardly from the seat support surface; and

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

9. The method according to claim 8 including upholstering the back support surface with the front side of the sports jersey.

10. The method according to claim 8 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.

11. The method according to claim 10 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.

12. The method according to claim 8 wherein the chair includes chair arms and the sports jersey includes jersey arms, the method including upholstering the chair arms with the jersey arms.

13. The method according to claim 8 including upholstering a top side of the back support surface with a name bar of the sports jersey.

14. The method according to claim 8 including upholstering the legs with pliable material matching the sports jersey in color.