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Uniform seat cover and seat fashioned with same

Uniform seat cover and seat fashioned with same description/claims

This is a continuation-in-part application pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 120 of utility patent application entitled “UNIFORM SEAT COVER AND SEAT FASHIONED WITH SAME,” filed on Aug. 26, 2003 and having Ser. No. 10/647,992.

A uniform is an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given group, whether a team, a profession, an organization, an establishment, etc. Uniforms are important because give others the ability to distinguish between the members of different groups. Exemplary of the many types of uniforms are those worn by members of amateur and professional sport teams such as basketball, football, baseball, soccer, hockey and softball teams, and those worn by members of military organizations such as the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, etc.

People are usually very proud of their memberships, whether past or present, and many organizations, especially sports organizations, enjoy a following of ardent enthusiasts. For sports fans and other fans and for those of proud membership, uniforms are highly valued and essentially memorialize an appreciation of membership and fans' admiration of certain groups, professions and organizations.

In response to this, it would be highly desirable to provide a way of exploiting uniform dress in combination with seats and especially vehicle seats and further in combination with spectator seats of a stadium or arena that is decorated with team adornment of a sports team organization.

The above problems and others are at least partially solved and the above purposes and others realized in new and improved apparatus that includes a seat having an attached uniform. The seat includes a seat portion and an attached seat back portion. The uniform includes a uniform top and a uniform bottom. The uniform top can be fitted over the seat back portion and the uniform bottom can be fitted over the seat portion. The uniform top and the uniform bottom support uniform adornment that identifies a member of a given group. The seat back portion can include a lower end attached to the seat portion and an opposing upper end, and the uniform top includes a collared neck opening situated at the upper end of the seat back portion. The uniform top can include one of a) sleeves located on either side of the neck opening and b) arm openings located on either side of the neck opening. Further the uniform top and the uniform bottom can support straps that secure the uniform top and the uniform bottom to the seat and to each other. An engagement assembly can be used and is carried by one of the uniform top and the uniform bottom and a detachably engaged complemental engagement assembly is carried by the other of the uniform top and the uniform bottom. Preferably, the engagement assembly is supported at an end of the one of the uniform top and the uniform bottom and the complemental engagement assembly is supported at a confronting end of the other of the uniform top and the uniform bottom. The uniform top and bottom can also be sewn together as is preferable with most designer car seats.

In accordance with the principle of the invention, further is a stadium for team sports events with seats for spectators and team adornment of a team decorating the stadium. Each of the seats includes a seat portion and an attached seat back portion and is furnished with an attached uniform that includes a uniform top fitted over the seat back portion and a uniform bottom fitted over the seat portion. The uniform top and the uniform bottom of each of the uniforms supports uniform adornment that identifies members of the team, as with the team adornment adorning the stadium.

Consistent with the foregoing, the invention also contemplates associated methods.

Referring to the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a uniform attached to a seat, in accordance with the principle of the invention, the uniform including a uniform top fitted over a seat back portion of the seat and a uniform bottom fitted over a seat portion of the seat;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation of the embodiment depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation of the uniform of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmented perspective view of the uniform of FIG. 1 illustrating an attachment assembly;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmented perspective view of the uniform of FIG. 1 illustrating the uniform top detached from the uniform bottom, an engagement assembly carried by the uniform top and a detachably engagable complemental engagement assembly carried by the uniform bottom;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmented perspective view of a zipper assembly that is capable of being employed for detachably securing a uniform top to a uniform bottom of a uniform constructed and arranged in accordance with the principle of the invention;

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