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Slipcover with separate cushion coverSlipcover with separate cushion cover description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080073955, Slipcover with separate cushion cover. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]The present invention relates in general to fabric slipcovers for covering furniture having at least one separable cushion, and in particular, to a new and useful slipcover with separate cushion cover. [0002]It is know to cover various pieces of seating furniture such as sofas, love seats and chairs, with fabric slipcovers. Such slipcovers may be custom cut and fitted, semi-fitted or non-fitted. Examples include the current inventor's U.S. Pat. No. 6,796,609 (Slipcover with T-cushion feature); U.S. Pat. No. D479,427 (Slipcover for seating furniture); U.S. Pat. No. 6,485,099 (Reversible slipcover); U.S. Pat. No. 6,398,301 (Reversible slipcover); and U.S. Pat. No. 5,549,355 (Fitted furniture cover). [0003]In the usual case, slipcovers have been designed as a single large fabric member that goes over the cushions as well as the back and any arms of the furniture. In some cases a separate skirt is provided to cover the legs of the furniture. [0004]Published U.S. Patent Application 2006/0071520 to Miller discloses a semi-custom fit slipcover for a piece of furniture including a base, a back, first and second arms and a seat portion. The slipcover covers these parts of the furniture but a separate cushion cover can be provided for the seating cushion or cushions of the furniture. The assignee of this application, Sure Fit Inc. of Allentown, Pa., offers such a slipcover combination that includes a slipcover and a separate zippered cushion cover that completely envelopes the cushion or cushions. No measures are taken to address extra loose fabric that would be left over if the cushions do not completely fill the cushion cover. [0005]A need remains for an improved slipcover assembly that neatly covers the furniture and its cushions. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006]It is an object of the present invention to provide a semi-fitted or fully fitted furniture slipcover for covering a piece of seating furniture having a body with lower side surfaces, a back extending upwardly from the body, two, one or no arms extending upwardly of the body, and a seating cushion surface over the body that is bounded by the back and any arms that are present, with at least one separately covered cushion on the seating cushion surface that includes a mechanism for tightly engaging the cushion cover to the cushion or cushions that it covers. [0007]Another object of the invention is to provide a slipcover assembly for covering a piece of furniture having a body with lower side surfaces and an upper seating cushion surface, a back extending upwardly from the body, and at least one cushion on the seating cushion surface, the slipcover assembly comprising a one-piece slipcover having a back portion for covering a rear, a top and a front surface of the furniture back, a seat portion connected to the back portion for covering the seating cushion surface of the furniture, and a lower portion connected to the seat portion for covering the lower side surfaces of the furniture body, and a one-piece cushion cover for covering the at least one cushion of the furniture, the cushion cover having a top portion for completely covering a top surface of the at least one cushion, side portions connected to the top portion for completely covering sides of the at least one cushion, and a bottom portion for only partly covering a bottom surface of the at least one cushion, the bottom portion having a cushion receiving opening with a perimeter, an elastic member extending along the perimeter for elastically pulling the opening to its smallest possible size when the at least one cushion is inside the cushion cover, and at least one non-elastic band connected to the bottom portion on opposite sides of the opening for spanning the opening and for resisting expansion of the opening. [0008]A still further object of the invention is to provide a slipcover assembly for covering a piece of furniture having a body with lower side surfaces and an upper seating cushion surface, a back extending upwardly from the body, and at least one cushion on the seating cushion surface, the slipcover assembly comprising a one-piece slipcover having a back portion for covering a rear, a top and a front surface of the furniture back, a seat portion connected to the back portion for covering the seating cushion surface of the furniture, and a lower portion connected to the seat portion for covering the lower side surfaces of the furniture body, and a one-piece cushion cover for covering the at least one cushion of the furniture, the cushion cover having a top portion for completely covering a top surface of the at least one cushion, side portions connected to the top portion for completely covering sides of the at least one cushion, and a bottom portion for only partly covering a bottom surface of the at least one cushion, the bottom portion having a cushion receiving opening with a perimeter, a tunnel around the opening perimeter of the cushion cover, and a non-elastic tightening cord in the tunnel for non-elastically pulling the opening to its smallest possible size when the at least one cushion is inside the cushion cover. [0009]The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and specific objects attained by its uses, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0010]In the drawings: [0011]FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the slipcover assembly of the present invention, fitted onto a sofa having three seating cushions; [0012]FIG. 2 is perspective view of a one-piece slipcover of the assembly during an early step of installation to a sofa of the type illustrated in FIG. 1; [0013]FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 showing the installation of a skirt of the present invention; [0014]FIG. 4 is a partial rear, side perspective view of the sofa, showing an early step during the attachment of the skirt; [0015]FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4, of a later step during the attachment of the skirt; [0016]FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 4, of a final step during the attachment of the skirt; [0017]FIG. 7 is a partial front perspective view of a step during the installation of a cushion cover according to the present invention; [0018]FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a further step during the installation of the cushion cover according to the present invention; [0019]FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a final step during the installation of the cushion cover according to the present invention; [0020]FIG. 10 is a front top perspective view of a sofa with the slipcover assembly of the present invention installed; and [0021]FIG. 11 is a view similar to that of FIG. 8 but illustrating another embodiment of the cushion cover of the present invention. 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