Vehicular bench seat cover system

Abstract

A vehicular seat bench cover system is provided. The vehicular seat bench cover system provides coverage of each section of the seat benchthe passenger-side, driver-side, center sections of both the back and seat portionseither circumscribed or enclosed in separate covers or covered by the separate cover sections being joined. Mindful that each section can independently move between an upright condition and a folded condition, the seat bench cover system provides a section cover for each section, wherein each separate cover provides a detachable fastener along one or both longitudinal edges so that adjacent section covers can be joined or be independently circumscribed by different permutations of the seat bench cover system depending on whether that section and an adjacent section are in the upright condition or folded condition relative to each other.

Claims

1. A vehicular bench seat cover system, wherein the vehicular bench seat has a plurality of bench back sections movable between an upright condition and a folded condition relative to a plurality of bench seat sections, the system comprising: one or more center bench back sections disposed between adjacent bench back sections; a bench back section cover removably covering each bench back section; a center back section cover removably covering each center bench back section; a detachable fastener along an inner longitudinal edge of each bench back section cover; a detachable fastener along both longitudinal edges of each center bench back section cover; and an enclosure removably engageable along each longitudinal edge of adjacent back section covers.

2. The vehicular bench seat cover system of claim 1, further comprising: one or more center bench seat section disposed between adjacent bench seat sections; a bench seat section cover removably for each bench seat section, each bench seat section cover having a detachable fastener along an inner longitudinal edge; a center seat section cover removably covering each center bench seat section; and a detachable fastener along both longitudinal edges of each center seat section cover; and wherein both engageable longitudinal edges has a detachable fastener pull operatively associated thereto.

3. The vehicular bench seat cover system of claim 2, wherein each enclosure is made from mesh material.

4. The vehicular bench seat cover system of claim 2, further comprising two connecting straps, one connecting strap depending from a front portion and another depending from a rear portion, respectively, of each bench back section and each bench seat section, wherein said two connecting straps are configured to removably secure to each other.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, shown in use;

(2) FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

(3) FIG. 3 is a section view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

(5) FIG. 5 is an exploded view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

(6) FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating an elongated arrangement;

(7) FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating a shortened arrangement;

(8) FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, illustrating attachment pieces 66, 70, 74 and 78; and

(9) FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, shown in use with one seat in a folded-forward condition, demonstrating the split feature.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(10) The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

(11) Broadly, an embodiment of the present invention provides a vehicular seat bench cover system wherein each section of the seat benchthe passenger-side, driver-side, center sections of both the back and seat portionsmay be circumscribed or enclosed in separate covers or separate but joined cover sections. Mindful that each section can independently move between an upright condition and a folded condition, the seat bench cover system provides a section cover for each section, wherein each separate cover provides a detachable fastener along one or both longitudinal edges so that adjacent section covers can be joined or be independently circumscribed by different permutations of the seat bench cover system depending on whether that section and an adjacent section are in the upright condition or folded condition relative to each other.

(12) Referring to FIGS. 1 through 9, the present invention may include seat bench cover system 100 providing the following: a driver-side back cover 10, a driver-side back cover detachable fastener 12, a driver-side male connecting strap 14, a driver-side female connecting strap 16; passenger-side back cover 18, a passenger-side detachable fastener with pull 20, a passenger-side male connecting strap 22, a passenger-side female connecting strap 24, a center back cover 26, a center back detachable fastener 28, a center back detachable with pull 30, center male connecting strap 32, center female connecting strap 34, driver-side seat cover 36, a driver-side seat cover detachable 38, a driver-side male connecting strap 40, a driver-side female connecting strap 42, passenger-side seat cover 44, a passenger-side zipper with pull 46, passenger side male connecting strap 48, a passenger side female connecting strap 50, a center seat cover 52, a center seat detachable fastener 54, a center seat detachable fastener with pulls 56, center male connecting strap 58, center female connecting strap 60, detachable fastener pulls 62, first fasteners 64, first back side enclosure 66, a first back side cover detachable fastener 68, second back slide enclosure 70, second back side cover detachable with pull 72; a first seat side enclosure 74, a first seat side cover detachable fastener 76, a second seat side enclosure 78, a second seat side cover detachable fastener with pull 80; a bench back 82; and a bench seat 84.

(13) It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the use of directional terms such as inward, outward, driver-side, passenger-side and the like are used in relation to the illustrative embodiments as they are depicted in the figures, the inward direction being toward the center of the bench back 82 or bench seat 84 of the corresponding figures.

(14) The back seats (or seat benches) of vehicles typically have a seat bench portion 84 and a bench back portion 82 that pivot relative to each other in whole and in part. Each seat and back portion includes two or more sections that can move relative to each other between an upright position and a folded condition. Typically, there is at least a passenger-side section and a driver-side section for both the seat and back portions. Also typical is one or more center sections between the passenger-side and the driver-side sections.

(15) The present invention provides a seat bench cover system 100. The seat bench cover system 100 provides a section cover for each section of the back portions: driver-side, passenger-side and center section covers 10, 18, and 26; and each section of the seat portions: driver-side, passenger-side and center section covers 36, 44, and 52.

(16) Each section cover may be made from a stain-proof material forming sectioned sheets dimensioned and adapted to circumscribe each associated section, typically in elongated strips as illustrated in FIG. 5, each cover section typically having longer longitudinal edges relative to its shorter ends. The driver-side and passenger-side section covers may be closed along an outer longitudinal edge for covering that associated end of the bench back 82 or bench seat 84.

(17) A male cover strap 14, 22, 32, 40, 48, and 58, respectively, depends from one end of each section cover, while a complimentary female cover strap 16, 24, 34, 42, 50, and 60, respectively, depends from the opposing end. The female cover strap may end in a buckle 64.

(18) A detachable fastener, such as a zipper, may be provided along an inward longitudinal edge of the driver-side and passenger-side section covers 10, 18 (back portion) and 36, 44 (seat portion): 12, 20 and 38, 46, respectively.

(19) Both longitudinal edges of the center portion section cover sections (back portion and seat portion, 26 and 52) have a first detachable fasteners 30 and 56 with a pull 62 along one edge, and a second detachable fastener 28 or 54 (without the pull).

(20) Each detachable fastener is adapted to removably engage complementary detachable fasteners 68, 72, 76 for edge enclosures 66, 70, 74, 78, 80, which when engaged close off that other open side edge so as to fully enclosure the relative section when the related male and female cover straps are engaged, as illustrated in FIG. 3. Edge enclosures 66, 70, 74, 78, 80 may be mesh material.

(21) A method of using the present invention may include the following. The bench cover system 100 disclosed above may be provided. Complementary detachable fasteners may be engaged to join or separate enclosures and adjacent covers.

(22) In the upright position, the adjacent covers may be engaged through their respective detachable fasteners so that the, say, entire bench back portion is enclosed in the cover system 100. Through disengaging adjacent detachable fasteners of, say, the passenger-side back section and the central back section, and then engaging associated enclosures to the now respective open edges, the passenger-side back section may be moved to the folded condition, as illustrated in FIG. 9, fully enclosed in the same cover system in part because of the engaged enclosure 66, while the remaining sections of the bench back portion 82 may remain in the upright condition, also fully enclosed in the cover system 100.

(23) A kit of the cover system 100 may include components for two or more center sections (back and seat) though not all components need to be used for smaller bench seats, thereby enabling length adjustability.

(24) It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.