Patent Application
20240298814
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The disclosure relates to furniture covers and more particularly pertains to a new furniture cover for protecting a chair from accumulating water.
The prior art relates to furniture covers and includes a variety of furniture covers being deployable into a covering position to cover furniture. Known prior art does not allow a furniture cover having a furniture cover being coupled to a chair and including a canopy being water proof to protect the chair from accumulating water when the furniture cover is deployed into a covering position.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a chair and a covering being couplable to the chair and being positionable from a closed position wherein the covering does not cover the chair to an open position wherein the covering covers the chair. The covering includes a frame including a pair of vertical arms extending between a lower cross member and an upper cross member. A pair of hubs is coupled to the frame on opposite sides of the lower cross member and a plurality of ribs is pivotally coupled to and extends between the hubs. A canopy is coupled to the ribs such that the canopy is extendable from the closed position to the open position. The canopy is liquid impermeable, wherein the canopy prevents the chair from accumulating liquid.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The covering 24 normally includes a frame 30 including a pair of vertical arms 32 extending between a lower cross member 34 and an upper cross member 36. A pair of hubs 38 is coupled to the frame 30 on opposite sides of the lower cross member 34 and a plurality of ribs 40 is pivotally coupled to and extends between the hubs 38. Each rib 40 normally extends upwardly from the hubs 38 over a top of the chair 12. Each of the hubs 38 will typically have a pivot 41 being coupled to the plurality of ribs 40. A plurality of hooks 42 is coupled to the upper cross member 36 and are removably mountable to the backrest 20 of the chair 12, wherein the covering 24 is removably mountable to the chair 12.
A canopy 44 is coupled to the ribs 40 such that the canopy 44 is extendable from the closed position 26 to the open position 28. The canopy 44 may be collapsed between the plurality of ribs 40 of the frame 30 in the closed position 26 and the canopy 44 may be extended between the plurality of ribs 40 in the open position 28. The canopy 44 is normally liquid impermeable, wherein the canopy 44 prevents the chair 12 from accumulating liquid such as rainwater or snow.
A stand 46 may be coupled to the covering 24 and may be configured for standing the covering 24 in an upright position on the ground surface 16, wherein the covering 24 may be positioned in the upright position proximate to the chair 12. The stand 46 may be positionable proximate to the legs 14 and to the backrest 20 of the chair 12. The stand 46 may comprise a plurality of vertical supports 48 being coupled to the lower cross member 34 of the frame 30 of the covering 24 and extending downwardly therefrom.
A motor 50 may be mechanically coupled with the covering 24 and may be configured for positioning the covering 24 from the closed position 26 to the open position 28 when actuated. The motor 50 may be mechanically coupled to the pivot 41 of the plurality of ribs 40 of the frame 30 and be actuated to pivotally position the ribs 40 from the closed position 26 to the open position 28. The motor 50 may be positioned within the lower cross member 34. A control circuit 52 may be electrically coupled to the motor 50 and may be positioned within the lower cross member 34. An actuator 54 may be electrically coupled with the control circuit 52 and may be actuated to start or stop motor 50. The actuator 54 may include a switch 56 being mounted on an exterior of the lower cross member 34.
A transceiver 58 may be electrically coupled to the control circuit 52 and may be configured for wirelessly communicating with a personal electronic device 60, wherein the personal electronic device 60 is in wireless communication with the actuator 54. A user may engage with the personal electronic device 60 to wirelessly communicate with the actuator 54 to start or stop the motor 50. The transceiver 58 may be positioned within the lower cross member 34. A battery 62 may be electrically coupled to the control circuit 52 and may be positioned within the lower cross member 34. The battery 62 may be rechargeable and may have a charging port 64 configured for removably receiving a charging cord 66 of a power supply. The charging port 64 may be typically positioned on the exterior surface of the lower cross member 34.
In use, the plurality of hooks 42 the frame 30 of the covering 24 may be mounted to the backrest 20 of the chair 12 or the stand 46 of the covering 24 may stand the covering 24 in the upright position proximate to the chair 12. The covering 24 may be positioned from the closed position 26 to the open position 28 by manually pulling on the plurality of ribs 40 of the frame 30 to extend the canopy 44 over the chair 12, or the covering 24 may be positioned from the closed position 26 to the open position 28 by actuating the motor 50 to mechanically pivot the plurality of ribs 40 into the open position 28.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
