Patent Application
20150274068
The disclosure relates to seat cover devices and more particularly pertains to a new seat cover device for decorating a vehicle seat with illumination.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel that is positionable on the vehicle seat. The panel comprises a top sheet that has a plurality of light apertures extending therethrough. A user sits on the top sheet when the user sits on the vehicle seat. A medial sheet is coupled to the top sheet. A strip is coupled to the medial sheet. A plurality of light emitters is coupled to the strip. The plurality of light emitters emits light through the plurality of light apertures. The light is visible to the user.
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 panel 12 comprises a top sheet 18 that has a plurality of light apertures 20 extending through a top surface 22 and a bottom surface 24 of the top sheet 18. The plurality of light apertures 20 is evenly spaced apart and distributed across an entire width and length of the top sheet 18. A user sits on the top sheet 18 when the user sits in the vehicle seat 16. The top sheet 18 may be comprised of a non-transparent material.
An upper surface 26 of a medial sheet 28 is coupled to the bottom surface 24 of the top sheet 18. The medial sheet 28 is coextensive with the top sheet 18. Additionally, the medial sheet 28 may be comprised of a translucent material. The upper surface 26 of the medial sheet 28 is textured.
A strip 30 is provided. The strip 30 is elongated. A topmost surface 32 of the strip 30 is coupled to a lower surface 34 of the medial sheet 28. The strip 30 extends along an entire length of the medial sheet 28. Additionally, the strip 30 may be comprised of a flexible material.
A plurality of light emitters 40 is coupled to the strip 30. The plurality of light emitters 40 is evenly spaced apart and distributed along an entire length of the strip 30. The plurality of light emitters 40 emits light through the plurality of light apertures 20. The light is visible to the user. Lastly, the plurality of light emitters 40 may each comprise an LED of any conventional design.
The plurality of light emitters 40 is electrically coupled to a power source 41. The power source 41 may be the vehicle electrical system. The strip 30 is one of a plurality of the strips 42. The plurality of strips 42 is evenly spaced apart and distributed along an entire width of the medial sheet 28. The textured upper surface 26 of the medial sheet 28 diffuses the light emitted by the plurality of light emitters 40 so the light is evenly distributed along the entire upper surface 26 of the medial sheet 28.
A control unit 44 is coupled to the vehicle seat 16. The control unit 44 is electrically coupled to the plurality of light emitters 40. The control unit 44 controls a rate at which the plurality of light emitters blinks and a color of the light emitted by the plurality of light emitters 40. Finally, the control unit 44 may be an electronic light control unit of any conventional design.
In use, the panel 12 is cut to a selected shape. The panel 12 is coupled to the vehicle seat 16 in the convention of seat upholstery. Additionally, the panel 12 is cut into a plurality of sections 46. Each of the plurality of sections of the panel 46 is coupled to a selected area of the vehicle seat 16. The plurality of sections of the panel 46 is arranged in any selected pattern or organization on the vehicle seat 16. The user adjusts the control unit 44 to selected one of a plurality of preset blinking patterns of the plurality of light emitters 40. Finally, the user adjusts the control unit 44 to select one of a plurality of preset colors of the light emitted by the plurality of light emitters 40.
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.
