This application claims priority to and the benefit of the patent application titled “A protective cover and outdoor furniture with the same”, application number 202221938836.2, filed in the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Jul. 26, 2022. The specification of the above-referenced patent application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present invention, in general, relates to outdoor articles, and in particular, relates to a protective cover and outdoor furniture therewith.
Outdoor furniture refers to furniture relative to indoor furniture that is placed in an open or semi-open outdoor space to promote healthy, comfortable, and efficient public outdoor activities. Outdoor furniture includes urban public outdoor furniture, household yard outdoor furniture, commercial place outdoor furniture, and portable outdoor furniture.
There are various types of outdoor furniture, for example, benches including rattan woven outdoor benches, iron outdoor benches, outdoor sofas, etc. Existing outdoor bench products are usually equipped with seat cushions to improve a user's comfort during use. Outdoor benches are usually placed outdoors for a long time and, therefore, the seat cushions are often affected by outdoor environmental factors, such as rain showers, sun exposure, etc., and are susceptible to dust, which shortens service life of the seat cushions. Moreover, it is inconvenient to store the seat cushions alone.
For the above reasons, Applicant's Chinese patent publication No. CN215776787U discloses outdoor furniture with a protective cover structure, comprising a furniture body and a matched mattress on the furniture body. The furniture body is provided with a protective cover structure, which comprises a head end seat, a tail end seat, and a protective cover. The protective cover can be installed on the head end seat by rolling, and the mattress on the furniture body can be completely or partially covered by pulling the protective cover, which is installed to the tail end seat. The head end seat is installed on the furniture body, and the tail end seat is installed on the furniture body or the mattress. The protective cover structure covers and protects the mattress and a part of the furniture body.
There are some drawbacks in the long-term use of the above-disclosed protective cover structure, for example, its side covering is inadequate and its covering and protection effects on the furniture body are moderate. In addition, the use of a drawing structure design is relatively cumbersome for subsequent rolling of the protective cover. Therefore, there is a need for a protective cover that provides better coverage, is easy to fold and store, and achieves better storage and matching with existing outdoor furniture.
To address the above-disclosed problems, the present invention provides a protective cover and outdoor furniture therewith, where the protective cover comprises a plurality of cover face units that can be spliced together. The number and attachment of the cover face units facilitate different configurations of the protective cover to form a better protective cover cavity, provide a better protective effect, and allow easy attachment to outdoor furniture in use.
The protective cover disclosed herein comprises a configurable number of cover face units. Adjacent edges of the cover face units are attached in a butt joint connection to form a cover cavity with an open face. The cover cavity is configured to cover an article to be covered. The protective cover is made of rollable or foldable materials.
In an embodiment, the configurable number of the cover face units is three (3), comprising a first cover face, a second cover face, and a third cover face. The first cover face and the third cover face are respectively located on two ends of the second cover face. The cover cavity formed by the first cover face, the second cover face, and the third cover face is configured to cover an upper surface and two side surfaces of the article to be covered.
In another embodiment, the configurable number of the cover face units is four (4), comprising a first cover face, a second cover face, a third cover face, and a fourth cover face. The first cover face and the third cover face are respectively located on two ends of the second cover face. The fourth cover face is located on one side of the second cover face. The cover cavity formed by the first cover face, the second cover face, the third cover face, and the fourth cover face is configured to cover an upper surface and three side surfaces of the article to be covered.
In another embodiment, the configurable number of the cover face units is five (5), comprising a first cover face, a second cover face, a third cover face, a fourth cover face, and a fifth cover face. The first cover face and the third cover face are respectively located on two ends of the second cover face. The fourth cover face and the fifth cover face are respectively located on sides of the second cover face. The cover cavity formed by the first cover face, the second cover face, the third cover face, the fourth cover face, and the fifth cover face is configured to cover an upper surface and four side surfaces of the article to be covered.
The adjacent edges of adjacent cover face units are spliced using splicers.
The splicers are one or more of a zipper, a hook-and-loop fastener such as Velcro, buttons, a lock rope, and a magnetic attraction piece.
The protective cover is configured as an integral structure and made of a waterproof cloth material.
The cover face units that are connected to the edges of the second cover face by a butt joint connection adopt a conjoined transition, and the butt joint connection of the adjacent edges of the other cover face units besides the second cover face are combined and connected by splicers.
Disclosed herein is also an article of outdoor furniture with a protective cover as disclosed above. The article of outdoor furniture comprises a furniture body and a mattress disposed on the furniture body. The protective cover is configured to cover the furniture body and the mattress. The article of outdoor furniture further comprises a containing part provided in the furniture body or the mattress for placing the folded protective cover. The containing part is configured to accommodate the protective cover in a folded condition.
The containing part is fixedly connected to any outer edge of the protective cover using connecting pieces.
Through the optimized design in the present invention, the plurality of cover face units of the protective cover can be spliced together mutually. This optimized design with a configurable number of cover face units allows different configurations of the protective cover, which form a better protective cover cavity, provide a better protective effect, and cover more faces of an article to be covered. In addition, the protective cover can be combined with outdoor furniture in use, which facilitates the folding and storage of the protective cover. The design is optimized by using quick-splicing splicers, which are easy to operate and convenient to use.
To understand the characteristics of the present invention, refer to the drawings and the following detailed description.
In the figures: 1. Protective cover; 10. Cover face unit; 11. First cover face; 12. Second cover face; 13. Third cover face; 14. Fourth cover face; 15. Fifth cover face; 101. Cover cavity; 16. Bundling piece; 2. Splicer; 3. Article to be covered; 31. Containing part; 4. Connecting piece; 300. Article of outdoor furniture; 301. Furniture body; and 302. Mattress.
To make the technical means, creative features, purposes achieved, and effects of the present invention easy to understand, the following is a further elaboration of the present invention combined with specific implementation methods.
It should be noted that all the directional references (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used for explaining relative position relationships, movement conditions, and the like, between all parts under a particular perspective (shown in the drawings), and when the particular perspective changes, the directional references also correspondingly change accordingly. In addition, the terms “first”, “second”, etc., disclosed in the present invention are only used for descriptive purposes, and cannot be interpreted to indicate or imply relative importance or implicitly indicate a number of the indicated technical features. Thus, features defined as “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly comprise at least one feature.
Embodiment 1: Disclosed herein is an embodiment of a protective cover 1 as shown in
The folded protective cover 1 can be bundled and stored using binding straps, elastic ropes, docking buckles, etc.
In the embodiment 1, the protective cover 1 comprises a plurality of cover face units 10, that is, a configurable number of cover face units 10. Adjacent edges of the cover face units 10 are attached in a butt joint connection to form a cover cavity 101 with an open face 101a as shown in
In the embodiment 1 shown in
By adopting the above structure where the second cover face 12 is taken as the cover face for the upper surface of the article 3, the first cover face 11, the third cover face 13, the fourth cover face 14, and the fifth cover face 15 are used for covering the side surfaces of the article 3. In an embodiment, the first cover face 11, the second cover face 12, the third cover face 13, the fourth cover face 14, and the fifth cover face 15 are configured as an integral structure. The cover face units 10 that connect to the edges 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d of the second cover face 12 adopt a conjoined transition structure, and the butt joint connection of adjacent edges 11b,14b/14c,13b/13c,15c/15b,11c of the other cover face units 10 besides the second cover face 12 are connected and combined by the splicers 2. That is, the edges 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d of one of the cover face units 10 such as the second cover face 12, that are attached to the edges 11a, 13a, 14a, and 15a of the other cover face units 10 such as the first cover face 11, the third cover face 13, the fourth cover face 14, and the fifth cover face 15, respectively, by a butt joint connection adopt a conjoined transition. The butt joint connection of the adjacent edges 11b,14b/14c,13b/13c,15c/15b,11c of the other cover face units 10 such as the first cover face 11, the fourth cover face 14, the third cover face 13, and the fifth cover face 15 shown in
In the embodiment 1, the protective cover 1 with the five cover face units 10 covers five surfaces of the article 3. The protective cover 1, is therefore, suitable for covering products such as a single sofa, a single chair, a single stool, etc. A complete coverage of the products can be realized with good waterproof and dust-proof effects provided by the protective cover 1.
Embodiment 2: Disclosed herein is another embodiment of the protective cover 1 as shown in
The protective cover 1 can be bundled and stored using binding straps, elastic ropes, docking buckles, etc., after the protective cover 1 is rolled.
In the embodiment 2, the protective cover 1 comprises a plurality of cover face units 10. The cover face units 10 are configured to form a cover cavity with an open face by a butt joint connection of their edges. The cover cavity is configured to cover a surface of an article 3 to be covered as shown in
In the embodiment 2 shown in
By adopting the above structure, the second cover face 12 is used for covering the upper surface 3a of the article 3, and the first cover face 11 and the third cover face 13 are used for covering the side surfaces 3b and 3c or side parts of the article 3. In an embodiment, the first cover face 11, the second cover face 12, and the third cover face 13 are configured as an integral structure, where the second cover face 12 is used as the main cover face for covering the upper surface 3a of the article 3. In another embodiment, the first cover face 11 and the second cover face 12 are spliced together using the splicers 2, and the third cover face 13 and the second cover face 12 are spliced together using the splicers 2. By adopting an independent cover face structure, combined splicing can be realized for application to the article 3 to be covered correspondingly with more applicability. In another embodiment, any one of the first cover face 11 and the third cover face 13 forms an integral structure with the second cover face 12, while the other cover face 11 or 13 is spliced using the splicers 2. The splicers 2 are one or more of a zipper, a hook-and-loop fastener such as Velcro, buttons, a lock rope, and a magnetic attraction piece. In an embodiment, the splicer 2 adopts a Velcro structure as shown in
In the embodiment 2, according to different specifications of the article 3 to be covered, the protective cover 1 is suitable for covering a multi-seat sofa and non-standard specified articles.
Embodiment 3: Disclosed herein is another embodiment of the protective cover 1 as shown in
In the embodiment 3, the protective cover 1 comprises a plurality of cover face units 10. The cover face units 10 form a cover cavity with an open face by a butt joint connection of their edges. The cover cavity is configured to cover a surface of an article 3 to be covered as shown in
In the embodiment shown in
Using the above structure where the second cover face 12 is used for covering the upper surface 3a of the article 3, the first cover face 11, the third cover face 13, and the fourth cover face 14 are used for covering the side surfaces 3c, 3b, and 3d or side parts of the article 3. In an embodiment, the first cover face 11, the second cover face 12, the third cover face 13, and the fourth cover face 14 form an integral structure, where the second cover face 12 is used as the main cover face for covering the upper surface 3a of the article 3. As shown in
Through the optimized design, the embodiment 3 is suitable for covering products such as outdoor cabinets with drawers and side tea tables.
Embodiment 4: Disclosed herein is an embodiment of an article 300 of outdoor furniture as shown in
After the protective cover 1 is rolled, the protective cover 1 can be bundled using bundling pieces 16 as shown in
In another embodiment, the containing part 31 is fixedly connected to any of the outer edges of the protective cover 1 using connecting pieces 4. One end of a connecting piece 4 adopts hook-and-loop fasteners such as Velcro, buttons, a belt fastener, a plastic buckle, etc., to facilitate docking, and the other end of the connecting piece 4 is fixed to the furniture body frame using a rope, binding strips, etc., to facilitate the storage of the protective cover 1 and improve the use of the protective cover 1.
Through the optimized design in the present invention, the plurality of cover face units 10 of the protective cover 1 can be spliced together mutually. This optimized design with a configurable number of cover face units 10 allows different configurations of the protective cover 1, which form a better protective cover cavity 101, provide a better protective effect, and cover more faces of an article 3 to be covered. In addition, the protective cover 1 can be combined with outdoor furniture in use, which facilitates the folding and storage of the protective cover 1. The design is optimized by using quick-splicing splicers 2, which are easy to operate and convenient to use.
The above is only an embodiment of the present invention and does not limit the present invention in any form. Any revisions, equivalent changes, or modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical principle of the present invention, belong to the scope of the technical scheme of the present invention.
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202221938836.2 | Jul 2022 | CN | national |