Patent ID: 7997646
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A cover for releasable securement onto the headrest portion of a seat or chair for engaging a seated person's head, the headrest portion of the seat or chair having a front, a top, and a back, the cover comprising: (a) a section of flexible sheet-like material having a front surface, a rear surface, a longitudinal dimension, first and second longitudinal lateral side regions generally parallel to the longitudinal dimension; and (b) first and second longitudinal elastic members, each of the elastic members having a length and a width, the width small relative to the length, each of the elastic members permanently attached in a longitudinal orientation to the sheet-like material in at least two points thereon, the length of each elastic member oriented parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the sheet-like material, the first elastic member attached within the first longitudinal lateral side region and the second elastic member attached within the second longitudinal lateral side region, the elastic members each having a loose portion between the points of attachment; wherein the cover may be positioned over the headrest with the longitudinal dimension of the section of sheet-like material oriented up the front, over the top, and at least partially down the back of the headrest, and wherein the loose portion of each of the elastic members may be stretched in a direction away from their initial longitudinal orientation at least partially around the headrest to position the front surface of the sheet-like material in such a manner so as to receive on the front of the headrest the head of a person seated in the seat or chair.