Patent ID: 6481793
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A protective cover for automobile seats having a seat cushion and a back rest extending upwardly from the seat cushion, said protective cover comprising:a front layer of plastic foil having a perimeter and a predetermined length and width, a rear layer formed of elastic and retractable plastic foil, said rear layer when retracted being of the same length and width as said front layer and having a perimeter shaped similar to the shape of said perimeter of said front layer, said rear layer superposing said front layer with its perimeter aligned with said perimeter of said front layer and in flat abutment with said front layer, said perimeter of said front layer and said perimeter of said rear layer being welded together to hold said front and rear layers in flat abutment with each other when said rear layer is retracted so that multiple ones of said protective covers can be stored in superposed relationship without wrinkling of said front and rear layers, said rear layer defining an opening displaced from said perimeter of said rear layer leaving a first region on one side of said opening and a second region on the other side of said opening and with connecting strips extending between said first and second regions and straddling said opening, said front layer and said first region of said rear layer defining a first pocket for receiving the back rest of the car seat, said front layer and said second region of said rear layer defining a second pocket for receiving a seat cushion of the car seat, said connecting strips being sized and shaped to engage about the seat cushion and the back rest of the automobile seat, said second layer being expandable and retractable across its entire length and width for expanding said opening and said first and second pockets to receive the back rest and seat cushion of the automobile seat and for retracting about the seat cushion and back rest of the automobile seat and for multiple use of said protective cover.