Patent ID: 6749922
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
A furniture protection system for precluding pets from walking, standing, sitting and reclining on furniture comprising, in combination;a piece of furniture, selected from the class of furniture including a sofa, a chair and a bed, each piece of furniture, having a relatively flat region that a user desires to protect from a pet animal; and a generally rectangular protection device being comprised of a flat piece of cardboard having a pair of long parallel side edges and a pair of short parallel side edges, the protection device being adapted to have various colors, textures and indicia, the protection device also having a plurality of creases running parallel to the short side edges with the creases being equally spaced along the length of the protection device, the creases being folds in alternating upward and downward fashion to form an accordion pattern, this accordion pattern enabling the protection device to maintain a three dimensional configuration with raised lines and lowered lines despite a generally flat shape, the lower lines being parallel lines positionable in contact with a flat region of the piece of furniture for support, this three dimensional configuration acts as a space filler positioned on and above the flat region of the piece of furniture thereby preventing a pet animal from finding a space on the furniture to rest upon, furthermore the system being adapted to be stored by folding the protection device along all its creases thereby reducing the length of the protection device to the distance between the creases making the protection device more conducive for storage, the protection device for use with a sofa being about 136 inches long and 20 inches wide and &frac18; inch thick, for use with a chair being about 56 inches long and 20 inches wide and &frac18; inch thick, and for use with a bed with two protectors positioned side-by-side each protector being about 136 inches long and 20 inches.