Patent Publication Number: US-9888779-B2

Title: Covering and enclosure assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention. 
     (2) Description of Related Art including information disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98. 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to covering and enclosure assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new covering and enclosure assembly for coupling a blanket to a back of a chair. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shell defining an internal space. The shell is configured to couple to a back of a chair. A closure is coupled to and positioned in a front of the shell. A blanket is positioned in the internal space of the shell. The shell is configured to couple to a back of a chair. The closure is positioned in the front, such that the closure is configured for opening and closing. The blanket is configured to be accessed by a user through the closure. 
     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. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       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: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric perspective view of a covering and enclosure assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new covering and enclosure assembly embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the covering and enclosure assembly  10  generally comprises a shell  12  that defines an internal space  14 . The shell  12  is configured to couple to a back of a chair. The shell  12  is water resistant. The shell  12  comprises canvas. The shell  12  is substantially rectangularly box shaped. 
     A rim  16  is coupled to the shell  12  proximate to a rear  18  of the shell  12 . The rim  16  extends substantially perpendicularly from a top  20 , a bottom  22  and opposing sides  24  of the shell  12 . The rim  16  is configured to couple to the back of the chair. 
     A plurality of couplers  26  is coupled to the rim  16 . The couplers  26  are configured to couple the rim  16  to the back of the chair. The plurality of couplers  26  comprises stitching  28 . 
     A closure  30  is coupled to and positioned in a front  32  of the shell  12 . The closure  30  extends from proximate to the top  20  to proximate to the bottom  22  of the shell  12 . The closure  30  is positioned substantially equally distant from the opposing sides  24 . The closure  30  comprises a zipper  34 . The zipper  34  opens from proximate to the top  20  to proximate to the bottom  22 . 
     A blanket  36  is positioned in the internal space  14  of the shell  12 . The blanket  36  is water resistant. The blanket  36  is fire resistant. In one embodiment, the blanket  36  is both water and fire resistant. The blanket  36  comprises cloth. 
     A plurality of first fasteners  38  is coupled to an interior surface  40  of the shell  12 . The first fasteners  38  are coupled to the front  32 . The first fasteners  38  are positioned proximate to the closure  30 . The first fasteners  38  are linearly positioned between the top  20  and the bottom  22  of the shell  12 . The plurality of first fasteners  38  comprises six first fasteners  38 . 
     A plurality of second fasteners  42  is coupled proximate to a first end  44  of the blanket  36 . The second fasteners  42  are complementary to the first fasteners  38 . The second fasteners  42  are positioned on the blanket  36  such that the second fasteners  42  are positioned to reversibly couple to the first fasteners  38  to reversibly couple the blanket  36  to the interior surface  40  of the shell  12 . The plurality of second fasteners  42  is numerically equivalent to the plurality of first fasteners  38 . 
     In one embodiment, each first fastener  38  and a respective second fastener  42  comprises a snap fastener  46 . The snap fasteners  46  comprises metal. In another embodiment, the rear  18  is open, such that the shell  12  and the back of the chair define the internal space  14 . 
     In use, the rim  16  of the shell  12  is configured to couple to a back of a chair. The closure  30 , which is configured for opening and closing, is positioned in the front  32 . The blanket  36  is configured to be accessed by a user through the closure  30  when the closure  30  is in an open position. A second end  48  of the blanket  36  is configured for extension through the closure  30 , such that the blanket  36  is positionable over the user when the user is seated in the chair. The snap fasteners  46  are positioned to retain the first end  44  of the blanket  36  in the internal space  14  of the shell  12 . The snap fasteners  46  also are configured for decoupling of the blanket  36  from the shell  12 . 
     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.