Patent ID: 7637567

Claim:
A slip cover for a sofa or a love seat, the sofa or love seat including a back portion, a seating surface and a supporting portion provided below the seating surface, the slip cover comprising: a body piece that includes a generally rectangular back piece and left and right side pieces formed and joined to fit front-facing and back-facing portions of the back piece, each side piece meeting the front-facing portion of the back piece to form a releasably closable vent therebetween on one of a left side or a right side of the sofa or love seat; a generally rectangular back ruffle piece having a plurality of ties, the back ruffle piece joined by a seam to the back-facing portion of the body piece to cover the supporting portion of the sofa or love seat about a back side and the left and right sides of the sofa or love seat, and having first binding extensions extending at each of left and right ends of the back ruffle piece from the seam of the body piece; a seat piece joined to the body piece such that side portions of the seat piece can overhang sides of the seating surface of the sofa or love seat to fit a range of seating surface sizes; and a generally rectangular front ruffle piece having a plurality of ties, the front ruffle piece joined by a seam to a front-facing portion of the seat piece to cover the supporting portion of the sofa or love seat about a front side and the left and right sides of the sofa or love seat, and having second binding extensions extending at the left and right ends from the seam; wherein each releasably closable vent on one of the left side and the right side of the sofa or love seat is configured to be open when the sofa or love seat has an arm on the one side, in order to accommodate the arm of the sofa or love seat, and is configured to be closed when the sofa or love seat has no arm on the one side, wherein the front and back ruffle pieces are unattached to and configured to directly overlap the side portion of the seat piece on the one side when the sofa or love seat has no arm on the one side, and wherein the ties and the first and second binding extensions are tied to one another along the left and right sides of the supporting portion of the sofa or love seat, so as to adjustably wrap the front and back ruffles around the periphery of the sofa or love seat, thereby directly covering excess fabric of the side portion of the seat piece on the one side to adjust the shape of the seat piece when the sofa or love seat has no arm on the one side.