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AssigneeAshley Furniture Industries, Inc.
InventorsEarnest Gates, Steve Koon, James Anthony Sudduth, James A. Lewis, Wayne Bramlitt
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An upholstered sofa comprises a sofa frame covered with fitted upholstery. The fitted upholstery provided by a form fit upholstery cover or covers formed of upholstery material and comprising stitched upholstery panels and pieces, the cover having upholstery edge portions with attachment means for securement of the edge portion without staples to the sofa frame. The attachment means may be a resilient polymer channel sewn to the upholstery material. The attachment means may be a plurality of elastic cords with connectors on distal ends of the cords. The elastic cords may be stretched and attached to features on the sofa frame or to features on the upholstery cover thereby keeping the upholstery cover assembly taught on the sofa frame.
An upholstered sofa comprising:
A method of assembling an upholstered sofa comprising:
An upholstery kit for upholstering a sofa frame having a box frame portion, a pair of side arm frame portions, and a back rest frame portion, the upholstery kit comprising an back rest upholstery sack configured for covering the back rest frame portion, the back rest upholstery sack formed of upholstery material having a lower back rest edge portion sized for extending substantially a length of the sofa, the back rest portion having a first attachment means extending substantially a length of the lower back rest edge portion for securement of the back rest upholstery sack to an underside of the sofa frame, the first attachment means not requiring staples for the attachment of the lower back rest edge portion at the underside of the sofa frame, the first attachment means comprising one of an elongate polymer channel and a plurality of elastic cords with rigid connectors, the upholstery kit further comprising a box frame cover including a front side upholstery panel formed of upholstery material with a front side upholstery panel lower edge portion for attachment on the underside of the sofa frame without requiring staples, the front side upholstery panel lower edge portion having a second attachment means extending substantially a length of the lower edge portion for securement of the front side upholstery panel to the sofa frame at the underside of the sofa frame without requiring staples, the second attachment means comprising one of an elongate polymer channel and a plurality of elastic cords with rigid connectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.