Protective tray with an integrated dust cover for a sofa
AssigneeAshley Furniture Industries, Inc.
InventorJeremy Robinson
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Abstract
An upholstered sofa sits in a protective tray with an integrated dust cover. The protective tray attached to a wood frame of the sofa around a frame opening at a dust cover portion of the protective tray. The tray having a separable juncture between an edge portion of the dust cover portion and the portions of the protective tray surrounding the dust cover portion, whereby portions of the tray surrounding the dust cover portion may be removed at a retail sales location or a user's home. The protective tray with the integrated dust cover is semi-rigid and may be attached robotically at the manufacturer's facility.
Claims24
A sofa with a protective bottom tray attached thereto, the sofa having a front side, two lateral sides, a back side, a bottom side, and a lower periphery with a peripheral edge portion, the sofa comprising a wood frame with upholstery thereon, the frame having a lowermost rectangular frame portion defining a bottom frame opening, the lowermost rectangular frame portion having a downwardly facing frame surface, upholstery edge portions being secured at the downwardly facing frame surface;
- the protective bottom tray having a bottom portion spanning the bottom side and an upward skirt portion extending around the front side, the lateral sides, and the rear side, the bottom portion having an integrated central dust cover portion that has a separable juncture with a bottom peripheral portion, the central dust cover sized to cover the bottom frame opening and to have a frame attachment edge portion, the frame attachment edge portion of the dust cover portion attached onto the downwardly facing frame surface with fasteners whereby the upward skirt portion and the bottom peripheral portion may be removed from the sofa while leaving the central dust cover attached.
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A method of attaching a dust cover to a sofa to cover a bottom frame opening, the method comprising:
- stapling a protective tray with an integrated dust cover to a bottom frame surface of the sofa.
A protective bottom tray for a sofa, the bottom tray having a bottom portion for spanning the bottom side and an upward skirt portion for extending around a front side, lateral sides, and a rear side of the sofa, the bottom portion having a bottom peripheral portion and an integrated central dust cover portion surrounded by the bottom peripheral portion, a separable juncture having a rectangular shape between the bottom peripheral portion and the integrated central dust cover portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.