Upholstered furniture with integrated back rest portion webbing support
AssigneeAshley Furniture Industries, Inc.
InventorsJames Allen Lewis, Philip Lee Stokes, James Anthony Sudduth, Jimmy Dale Holley
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Abstract
A sofa frame covered by a form fitting upholstery sack where the upholstery sack incorporates integrated support webbing comprising a plurality of webbing straps. With the upholstery sack properly positioned on the back rest portion, the support webbing is positioned on the front of the back rest portion frame. The upholstery sack is pre-formed to snugly fit over the back rest portion of the sofa frame. Installation time is decreased when compared to the time required for conventional webbing and upholstery installations.
Claims20
An upholstered sofa comprising:
- a sofa frame having a seat base, an upright back rest portion integral with the seat base, the seat base having a left side, a right side, a front side, and a back side, a forward wooden member extends between from the left side to the right side at the front side and a rearward wooden member extends from the left side to the right side at the back side, wherein the back rest portion has wood upright members extending from the rearward wooden member and is affixed at the back side of the seat base, the back rest portion further having a front side, a back side, and a lower portion, and comprising a wood top rail, a wood breast rail, and a wood spring rail;
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- an upholstery sack having a back, a left side, a right side, and a front side, the front side having exposed upholstery material and an integrated upholstery support assembly including a integrated webbing, the integrated webbing comprising a plurality of straps, the webbing attached to the exposed upholstery material at upper ends of the plurality of straps;
- wherein the upholstery sack is disposed on the frame with the exposed upholstery material and upper ends of the plurality of straps attached to the top rail, and wherein bottom ends of the plurality of straps are attached to a lower portion of the back rest portion.
A sofa comprising:
- a sofa frame comprising a plurality of wood frame members extending between a left arm rest and a right arm rest, the wood frame members comprising a wood breast rail and a wood spring rail,
- an upholstery sack comprising an exterior exposed upholstery material, and a plurality of parallel straps, each of the parallel straps joined to the exterior exposed upholstery material at an upper end of the plurality of parallel straps, and wherein the sack is attached to the sofa frame, including each of the plurality of parallel straps individually attached to the wood frame member of the sofa frame.
An upholstery sack comprising exposed upholstery material, and a plurality of back rest straps arranged to be spaced and parallel when installed, the back rest straps positioned interior of the exposed upholstery material, the back rest straps sewn at a connection of the exposed upholstery material and the plurality of straps, whereby when attaching the upholstery sack to a sofa frame the upholstery material and back rest straps may be simultaneously attached at the connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.