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US 8,465,093 B2Granted
Vehicle seat covers with interchangeable panels
AssigneeAutomotive Innovations, Inc.
InventorJoseph D. Janowski
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Abstract
An automotive seat cover is provided which allows a person to change the appearance of the seat cover without removing the seat cover from the seat. The seat cover includes panels which are removably attachable to the seat cover to alter the functionality or the visual appearance of the seat cover.
Claims23
An automotive seat cover system for covering a vehicle seat having an existing covering, the seat cover system comprising:
- a removably attachable seat cover selectively attachable to a vehicle seat to cover an existing fabric of the vehicle seat, the removably attachable seat cover having an inner facing seat cover surface and an outer facing seat cover surface, wherein the inner facing seat cover surface is configured to face the vehicle seat and the outer facing seat cover surface is configured to face away from the vehicle seat;
- a first section of the removably attachable seat cover substantially defined by a first temporary fastener attached to an inner surface area of the outer facing seat cover surface, the first section being a center panel;
- a first insert panel having a perimeter with a shape corresponding to the first section of the removably attachable seat cover;
- a second temporary fastener disposed substantially around the perimeter of the first insert panel;
- and
- wherein the first temporary fastener and the second temporary fastener are attachable to each other to thereby removably attach the first insert panel to the first section of the removably attachable seat cover and cover the center panel of the removably attachable seat cover.
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A seat cover system comprising:
- a removably attachable seat cover selectively attachable to a seat to cover a seat surface defined by an existing fabric of the seat;
- a first temporary fastener disposed on the removably attachable seat cover;
- a first section of the removably attachable seat cover substantially defined by the first temporary fastener, the first section being a center panel;
- a first insert panel having a perimeter with a shape which corresponds to the shape of the first section;
- a second temporary fastener disposed substantially around the insert panel;
- and
- wherein the first temporary fastener and the second temporary fastener are attachable together to removably attach the first insert panel to the seat cover so that the first insert panel covers the first section of the seat cover and covers the center panel of the removably attachable seat cover.
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A method of temporarily altering the appearance of a vehicle seat comprising:
- selecting a vehicle seat having a seating surface defined by an existing fabric covering the seat;
- selecting a removably attachable seat cover having a seating area which covers the seating surface of the vehicle seat and having a first temporary fastener disposed on the seating area so as to define a first section of the seat cover, the first section being a center panel;
- removably attaching the seat cover to the vehicle seat such that the seating area of the removably attachable seat cover covers the seating surface of the seat;
- selecting a first insert panel, the first insert panel having a second temporary fastener attached thereto;
- and attaching the first temporary fastener to the second temporary fastener to thereby removably attach the first insert panel to the removably attachable seat cover and cover the center panel of the removably attachable seat cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.