Upholstered furniture with integrated back rest portion webbing support

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10299606-B2
Application number	US-201816050529-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2018
Priority date	Oct 20, 2015
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

A upholstered sofa covered by a form fitting upholstery sack where the upholstery sack incorporates a supportive material panel that has integrated support webbing into the material panel. The support webbing comprising a plurality of webbing straps. With the upholstery sack properly positioned on the back rest portion, the supportive material panel is positioned on the front of the back rest portion frame. The material panel with webbing is incorporated as a component of the upholstery sack where the upholstery sack is pre-formed to snugly fit over the back rest portion of a furniture frame. The back rest portion or the frame is inserted into the sack and the material panel with integrated webbing is attached to the frame. Once the material panel is positioned and fastened, the remaining components, for example, the back panels and side panels, of the upholstery sack are attached to the frame at the back rest portion. Due to the construction of the material panel with webbing, installation time is decreased when compared to the time required for conventional webbing and upholstery installations.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of assembling an upholstered sofa comprising:
providing a sofa frame having a rectangular seat, an upright back rest portion integral with the seat base, wherein the back rest portion is affixed to the back side of the seat base, the back rest portion further comprises a back side, a back side outwardly facing surface, a bottom side, a top rail, and a breast rail;
receiving an upholstery sack sized to fit over the back rest portion, the upholstery sack having a back material panel, and an integrated upholstery support assembly, wherein the upholstery support assembly is further comprised of a material portion having a top end and a bottom end and at least one webbing having a length, a first end, and a second end wherein the at least one webbing first end is fixedly attached to the material portion top end and the at least one webbing second end is fixedly attached to the material portion bottom end; and
disposing the upholstery sack on the back rest portion and fixedly attaching the integrated upholstery support assembly to the back rest portion with fasteners.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising fixedly attaching the at least one webbing and material portion proximate the at least one webbing second end to a back side of the breast rail.

3. A sofa comprising:
a wooden sofa frame, and
an upholstery sack sized for the sofa frame, the upholstery sack having a back material panel, a left side material panel, a right side material panel, and an integrated upholstery support assembly, wherein the upholstery support assembly is further comprised of a material portion having a top end and a bottom end and at least one webbing comprising a plurality of webbing straps, the at least one webbing having a length, a first end, a middle portion, and a second end wherein the at least one webbing first end is fixedly attached to the material portion top end, the sack attached to the sofa frame.

4. The sofa of claim 3 , wherein the connection of the integrated upholstery support assembly is attached to a top rail of a back rest and also to a breast rail of the sofa frame.

5. The sofa of claim 4 , further comprising an interior lining fabric that is also joined at the connection of the plurality of straps and the back rest material.

6. The sofa of claim 5 , wherein the sack is configured to entirely cover a top side, a left side, a right side, a front side, and a back side of the sofa.

7. An upholstery sack comprising exposed upholstery material, a back rest material, and a plurality of back rest straps arranged to be spaced and parallel when installed, the back rest straps sewn at a connection of the back rest material and the plurality of straps, whereby when attaching the upholstery sack to a sofa frame the back rest material and back rest straps are simultaneously attached.

8. The upholstery sack of claim 7 in combination with a wooden sofa frame, wherein the connection of the back rest material and the plurality of straps is attached to a top rail of a back rest of the sofa frame.

9. The upholstery sack of claim 7 , further comprising an interior lining fabric that is also joined at the connection of the plurality of straps and the back rest material.

10. The upholstery sack of claim 9 in combination with a wooden sofa frame, wherein the connection of the interior lining fabric, the back rest material, and the plurality of straps is attached to a top rail of a back rest of the sofa frame.

11. The upholstery sack and sofa combination of claim 10 , wherein the sack is configured to cover a top side, a left side, a right side, a front side, and a back side of the sofa.

12. The upholstery sack and sofa combination of claim 11 further comprising a plurality of integrated back rest cushion cases formed of the exposed upholstery material, each cushion case having a zipper opening.

Assignees

• Ashley Furniture Ind Inc

Inventors

• Lewis James Allen
• Stokes Philip Lee
• SUDDUTH James Anthony
• Holley Jimmy Dale

Classifications

• A47C17/02

  Sofas, couches, settees, or the like, without movable parts · CPC title

• A47C31/11 Primary

  for chairs {(for headrests only A47C7/386)} · CPC title

• A47C27/001

  with several cushions, mattresses or the like, to be put together in one cover · CPC title

• A47C17/86

  Parts or details specially adapted for beds, sofas or couches not fully covered by any single one of groups A47C17/02 - A47C17/84 · CPC title