Sofa cover tailoring procedure

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a sofa cover tailoring procedure and, more particularly, to a simple method of tailoring a sofa cover that covers the sofa perfectly in shape and does not slip after covered on the sofa.

2. Description of the Related Art

A sofa starts to wear or to fade quickly with use. When the covering of a sofa damaged, the frame structure may still be maintained well. It is pity to throw away a used sofa that has the frame structure maintained well. However, it costs a lot of money and takes much time to replace the covering of the sofa. At this time, it is a good way to cover the used sofa with a sofa cover.

Conventionally, people may use a single piece of cloth to cover a used sofa, and use clips to secure the piece of cloth to the covering of the soft. This method has numerous drawbacks as follows:

1. When the user standing up from the sofa, the cover cloth becomes wrinkled, and the user must arrange the cover cloth in shape again. More particularly to a family having a child or children, it is more difficult to frequently keep the cover cloth in shape.

2. It is difficult to have the single piece of cover cloth fit the contour of the sofa, and the suspending corner area of the cover cloth may touch the floor and easily be contaminated with floor dirt. When walking around the sofa, everyone must keep the feet away from the suspending corner area of the cover cloth.

3. Due to low friction coefficient between the covering of the sofa and the cover cloth, the cover cloth tends to slip on the surface of the sofa.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide a sofa cover tailoring procedure, which is practical to tailor a sofa cover that eliminates the aforesaid drawbacks.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is the main object of the present invention to provide a sofa cover tailoring procedure, which is practical for tailoring sofa covers through a mass production process by cutting pieces of cloths into main cover cloth members and side cover cloth members and then stitching each two side cover cloth members to the two opposite lateral sides of each main cover cloth members. It is another object of the present invention to provide a sofa cover tailoring procedure, which uses tough, elastic cloth material for making sofa covers to fit different shapes and sizes of sofas. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a sofa cover tailoring procedure, which is practical for making a sofa cover that fits sofas having an elevational difference between the back and the armrests. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a sofa cover tailoring procedure, which is practical for making a sofa cover that fits sofas having the back and the armrests made at an equal height.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the sofa cover tailoring procedure is adapted to tailor a sofa cover for a sofa having an elevational difference between the back and the armrests, comprising the steps of: a) cutting a piece of cloth into a main cover cloth member having two opposite lateral sides symmetrically curved subject to the contour of the sofa, and then marking turning points of each of two opposite symmetrically curved lateral sides of the main cover cloth member respectively with marks A;B;B1;C;D;E; b) cutting a piece of cloth into two side cover cloth members having the respective total contour line greater than the contour line of each lateral side of the sofa, and then marking turning points of curved border line of the side cover cloth members respectively with marks a;b;b1;c;d2;d1;e;f;g;h; and c) stitching segment ABB1 of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member to segment abb1 of each side cover cloth member, then stitching segment B1C of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member to segment b1c of each side cover cloth member, and then stitching turning points d1 and d2 of each side cover cloth member together, and then stitching segment CD of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member to segment cd 1(d2) of each side cover cloth member, and then stitching segment DE of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment d1(de)e of each side cover cloth member, and then stitching segment gf of each side cover cloth member to segment gh of the respective side cover cloth member, leaving an opening in the bottom side of the cover.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the sofa cover tailoring procedure is adapted to tailor a sofa cover for a sofa having the back and two armrests made at an equal height, comprising the steps of: a) cutting a piece of cloth into a main cover cloth member having two opposite lateral sides symmetrically curved subject to the contour of the sofa, and then marking turning points of each of two opposite symmetrically curved lateral sides of the main cover cloth member respectively with marks A;B;B1;C;D;E; b) cutting a piece of cloth into two side cover cloth members having the respective total contour line greater than the contour line of each lateral side of the sofa, and then marking turning points of curved border line of the side cover cloth members respectively with marks a;b;c;d;e;f;g;h; and c) stitching segment AB of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member to segment ab of each the side cover cloth member, then stitching segment BC of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member to segment bc of each the side cover cloth member, and then stitching turning points CD of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member to segment cd of each the side cover cloth member, and then stitching segment DE of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member to segment de of each the side cover cloth member, and then stitching segment gf of each the side cover cloth member to segment gh of the respective side cover cloth member, leaving an opening in the bottom side of the cover.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a plain view of a piece of cloth sketched with a pattern for a main cover cloth member for a three-seat sofa according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plain view of a main cover cloth member cut from the piece of cloth shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3A is a plain view of a piece of cloth sketched with a pattern for a main cover cloth member for a two-seat sofa (love seat) according to the present invention.

FIG. 3B is a plain view of a piece of cloth sketched with a pattern for a main cover cloth member for a single-seat sofa (club chair) according to the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a plain view of a side cover cloth member for sofa cover according to the present invention.

FIG. 4B is a schematic drawing showing the triangular flap of the side cover cloth member shadowed.

FIG. 5A is a plain view of one main cover cloth member and two symmetrical side cover cloth members for sofa cover according to the present invention.

FIG. 5B is a perspective view showing turning points d1;d2 stitched together and the loose part of the sofa cover inserted into gaps in the sofa according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a sofa cover according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows the relationship between the soft cover and the sofa according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plain view of one main cover cloth member and two symmetrical side cover cloth members for a sofa cover for a sofa having the back and the armrests made at an equal height according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective side view of a part of the sofa cover according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 shows the relationship between the soft cover and the sofa according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

A sofa cover is made according to the present invention by cutting a piece of elastic cloth (spandex or knitting fabric) into one main cover cloth member 10 and two side cover cloth members 11 and then stitching the side cover cloth members 11 to the main cover cloth member 10 (see FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 1, a piece of cloth 1 is prepared and then cut into a main cover cloth member 10 subject to a predetermined pattern as shown in FIG. 2. The main cover cloth member 10 has two opposite lateral sides symmetrically curved subject to the contour of a sofa having armrests. The turning points of each of the two opposite curved lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 are respectively marked with marks A;B;B1;C;D;E. Regular sofas have different sizes, including single seat sofas (club chairs), two-seat sofas (loveseats), and three-seat sofas. The main cover cloth member 10 is prepared in three sizes to fit different sofas. For example, the main cover cloth member 10 shown in FIG. 2 has the biggest size for three-seat sofa, the main cover cloth member shown in FIG. 3A is the next biggest one for loveseat, and the main cover cloth member shown in FIG. 3B is the smallest one for single-seat sofa (club chair).

Further, a piece of cloth 1 is prepared and then cut into a side cover cloth member 11 subject to a predetermined pattern as shown in FIG. 4A. The side cover cloth member 11 is cut subject to the contour of one lateral side of a sofa having two armrests. The total contour line of the side cover cloth member 11 is greater than the contour line of one lateral side of the sofa. The turning points of curved border line of the side cover cloth member 11 are respectively marked with marks a;b;b1;c;d2;d1;e;f;g;h, wherein the segment of the elevational difference between turning point b and turning point b1 corresponds to the height from the top of the back of the sofa to the top of the armrests.

When fastening the two side cover cloth members 11 to the main cover cloth member 10 (see FIG. 5A), stitch segment ABB1 of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment abb1 of each side cover cloth member 11, then stitch segment B1C of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment b1c of each side cover cloth member 11, and then stitch turning points d1 and d2 of each side cover cloth member 11 together (see FIG. 5B), and then stitch segment CD of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment cd1(d2) of each side cover cloth member 11, and then stitch segment DE of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment d1(de)e of each side cover cloth member 11, and then stitch segment gf of each side cover cloth member 11 to segment gh of the respective side cover cloth member 11, leaving an opening in the bottom side of the cover, and then fastening an elastic band 5 to the border of such opening with stitches, forming the desired sofa cover 2 as shown in FIG. 6.

It is to be understood that the shape of the side cover cloth member 11 is unlike the counter of one lateral side of the sofa, i.e., an additional triangular flap is provided and extended from the curve between bd1 (see FIG. 4B). This triangular flap design is finally determined after a number of modifications. The triangular flap is provided such that sofa cover has sufficient space to accommodate a big armrest. If the armrest of the sofa is relatively smaller, the excessive part of the triangular flap can be inserted into a gap in the sofa and kept from sight without obstructing the sense of beauty. Due to the presence of this triangular flap, the distance of segment cd1 of the side cover cloth member 11 is relatively increased and unable to fit the distance of segment CD of the main cover cloth member 10. Therefore, turning points d1 and d2 must be stitched together at first (i.e., reduce the distance between d1˜d2) before stitching segment CD of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment cd1 of the side cover cloth member 11. This arrangement prevents wrinkles around the inner side of the armrest of the sofa.

Further, when covered on the sofa, the bottom side of the sofa cover may be forced upwards by the elastic material property of the sofa cover, thereby causing the bottom side of the sofa cover unable to cover the whole sofa. In order to eliminate this problem, the invention has the top and bottom sides of the main cover cloth member 10 cut curved outwards. Therefore, when the sofa cover covered on the sofa, the material stretching force causes the bottom side of the soft cover to be stretched, forming a straight side that covers the bottom side of the sofa well.

As indicated above, the invention uses knitting fabrics or elastic cloth materials to make a sofa cover, and the periphery of the bottom opening of the sofa cover is internally mounted with an elastic band 5 that secures the sofa cover to the border area of the sofa firmly. During installation, the sofa cover 2 is covered on the sofa 3, keeping the elastic band 5 binding to the border area of the bottom side of the sofa, and then flexible tubes (not shown) are inserted in gaps in between the back cushion and the seat cushions and gaps in between the armrests and the seat cushions to stretch the sofa cover 2 in shape.

For a sofa in which the back and the armrests have the same height, the sofa cover must be modified. The invention provides a second embodiment for this purpose. AS shown in FIG. 8, one main cover cloth member 10 and two side cover cloth members 11′ are prepared. The main cover cloth member 10 has two opposite lateral sides symmetrically curved subject to the contour of a sofa having the back and the armrests made at an equal height. The turning points of each of the two opposite curved lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 are respectively marked with marks A;B;B1;C;D;E. The main cover cloth member 10 is prepared in three sizes for single seat sofas (club chairs), two-seat sofas (loveseats), and three-seat sofas.

The side cover cloth member 11′ is cut subject to the contour of one lateral side of the sofa having back and the armrests made at an equal height. The total contour line of the side cover cloth member 11′ is greater than the contour line of one lateral side of the sofa. The turning points of curved borderline of the side cover cloth member 11′ are respectively marked with marks a;b;;c;d;e;f;g;h.

When fastening the two side cover cloth members 11′ to the main cover cloth member 10, stitch segment AB of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment ab of each side cover cloth member 11′, then stitch segment BC of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment bc of each side cover cloth member 11′, and then stitch turning points CD of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment cd of each side cover cloth member 11′, and then stitch segment DE of each of the two opposite lateral sides of the main cover cloth member 10 to segment de of each side cover cloth member 11′, and then stitch segment gf of each side cover cloth member 11′ to segment gh of the respective side cover cloth member 11′, leaving an opening in the bottom side of the cover, and then fastening an elastic band 5 to the border of such opening with stitches, forming the desired sofa cover 2 as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.

Although two particular embodiments of the invention have been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.