Outdoor seat with integrated protective cover
An outdoor seat includes a frame, a seat cushion, a back cushion, and a cover. The frame includes a rear rail that defines a rear bottom portion of the frame. The back cushion includes a drop cloth that has a bottom section which includes a storage pocket. The cover is secured to the drop cloth within the storage pocket. The cover has a packed state in which the cover is enclosed in the storage pocket and a deployed state in which the cover envelopes the frame, the seat cushion, and the back cushion therein.
1 . An outdoor seat comprising:
a frame having a rear rail defining a rear bottom portion of the frame;
a seat cushion;
a back cushion including a drop cloth having a bottom section, the bottom section including a storage pocket; and
a cover secured to the drop cloth within the storage pocket, the cover having a packed state in which the cover is enclosed in the storage pocket and a deployed state in which the cover envelopes the frame, the seat cushion, and the back cushion therein, the drop cloth having a stowed position in which the storage pocket is disposed within the frame forward of the rear rail and concealed within the frame.
2 . The outdoor seat according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is secured to an interior surface of the drop cloth within the storage pocket.
3 . The outdoor seat according to claim 2 , wherein the cover is non-removably secured to the interior surface of the drop cloth within the storage pocket.
4 . The outdoor seat according to claim 1 , wherein the back cushion includes a mount section, the mount section disposed about a back support of the frame.
5 . The outdoor seat according to claim 4 , wherein the mount section is slidably removable from over the back support of the frame.
6 . The outdoor seat according to claim 4 , wherein the drop cloth extends from the mount section.
7 . The outdoor seat according to claim 1 , wherein the cover has an open bottom end, the open bottom end disposed below the frame when the cover is in the deployed state.
8 . The outdoor seat according to claim 7 , wherein the open bottom end of the cover includes a tensioning element, the tensioning element drawing the open bottom end inward in the deployed state of the cover such that the open bottom end is substantially within a footprint of the frame.
9 . An outdoor seat comprising:
a frame having a front rail, a rear rail, and a back support;
a back cushion including a mount section and a drop cloth, the mount section disposed over the back support to secure the back cushion to the frame, the drop cloth extending from a bottom edge of the mount section, the drop cloth having a bottom section including a storage pocket; and
a cover secured to the drop cloth within the storage pocket, the cover having a packed state in which the cover is enclosed in the storage pocket and a deployed state in which the cover envelopes the frame and back cushion therein, the drop cloth having a stowed position in which the storage pocket is disposed within the frame forward of the rear rail and concealed within the frame.
10 . The outdoor seat according to claim 9 , wherein the cover is secured to an interior surface of the drop cloth within the storage pocket.
11 . The outdoor seat according to claim 10 , wherein the cover is non-removably secured to the interior surface of the drop cloth within the storage pocket.
12 . The outdoor seat according to claim 9 , wherein the cover is attached to the interior surface of the drop cloth along an attachment line, the attachment line closer to a center of the cover than to an open bottom end of the cover.
13 . The outdoor seat according to claim 9 , wherein the cover has an open bottom end, the open bottom end disposed below the frame when the cover is in the deployed state.
14 . An outdoor seat comprising:
a frame having a front rail, a rear rail, and a back support;
a back cushion including a mount section and a drop cloth, the mount section disposed over the back support to secure the back cushion to the frame, the drop cloth extending from a bottom edge of the mount section, the drop cloth having a bottom section including a storage pocket; and
a cover secured to the drop cloth within the storage pocket, the cover having a packed state in which the cover is enclosed in the storage pocket and a deployed state in which the cover envelopes the frame and back cushion therein, the drop cloth including a retention system that retains the drop cloth in a raised position thereof in which the bottom section of the drop cloth is adjacent a top of the back cushion.
15 . The outdoor seat according to claim 14 , wherein the open bottom end of the cover includes a tensioning element, the tensioning element drawing the open bottom end inward in the deployed state of the cover such that the open bottom end is substantially within a footprint of the frame.
16 . A method of covering an outdoor seat, the method comprising:
removing a cover from a storage pocket with the cover attached to an interior surface of a drop cloth of the back cushion, the drop cloth extending downward from a mount section of the back cushion, the mount section secured to a back support of a frame of the outdoor seat;
deploying the cover over the frame, the back cushion, and a seat cushion of the outdoor seat, the cover remaining attached to the interior surface of the drop cloth when deployed; and
accessing the storage pocket concealed within the frame by removing the drop cloth from within the frame.
17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein accessing the storage pocket includes removing the storage pocket from a stowed position in which the storage pocket is disposed forward of a rear rail of the frame.