IP Library Granted Patent US 10,123,640
Granted Patent B2
US 10,123,640 · App. 15/059,763 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Cover for outdoor furniture

Inventors: Olaf Dietrich Elze (Walnut Creek, CA); Shawn Finlay Sterling (Walnut Creek, CA)
Assignee: DUCK COVERS, LLC
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Patent No.
US 10,123,640
App. No.
15/059,763
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cover is for a furniture item defining a recess at an upper end. The cover may include a cover layer extending over the furniture item and over the recess and having an inner surface adjacent the recess, and a bladder coupled to the inner surface of the cover layer adjacent the recess and configured to inflate. The bladder is for preventing depressions on an upper surface of the cover layer.

Claims (13)

1. A furniture item comprising:

a furniture body comprising a first surface and a second surface canted at an angle to the first surface, the first and second surfaces defining a recess therebetween; and

a cover comprising

a cover layer for draping over an entire outer surface of the furniture item and extending over the recess, and having an inner surface adjacent the recess,

a wedge-shaped single air-inflatable bladder in the recess and coupled to the inner surface of said cover layer, said wedge-shaped single air-inflatable bladder configured to inflate and comprising an air valve configured to be attached to a pressurized air source,

said wedge-shaped single air-inflatable bladder having first and second tapered surfaces ending at a common end, the common end being in the recess, the first and second tapered surfaces respectively abutting the first and second surfaces of said furniture body,

said cover layer and said wedge-shaped single air-inflatable bladder being separate from each other,

said wedge-shaped single air-inflatable bladder for preventing depressions on an upper surface of said cover layer.

2. The furniture item of claim 1 wherein said wedge-shaped single air-inflatable bladder comprises a first hook and loop interface surface; and wherein the inner surface of said cover layer comprises a second hook and loop interface surface configured to attach to said first hook and loop interface surface, thereby coupling said cover layer and said wedge-shaped single air-inflatable bladder together.

3. The furniture item of claim 1 wherein said cover further comprises a retention layer coupled to the inner surface of said cover layer, said retention layer enclosing said wedge-shaped single air-inflatable bladder and coupling the wedge-shaped single air-inflatable bladder to said cover layer.

4. The furniture item of claim 1 wherein said air valve extends through said cover layer and outwardly from said cover layer.

5. The furniture item of claim 4 wherein said air valve is configured to be coupled to the pressurized air source.

6. The furniture item of claim 1 wherein said cover layer comprises at least one of waterproof canvas and plastic.

Assignments (12)
ASSIGNMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 2, 2025
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: TIGER FINANCE, LLC
Reel/Frame 070706/0151 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2022
From: CLASSIC ACCESSORIES, LLC
To: TWIN-STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 060022/0867 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
To: DUCK COVERS, LLC
Reel/Frame 056792/0605 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2021
From: THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, AS AGENT
To: CLASSIC ACCESSORIES, LLC; DUCK COVERS, LLC
Reel/Frame 056713/0109 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2021
From: CLASSIC ACCESSORIES, LLC
To: KAYNE SENIOR CREDIT IV LOANCO, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 056639/0305 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2021
From: CLASSIC ACCESSORIES, LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 056616/0367 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: DUCK COVERS, LLC
To: CLASSIC ACCESSORIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 055179/0926 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2020
From: CLASSIC ACCESSORIES, LLC; DUCK COVERS, LLC
To: THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 052744/0916 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2018
From: OSI INC.
To: DUCK COVERS, LLC
Reel/Frame 046850/0073 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2018
From: DUCK COVERS, LLC
To: THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
Reel/Frame 045594/0476 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER FROM 12800893 TO 12800983 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 045560 FRAME 0539. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APPLICATION NUMBER ON THE COVER SHEET SHOULD BE CORRECTED FROM 12800893 TO 12800983. Recorded Apr 18, 2018
From: ELZE, OLAF DIETRICH; STERLING, SHAWN FINLAY
To: OSI INC.
Reel/Frame 045972/0244 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: ELZE, OLAF DIETRICH; STERLING, SHAWN FINLAY
To: OSI INC.
Reel/Frame 045560/0539 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13199009 · Aug 17, 2011
Continuation In Part 12800983 · May 26, 2010
Related Publication 20160183702A1 · Jun 30, 2016
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