US 12,285,113 B2
Dual use device furniture component and furniture cover
Liang Chou Chen, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Foremost Homes Inc., East Hanover, NJ (US)
Filed by Foremost Home Inc., East Hanover, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/182,129.
Application 18/182,129 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/859,246, filed on Jul. 7, 2022, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 202220524626.2 (CN), filed on Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284794 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A47C 7/66 (2006.01); A47C 7/42 (2006.01); A47C 31/11 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 31/11 (2013.01) [A47C 7/42 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dual use device adapted to be used to cover a furniture item, the dual use device having a stored state and a covering state, the dual use device being in the form of a furniture component in its stored state, the dual use device comprising:
an enclosure including a plurality of enclosure panels, the enclosure panels being connected so as to define a shape of the furniture component, wherein the connection between at least some of the enclosure panels is through one or more detachable attachments which permit the at least some enclosure elements to be separated from one another when the attachment is detached so as to provide an opening into an internal space within the enclosure; and
a cover for covering a furniture item, the cover being foldably received within the internal space when the dual use device is in its stored state and the dual use device serves as a furniture component, and the cover adapted to be extracted from the internal space and unfolded to cover the furniture item when the dual use device is in its covering state;
wherein the plurality of enclosure panels comprise a top panel, a plurality of sidewall panels attached to the top panel; and bottom panel attached to each of the sidewall panels; and
wherein the detachable connections are between adjacent sidewall panels and between adjacent bottom panels.