US 12,016,461 B2
Compactly packageable sofa with a zippered flap between the seat cushion and the seat back
Jongwan Ha, Xiamen (CN); and Youn Jae Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Zinus Inc., Tracy, CA (US)
Filed by Zinus Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/185,988.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,726, filed on Mar. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0274942 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A47C 4/02 (2006.01); A47C 17/02 (2006.01); A47C 17/12 (2006.01); A47C 17/86 (2006.01); A47C 31/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 17/02 (2013.01) [A47C 4/021 (2013.01); A47C 4/028 (2013.01); A47C 17/86 (2013.01); A47C 31/023 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sofa comprising:
a seat back;
a seat cushion;
a first arm panel, wherein in an assembled state of the sofa the seat back and the seat cushion are attached to the first arm panel; and
a flap that is attached to both the seat back and the seat cushion in the assembled state of the sofa, wherein the seat back, the seat cushion, and the first arm panel are not attached to one another in a compact state of the sofa, and wherein the flap is not attached to both the seat back and the seat cushion in the compact state of the sofa, wherein in the assembled state a gap exists between a back edge of the seat cushion and a front side of the seat back, and wherein in the assembled state the flap extends substantially horizontally from an upper back edge of the seat cushion over the gap to the front side of the seat back and covers the gap below.