WO2006134255A2

WO2006134255A2 - Door cover

Info

Publication number: WO2006134255A2
Application number: PCT/FR2006/001318
Authority: WO
Inventors: Victoire De La Croix
Original assignee: Victoire De La Croix
Priority date: 2005-06-13
Filing date: 2006-06-12
Publication date: 2006-12-21
Also published as: FR2886828B1; EP1891294A2; US20100212789A1; WO2006134255A3; JP2008544117A; ATE532935T1; FR2886828A1; EP1891294B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for dressing or covering at partially a leaf as a door. The inventive device comprises a flexible material (Z) and closing means (E, F) for shaping said flexible material in the form of an adjustable sleeve which is adaptable to doors having different heights and enables the door to be opened and closed.

Description

Door cover

The present invention relates to the field of interior decoration or renovation of a habitat.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a door cover intended to be configured in the form of a sleeve for dressing a door of a dwelling or a dwelling. However, the invention generally applies to the cladding of any type of opening. In the following, however, it will be considered that the invention applies to the dressing of a door.

The purpose of this invention is thus to meet a need to decorate an element of our often overlooked habitat: the door.

There are, in the state of the art, various types of covers for the cladding of a door or, in general, an opening.

In this regard, reference may be made to US Pat. No. 5,839,237, which describes a garage door trim.

However, in the state of the art, and in particular in this document US Pat. No. 5,839,237, the covering is not configured in the form of a cover coming from covering the two mutually opposite large faces of an opening, only the one of the two faces of the door being intended to be dressed.

The object of the invention is therefore to overcome the disadvantages of the covers of the state of the art.

Therefore, it is an object of the invention to provide a door trim capable of covering both sides of a door simultaneously.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a covering, simple structure, easy to install and can be manufactured at low cost.

The invention therefore relates to a device for covering or at least partly covering an opening such as a door, characterized in that it comprises a flexible material, and closure means adapted to configure the flexible material under The shape of an adjustable sleeve, to adapt to doors of different heights while allowing a smooth operation of opening and closing the door.

This device thus acts as a sleeve around the door and can decorate both sides of the door without damaging it because the mounting of the sleeve does not require the use of aggressive fixing means such as screws, nails or adhesives .

Preferably choose a material for the sleeve sufficiently fine to decorate both sides of the door without hindering the operation of closing or opening.

In various embodiments, the invention may further include one or more of the following features, taken alone or in any technically possible combination:

- The closure means comprise eyelets placed in the vicinity of one of the end zones of the material and ribbons placed in the vicinity of the other end zone of the material;

- eyelets and ribbons are arranged linearly and transversely;

the eyelets are each associated with a ribbon intended to be tied with the ribbons of the other end zone to close the sleeve;

the closure means comprise closure means with loops and hooks, of the Velcro tape type;

- The closure means comprise a set of buttons and buttonholes;

the closure means comprise a set of snaps;

the material is elastic and sewn to form the sleeve;

- The closure means comprises one or more adhesive strips;

the closure means comprise a set of straps fastened to one of the ends of the material and a corresponding set of tongue buckles intended to engage in an orifice formed in the strap, said loops being provided at an opposite end of the material;

The flexible material is made in the form of a set of sections joined two by two by said closure means to form the sleeve.

The invention will be better understood on reading the description made with reference to the appended drawings in which:

- Figure 1 shows the drawing of a door cover whose closure system comprises cords or ribbons and eyelets;

- Figure 2 shows the front side a door dressed with a door house whose closure system includes ribbons and grommets;

- Figure 3 shows the back side of a door dressed with a door house whose closure system includes ribbons and grommets;

- Figure 4 shows the front side of a door cover whose closure system includes Velcro strips;

- Figure 5 shows the back side of a door cover whose closure system comprises. Velcro strips;

- Figure 6 shows a door covered with a door cover whose closure system is made of Velcro strips;

- Figure 7 shows a door cover whose closure system comprises a set of buttons and buttonholes; - Figure 8 shows a door dressed with a door cover whose closure system comprises a set of buttons and buttonholes;

- Figure 9 shows the front side of a door cover whose closure system comprises a set of snaps;

- Figure 10 shows the back side of a door cover whose closure system comprises a set of snaps; - Figure 11 shows a door cover whose closure system comprises a row of elastics;

- Figure 12 shows a door dressed with a door cover whose closure system comprises elastics; - Figure 13 shows a door cover whose closure system comprises eyelets and a lace;

- Figure 14 shows a door covered with a door cover whose closure system comprises eyelets and a cord; - Figure 15 shows a door cover whose closure system comprises an adhesive tape;

- Figure 16 illustrates another embodiment of a device according to the invention, the closure means are formed by a set of belt buckle and straps; and - Figures 17 and 18 yet another embodiment of a device according to the invention wherein the device is arranged in the form of several panels interconnected by strips.

As shown in Figure 1, the door cover H is in the form of a rectangular piece of flexible material Z equipped with adjustable closing means adapted to conform the cover in the form of a continuous sleeve around the door . This material may consist of a type of material suitable for the intended use, such as cotton, jersey, etc. It will be noted however that in certain applications this material may also be constituted by a nonwoven, for example polyethylene or EVA (Ethylene

Vinyl Acetate), for the realization of a disposable cover.

Note that the rectangular shape in the drawings is merely illustrative and can be replaced by any other geometric element so that the material Z can cover at least partly the two heights of the door to form a continuous sleeve around the door, (Figures 2 and 3).

Z material is narrower than a standard door.

Thus, to use the cover, simply wrap the material Z around the door and adjust the fabric to the door so that the sleeve perfectly matches the contours of the door thanks to its adjustable closure system.

This invention can be described with a side A and B which represent _. respectively the front and back of the door once the device set up.

In other words, the device comprises two zones 1 and 2 which are intended to come respectively to be pressed against the front face and the back side of the door and two mutually opposite faces which come one against the door and the other. other constitute the visible outer face of the cover.

With reference to FIG. 2, on the external side A, a decoration I (FIG. 1) is applied to the material. The representation of the decoration I on the drawings is merely illustrative and can be replaced by any other decorative element. This decoration can be silkscreened, digitized, sewn, painted, embroidered glued, woven into the fabric, etc. It can extend over the entire surface of the rectangle or only part of it.

On the back side B, or inside of the cover, is the closing system of the cover. In one embodiment of the closure system, the closure is obtained by making knots with cords, (or ribbons), (Figure 1):

A row of cords E is thus sewn in a linear fashion at the end of the face of the rectangle, in the width direction, that is to say on the transverse side 3 of the rectangle. The length of the material Z being longer than twice the height of the door. This forms a flap A '. On the internal face B of the rectangle, on the limit of the flap A 'is fixed linearly a row of eyelet F whose number corresponds to the number of cords E located on the other end of Z, and under each eyelet a cord G is sewn. Each cord E corresponds transversely to an eyelet F and will pass through this eyelet F to be tied with a cord G. It is then sufficient to pull the cords E to adjust the device to the size of the door.

In a variant, the closure means are: a- Velcro closure. (Figures 4, 5 and 6)

On the material Z, on the front face A, is stitched or glued a row of Velcro® strips O on the flap A ', these Velcro® strips being parallel to the longitudinal sides 4 and 5 of the rectangle Z. On the B side of the material Z will be stitched a Velcro® band P on the edge 3 of the rectangle of Z. Then we will wrap the material Z on the door in the direction of the length, the male and female parts of the Velcro sticking to ensure the closure of the cover , to form the sleeve. The length of Velcro strips O will adapt to different door heights. b- Closure of the button and buttonhole type (FIGS. 7 and 8) On the cover Z, at the height of the flap A 'are stitched a few rows of buttonholes N parallel to the longitudinal sides 4 and 5 of the rectangle Z. At the lateral side 3 of the Z fabric rectangle is sewn a row of buttons M. The material Z will then be surrounded on the door

(Figure 8), in the direction of the length. Simply button buttons in the buttonholes to close the cover and form the sleeve. The different heights of buttonholes will allow the cover to be adjusted to different door heights. c- Closing by pressure (FIGS. 9 and 10)

On the front face of the fabric rectangle Z is applied on the flap A 'several rows of snaps R, parallel to the sides 4 and 5. On the B side of the fabric rectangle Z is applied a row of snaps S in width, along the lateral side _3.. The fabric Z will then be wrapped around the door. Then it will be enough to press the snaps, to close the sleeve. The number of snaps R per row will adjust Z to different door heights. d- Elastic closure (Figures 1 1 and 12) On the cover Z is sewn a row of elastic Q on the edge of the cover, along the side 3, whose length is about one third of that of the flap AT' . Then the end of the elastic Q is sewn at the flap A ', this closes the sleeve, (Figure 12) It then slides the sleeve Z on the door in its height. The elasticity of Elastics will allow the sleeve to fit different sized doors. e- Lace-up closure (Figures 13 and 14)

In this case, the length of the cover Z will be about twice the size of a standard door height. On the side edges 3 and 6 B is formed a row of eyelets T. In this embodiment, the sleeve is formed by wrapping the cover around the door (Figure 13). To close the sleeve a U string or ribbon is laced as on a shoe to close the sleeve around the door (Figure 14). The length of the cord will adapt to different door heights. f- A door sleeve whose material is flexible and elastic (like a cotton jersey), whose narrow ends are sewn edge to edge to form a sleeve. The elasticity of the material will allow to adapt to different door heights.

As will be understood, the invention which has just been described, which uses a generally rectangular cover provided with fastening means for configuring the cover in the form _'of a sleeve which is positioned around a door, makes it possible to dress the door by means of a particularly simple structure device, easy to install, and a relatively low manufacturing cost.

The cost of manufacture can be further reduced when the cover is made of nonwoven material. In the various embodiments envisaged, the closure means consist either of cords provided on one end of the cover and intended to be inserted into corresponding eyelets at the other end to be tied with cords. corresponding, or by Velcro closure means provided on the one hand to one end of the face of the cover intended to form the outer face of the sleeve and, on the other hand, to the other end of the face of the cover intended to constitute the inner face of the sleeve, or button and buttonhole type respectively provided at mutually opposite ends of the cover, either snap closure means or by elastic cords connecting the two mutually opposite ends of the cover, or laces.

However, it is not beyond the scope of the invention when the cover is provided with any other type of closure means capable of configuring it in the form of a sleeve.

Thus, as indicated above, it is not beyond the scope of the invention when the mutually opposite ends of the cover are sewn on one another, the cover then being made of elastically deformable material.

In this case, it is also possible to use any other closure means previously described, or closure means of the Eclair® closure type.

Likewise, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described.

Indeed, referring firstly to Figure 15, it is also possible, alternatively, to provide at one end of the cover, one or more transverse adhesive strips V provided on the back side of the cover , that is to say the face intended to form the outer face of the sleeve, this adhesive face being intended to receive the opposite end of the cover.

Such an adhesive tape may be made by any suitable means, for example by using a fusible tape or by using a double-sided adhesive material. One-sided adhesive material that protrudes beyond the cover could also be used.

Likewise, as can be seen in FIG. 16, the closing means can be constituted by a set of loops, such as

W with barbs provided at one end of the cover, each intended to cooperate with a perforated strap X attached to the other end of the cover.

Finally, as shown in Figures 17 and 18, it is not beyond the scope of the invention when the cover is formed of a set of sections, such as Y and Y 'connected together so as to form the sleeve by means of closure systems Y "such as those described above.

Claims

1. Device for covering or at least partially cover an opening such as a door, characterized in that it comprises a flexible material (Z), and closure means adapted to configure the flexible material in the form an adjustable sleeve, to adapt to doors of different heights while allowing a smooth operation of opening and closing the door.

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the closing means comprise eyelets (F) placed in the vicinity of one of the end zones of the material and ribbons (E) placed in the vicinity of the other end zone. of the material.

3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the eyelets and ribbons are arranged linearly and transversely.

4. Device according to one of claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the eyelets are each associated with a ribbon (G) to be knotted with the ribbons of the other end zone to close the sleeve.

5. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the closure means comprise closure means with loops and hooks (O, P), Velcro-type strips

6. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the closure means comprise a set of buttons and buttonholes.

7. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the closure means comprise a set of snaps.

8. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the material is elastic and sewn to form the sleeve.

9. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the closure means comprise an adhesive material.

10. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the closing means comprise a set of straps attached to one end of the material and a corresponding set of tongue buckles intended to engage in an orifice made in the strap said loops being provided at an opposite end of the material.

1 1. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the flexible material is made in the form of a set of sections (Y ₅ Y ') connected in pairs by said closure means for form the sleeve.