Protective cover and outdoor furniture with the same

Abstract

A protective cover made of rollable or foldable materials and an article of outdoor furniture therewith are provided. The protective cover includes multiple cover face units, adjacent edges of which are attached in a butt joint connection to form a cover cavity with an open face. The cover cavity covers an article, for example, a furniture body or a mattress of the article of outdoor furniture. A containing part is provided in the furniture body or the mattress for accommodating the protective cover in a folded condition. Adjacent edges of adjacent cover face units of the protective cover are spliced using easy-to-operate and convenient-to-use splicers. The optimized structure with a configurable number of cover face units allows different configurations of the protective cover, which form a better protective cover cavity, provide a better protective effect, and cover more faces of an article to be covered.

We claim: 
     
         1 - 10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 : A protective cover comprising:
 a configurable number of cover face units, wherein adjacent edges of the cover face units are attached in a butt joint connection to form a cover cavity with an open face; and   the cover cavity configured to cover an article;   wherein the protective cover is made of one of a rollable material and a foldable material.   
     
     
         12 : The protective cover according to  claim 11 , wherein the configurable number of the cover face units is three, comprising a first cover face, a second cover face, and a third cover face, wherein the first cover face and the third cover face are respectively located on two ends of the second cover face, and wherein the cover cavity formed by the first cover face, the second cover face, and the third cover face is configured to cover an upper surface and two side surfaces of the article to be covered. 
     
     
         13 : The protective cover according to  claim 11 , wherein the configurable number of the cover face units is four, comprising a first cover face, a second cover face, a third cover face, and a fourth cover face, wherein the first cover face and the third cover face are respectively located on two ends of the second cover face, and wherein the fourth cover face is located on one side of the second cover face, and wherein the cover cavity formed by the first cover face, the second cover face, the third cover face, and the fourth cover face is configured to cover an upper surface and three side surfaces of the article to be covered. 
     
     
         14 : The protective cover according to  claim 11 , wherein the configurable number of the cover face units is five, comprising a first cover face, a second cover face, a third cover face, a fourth cover face, and a fifth cover face, wherein the first cover face and the third cover face are respectively located on two ends of the second cover face, and wherein the fourth cover face and the fifth cover face are respectively located on sides of the second cover face, and wherein the cover cavity formed by the first cover face, the second cover face, the third cover face, the fourth cover face, and the fifth cover face is configured to cover an upper surface and four side surfaces of the article to be covered. 
     
     
         15 : The protective cover according to  claim 11 , wherein the adjacent edges of adjacent cover face units are spliced using splicers. 
     
     
         16 : The protective cover according to  claim 15 , wherein the splicers are one or more of a zipper, a hook-and-loop fastener, buttons, a lock rope, and a magnetic attraction piece. 
     
     
         17 : The protective cover according to  claim 11  configured as an integral structure and made of a waterproof cloth material. 
     
     
         18 : The protective cover according to  claim 11 , wherein edges of one of the cover face units that are attached to edges of other of the cover face units by a butt joint connection adopt a conjoined transition, and wherein the butt joint connection of the adjacent edges of the other of the cover face units are connected by splicers. 
     
     
         19 : An article of outdoor furniture with a protective cover, the article of outdoor furniture comprising:
 a furniture body;   a mattress disposed on the furniture body;   the protective cover configured to cover the furniture body and the mattress, wherein the protective cover comprises:
 a configurable number of cover face units, wherein adjacent edges of the cover face units are attached in a butt joint connection to form a cover cavity with an open face; and 
 the cover cavity configured to cover the furniture body and the mattress; and 
   a containing part provided in one of the furniture body and the mattress, wherein the containing part is configured to accommodate the protective cover in a folded condition.   
     
     
         20 : The article of outdoor furniture according to  claim 19 , wherein the containing part is fixedly connected to any outer edge of the protective cover using connecting pieces. 
     
     
         21 : The article of outdoor furniture according to  claim 19 , wherein the protective cover is made of one of a rollable material and a foldable material. 
     
     
         22 : The article of outdoor furniture according to  claim 19 , wherein the configurable number of the cover face units of the protective cover is three, comprising a first cover face, a second cover face, and a third cover face, wherein the first cover face and the third cover face are respectively located on two ends of the second cover face, and wherein the cover cavity formed by the first cover face, the second cover face, and the third cover face is configured to cover an upper surface and two side surfaces of the furniture body and the mattress to be covered. 
     
     
         23 : The article of outdoor furniture according to  claim 19 , wherein the configurable number of the cover face units of the protective cover is four, comprising a first cover face, a second cover face, a third cover face, and a fourth cover face, wherein the first cover face and the third cover face are respectively located on two ends of the second cover face, and wherein the fourth cover face is located on one side of the second cover face, and wherein the cover cavity formed by the first cover face, the second cover face, the third cover face, and the fourth cover face is configured to cover an upper surface and three side surfaces of the furniture body and the mattress to be covered. 
     
     
         24 : The article of outdoor furniture according to  claim 19 , wherein the configurable number of the cover face units of the protective cover is five, comprising a first cover face, a second cover face, a third cover face, a fourth cover face, and a fifth cover face, wherein the first cover face and the third cover face are respectively located on two ends of the second cover face, and wherein the fourth cover face and the fifth cover face are respectively located on sides of the second cover face, and wherein the cover cavity formed by the first cover face, the second cover face, the third cover face, the fourth cover face, and the fifth cover face is configured to cover an upper surface and four side surfaces of the furniture body and the mattress to be covered. 
     
     
         25 : The article of outdoor furniture according to  claim 19 , wherein the adjacent edges of adjacent cover face units of the protective cover are spliced using splicers. 
     
     
         26 : The article of outdoor furniture according to  claim 25 , wherein the splicers are one or more of a zipper, a hook-anti-loop fastener, buttons, a lock rope, and a magnetic attraction piece. 
     
     
         27 : The article of outdoor furniture according to  claim 19 , wherein the protective cover is configured as an integral structure and made of a waterproof cloth material. 
     
     
         28 : The article of outdoor furniture according to  claim 19 , wherein edges of one of the cover face units of the protective cover that are attached to edges of other of the cover face units of the protective cover by a butt joint connection adopt a conjoined transition, and wherein the butt joint connection of the adjacent edges of the other of the cover face units are connected by splicers.