Replaceable seat cover

Claim 1

A seat construction comprising: a. a seat base having a generally horizontal seat portion and a generally vertical back portion, said seat and back portions meeting along a linear line to provide a continuous front surface and a continuous peripheral surface on said seat base; b. a seat cover covering the entire front surface of said seat base, said seat cover being substantially complementary in shape to the front surface of said seat base and having a periphery coextensive with the peripheral surface on the seat base; and c. a sliding clasp fastener directly detachably attaching said seat cover to said seat base substantially completely thereabout, said sliding clasp fastener including a pair of stringer tapes carrying along their longitudinal edges rows of interengageable fastener elements, a slider movable along the rows of fastener elements to close and open said sliding clasp fastener, and a pair of end stops secured to opposite ends of said sliding clasp fastener, one of said stringer tapes being secured to and extending along substantially the complete periphery of said seat cover, and the other of said stringer tapes being secured to and extending along substantially the complete peripheral surface of said seat base, whereby the detachable attaching of the seat cover to the seat base is effected completely thereabout.