Artificial plant and method of making same

Details Artificial plant and method of making same Artificial plant and method of making same

1987-11-02

1988-11-15

Epstein, Henry F.

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Three dimension imitation or 'treated' natural product

Flora

156 61, A41G 100

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047848847

ABSTRACT:
An artificial representation of a plant is formed of plant organ simulating members, such as, stem-and leaf simulating members, respectively having rod-like and tubular connecting portions molded of thermoplastic resin and being axially interengaged to provide joints for assembling together the respective plant organ simulating members, whereupon, a heated needle-shaped element is pressed end-wise against the tubular connecting portion of each joint with such heated element extending substantially in a radial direction in respect to the axis of the respective rod-like connecting portion so as to fuse the thermoplastic resin and thereby penetrate through the tubular connecting portion and at least partly into the respective rod-like connecting portion. When the heated element is withdrawn, there remains a hole extending through the tubular connecting portion and penetrating into the rod-like connecting portion with the fused resin from the hole in the tubular connecting portion collecting, at least in part, in the portion of the hole in the respective rod-like connecting portion for locking together the respective plant organ simulating members.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3137610 (1964-06-01), Flynn
patent: 4215163 (1980-07-01), Lee
patent: 4363837 (1982-12-01), Weitz
patent: 4585677 (1986-04-01), Hwang et al.

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