Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Three dimension imitation or 'treated' natural product – Flora
Patent
1981-09-11
1984-09-25
Epstein, Henry F.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Three dimension imitation or 'treated' natural product
Flora
52311, 52730, 144353, 428294, 428326, B32B 2110
Patent
active
044736053
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a decoration element for covering and embellishing visible surfaces and edges of furniture structures, particularly legs and/or portions of frames and/or of seats or resting furniture, tables, cupboards, sideboards, racks, shelves, mirrors and similar items.
Since the beginning of time and without regard for a particular culture or heritage, man has constructed furniture for use in his home, in order to store his goods, to ease household chores or to provide something to sit or to lie on. In addition to constructing furniture as sturdy as possible so that it would last long, man has also been desirous of having attractive pieces of furniture, regardless of his location on this globe. Furniture might be decoratively painted, covered with paint, provided with a veneer, covered, upholstered, inlaid with precious woods or stones or decorated in some other way with a suitable decoration.
Decorative elements of the type just described and referred to in the beginning are known all over the world. Depending upon the landscape and the natural construction materials available, split rattan, reed, dried corn or rice stalks, palm leaves, hemp, jute, rush, rattan palm, bamboo, wickerwork or something similar are used. Known to be comparatively brittle and inflexible are particularly those materials mentioned last. They can thus only be bent slightly, for example at the corners or round parts of furniture pieces they are intended to decorate, and can hardly be conformed to the contours of the pieces and securely fastened in a satisfactory manner. Accordingly, these materials must be mitre cut and joined for attachment to the base structure of the furniture pieces, attachment being by means of small nails or pins.
However, this type of attachment frequently causes the materials mentioned to split, resulting in a decoration that is not firmly connected to the furniture and which thus might inadvertantly drop off or at least can buckle up. This not only makes the furniture piece unsightly but might also injure persons or damage their clothing.
Accordingly, the intent and purpose of the invention is to provide a decoration element of the type mentioned in the beginning for embellishing furniture, such decoration being applied for the purpose of covering the base structure of the furniture pieces such and attached such that the above-mentioned deficiencies are obviated. In addition, the type of arrangement and fastening the new type of decoration should provide the embellished piece of furniture with an air of elegance by its pleasing understatement of beauty.
This problem is solved according to the invention by providing a plurality of more or less long strings or strands of a constant cross-section area over their entire length made from the core of a tropical creeper or palm. The ligneous, fibrous strings, free of knots and very flexible are arranged mostly adjacent and parallel and touching each other substantially without any space between them, thus forming an optically complete covering of the visible surfaces and edges of the structure, being attached to the latter by fixing means.
The starting material preferred in accordance with the invention is the core of the palmyra palm which grows in tropical forests, for example in Indonesia.
Considered particularly advantageous according to the invention is an arrangement of the strings or strands in approximately circular fashion, looking at a frame cross-section; complete circular arrangement of course being the best. The diameter of the strings could be between 4-8 mm, preferably however exactly 6 mm. A string of this dimension on the one hand enables solid attachment to the structure or frame of a piece of furniture with customary pins, nails or similar items without damaging or breaking the string itself as a result of incorrect workmanship, for example, eccentric positioning of the pins or nails. On the other hand, the diameter of the strings pursuant to the invention is just large enough to give the furniture piece after their attachment an
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