Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Decorative article
Patent
1988-04-25
1989-10-17
Epstein, Henry F.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Decorative article
D11 13, D11159, D28 92, 156 61, 428 15, 434 82, 434 94, 446394, A63H 344, B44C 306
Patent
active
048746762
ABSTRACT:
A piece of sculpture representing an animal having hair includes a rigid body and a plurality of thin, elongated metallic link chain strands attached by a first end of each chain to the body, leaving the second end hanging free and representing hair. A preferred embodiment includes some of the chain links rigidized with solder between adjacent links, which may be in the form of waves, curls or braids. Another preferred embodiment uses lengths of chain that are rolled and diamond cut wherein at least one surface along the length of a chain is a relatively flat reflective surface.
A method for manufacturing a sculpture having simulated hair includes forming a rigid body of an animal figure having a plurality of small holes, cutting a plurality of lengths of metallic link chain to the desired length of hair strands for the body, soldering at least some of the chain links together with a metallic matrix having a lower melting temperature than the metal of the chain links, orienting the bonded chain links to style the chain into a preferred hair pattern, finshing the styled hair pattern chain with decorative metal plating or patina, and bonding the styled and plated chain hair pattern into the holes of the animal body.
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Miller Jack V.
Miller Ruth E.
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