Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Special occasion ornament
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-19
2001-07-10
Jones, Deborah (Department: 1775)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Special occasion ornament
C428S004000, C428S005000, C428S010000, C428S098000, C428S222000, C428S371000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06258420
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to decorative garlands of the type commonly used for decorating Christmas trees, wreaths, and the like, and which may be suspended from ceilings, attached to walls and used as decorations in connection with other objects and structures.
Prior garlands have been made of a variety of types of materials and in a variety of different shapes and designs. Many such garlands are formed by twisting or rotating together materials which have been preprocessed in a specialized way, such as cutting to predetermined shapes or the like, such preprocessing adding considerably to the expense of the garland. Other garlands, formed of readily available raw materials which have not been preprocessed, have resulted in garlands which either have a tight rope-like design or otherwise present a non-unique appearance.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a general object of the invention to provide an improved decorative garland which avoids the disadvantages of prior garlands, while affording additional structural and operational advantages.
An important feature of the invention is the provision of a decorative garland which can be formed of readily commercially available materials, without any preprocessing of the materials.
Another feature of the invention is the provision of a garland of the type set forth, which is of relatively simple and economical construction.
Another feature of the invention is the provision of a garland of the type set forth, which presents a unique decorative appearance.
In connection with the foregoing feature, a further feature of the invention is the provision of a garland of the type set forth which has a twisted configuration, and which can be formed in a variety of significantly different finished appearances by variation of the amount of twist imparted to the garland.
Certain ones of these and other features of the invention may be attained by providing a decorative garland comprising: a pair of elongated core wires twisted together along a longitudinal axis, and a continuous web of material arranged in a series of consecutive portions extending longitudinally of the web, with each portion inclined with respect to the axis at a predetermined acute angle, each portion having an inner end disposed adjacent to the axis and an outer end spaced radially from the axis, the web being disposed between the wires at each of the inner ends, each web portion having a leading side edge with the leading side edges of alternate portions being spaced apart a predetermined distance along the axis.
Other features of the invention may be attained by providing a decorative garland of the type set forth, wherein the continuous web of material is arranged in a series of consecutive, longitudinal folds, with each fold including a longitudinal reach and a bend, with each reach extending generally transversely of the axis and having a leading side edge, the leading side edges of alternate reaches being spaced apart a predetermined distance along the axis, the web extending between the wires at alternate bends.
Still other features of the invention may be attained by providing a decorative garland of the type set forth, wherein the continuous web of material is arranged in a series of flattened, generally helical coils about the longitudinal axis, with the coils extending generally transversely of the axis and having a predetermined pitch longitudinally of the axis, the wires extending outside of the coils and respectively along opposite sides of the coils, so that the twisting of the wires causes the coils to be pinched together between the wires at the axis and twisted about the axis to form coil halves, such that each coil half is spaced rotationally about the axis at a predetermined angle from adjacent coil halves.
The invention consists of certain novel features and a combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the details may be made without departing from the spirit, or sacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention.
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Bahta Abraham
Emrich & -Dithmar
Jones Deborah
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