Assembling beads on a beading board
OwnerPatrick Royce Edmund Dubois Harperinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for holding beads in a pattern has a beading board having a base with a bottom side and a top side. A plurality of posts project out from the top side of the base and are configured to extend through holes in beads to hold the beads in lateral position relative to each other. The apparatus has a perforated panel having perforations that are larger in width than the posts, and the perforated panel is configured to be removably placed on the beading board with the posts extending through the perforations. The perforated panel slides along the posts and sliding of the perforated causes beads placed on the posts to slide vertically along the length of the posts.
Claims20
An apparatus for holding beads in a pattern, the apparatus comprising:
- a beading board having a base, wherein the base has a bottom side and a top side, wherein the beading board has a plurality of posts that project out from the top side of the base and that are configured to extend through holes in beads to hold the beads in lateral position relative to each other;
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- a perforated panel having perforations that are larger in width than the posts, wherein the perforated panel is configured to be removably placed on the beading board with the posts extending through the perforations, wherein the perforated panel is configured to slide along the posts, and wherein the perforated panel is configured to contact and urge the beads such that sliding of the perforated panel along the posts causes beads placed on the posts after the perforated panel to slide vertically along the length of the posts.
A method for fusing beads into a specific pattern, comprising:
- placing a plurality of beads on posts that extend from a beading board through perforations in a perforated panel;
- placing an adhesive sheet in contact with ends of the posts;
- moving the perforated panel such that the perforated panel slides along the posts and presses the plurality of beads against the adhesive sheet;
- and
- applying heat to the plurality of beads that are adhered to the adhesive sheet to cause the beads to fuse together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.