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US 11,465,438 B2Granted
Frame-based decorative article and method of assembly
OwnerLaurie MacNeillinventor
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Abstract
A frame-based decorative article comprises a frame, a plurality of receiving holes in the frame, a plurality of decorations to be secured to the frame, and a plurality of flexible securing members for securing the decorations to the frame. The plurality of flexible securing members extend through a selected pair of receiving holes in the frame and surround a portion of at least one of the decorations and the portion of the frame between the two receiving holes, to thereby secure the plurality of decorations one adjacent others in outwardly projecting relation on the frame.
Claims25
A frame-based decorative article, comprising:
- a circular planar frame, the circular planar frame defining a center point;
- a first series of pairs of radially aligned receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern around the center point, the first series of receiving holes defining a first radius between the center point and a midpoint between each pair of holes;
- a second series of pairs of radially aligned receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern around the center point, the second series of receiving holes defining a second radius between the center point and a midpoint between each pair of holes;
- wherein the pairs of receiving holes in the second series are arranged between the pairs of rows in the first series in an alternating pattern and wherein the first radius is different from the second radius;
- a third series of pairs of radially aligned receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern around the center point, the third series of receiving holes defining a third radius between the center point and a midpoint between each pair of holes;
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- wherein the receiving holes in the third series are radially aligned in row patterns with the receiving holes in the first series and wherein the first radius is different from the third radius.
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A frame-based decorative article, comprising:
- a circular planar frame, the circular planar frame defining a center point;
- a first series of pairs of radially aligned receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern around the center point;
- a second series of pairs of radially aligned receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern spaced concentrically outward of the first series of receiving holes;
- a third series of pairs of radially aligned receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern spaced concentrically outward of the second series of receiving holes;
- wherein the receiving holes in the third series are radially aligned in row patterns with the receiving holes in the first series;
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- wherein the receiving holes in the second series are in row patterns offset from the receiving holes in the first series.
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A frame-based decorative article, comprising:
- a planar frame;
- a first series of pairs of receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern;
- a second series of pairs of receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern concentrically outward of the first series of receiving holes;
- a third series of pairs of receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern concentrically outward of the second series of receiving holes;
- wherein the receiving holes in the third series are radially aligned in row patterns with the receiving holes in the first series;
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- wherein the receiving holes in the second series are in row patterns offset from the receiving holes in the first series.
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A frame-based decorative article, comprising:
- a circular planar frame;
- a first pattern including a plurality of sets of pairs of radially aligned receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern;
- a second pattern including a plurality of sets of pairs of radially aligned receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern concentrically outward of the first series of receiving holes;
- a third pattern including a plurality of sets of pairs of radially aligned receiving holes defined in the frame and arranged in a circular pattern concentrically outward of the second series of receiving holes;
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- a fourth pattern including a plurality of sets of three radially aligned receiving holes arranged in a circular pattern concentrically outward of the second series of receiving holes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.