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US 2002/0119277 A1Published application
Corrugated decorative grass formed of paper and polymeric film and method for producing same
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
The present invention discloses folded corrugated materials for producing segments or strips for use as Easter grass, packing material and the like wherein the folded corrugated materials are formed of paper and polymeric film.
Claims30
A method for producing corrugated decorative grass, comprising:
- providing a sheet of paper capable of being folded;
- providing a sheet of polymeric film capable of being folded;
- folding the sheet of paper to provide a corrugated sheet of paper having a plurality of folds wherein each of the folds have a first leg and a second leg and each of the first and second legs of the folds extend from a crease of the fold;
- folding the sheet of polymeric film to provide a corrugated sheet of polymeric film having a plurality of folds wherein each of the folds have a first leg and a second leg and each of the first and second legs of the folds extend from a crease of the fold;
- cutting the corrugated sheet of paper having a plurality of folds to provide a plurality of corrugated segments of paper;
- cutting the corrugated sheet of polymeric film having a plurality of folds to provide a plurality of corrugated segments of polymeric film;
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- mixing the corrugated segments of paper and the corrugated segments of polymeric film to form a corrugated decorative grass comprising corrugated segments of paper and corrugated segments of polymeric film.
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A method for making corrugated decorative grass, comprising:
- providing a web of paper having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side and a second side;
- providing a web of polymeric film having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side and a second side;
- corrugating the web of paper to provide a corrugated web of paper having a plurality of folds extending between the first and second sides thereof, each of the plurality of folds having a first leg, a second leg and a crease defining a fold line from which the first and second legs extend;
- corrugating the web of polymeric film to provide a corrugated web of polymeric film having a plurality of folds extending between the first and second sides thereof, each of the plurality of folds having a first leg, a second leg and a crease defining a fold line from which the first and second legs extend;
- slitting the corrugated web of paper to provide corrugated strips of paper;
- chopping the corrugated strips of paper into corrugated segments of paper;
- slitting the corrugated web of polymeric film to provide corrugated strips of polymeric film;
- chopping the corrugated strips of polymeric film into corrugated segments of polymeric film;
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- mixing the corrugated segments of paper and the corrugated segments of polymeric film to form a corrugated decorative grass comprising corrugated segments of paper and corrugated segments of polymeric film.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.