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US 2003/0075261 A1Published application
Decorative elements and methods of making and using same
OwnerDonald E. Wederinventor
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Abstract
Methods of forming decorative elements such as decorative grass and glitter possessing a unique optical effect from a laminated sheet of optical effect material. The decorative elements have a curl or a crimp set therein to enhance the light-reflecting characteristics of the decorative elements and to provide greater volume of the decorative elements for a given weight of decorative elements.
Claims9
A method for forming iridescent decorative elements having an optical effect, the method comprising:
- making a sheet of laminated material by the steps of:
- providing a first and second sheet of substantially transparent material;
- and
- providing a sheet of iridescent material having an upper surface and a lower surface,
- laminating the first and second sheet of substantially transparent material to the second sheet of iridescent material to provide the sheet of laminated material wherein the upper surface and the lower surface of the second sheet of iridescent material are visible;
- forming a distortion in the sheet of laminated material wherein the distortion is selected from a curl and a crimp;
- and
- cutting at least a portion of the laminated sheet material having the distortion formed therein to form decorative elements having an optical effect produced by the iridescent sheet of material and the distortion formed in the laminated sheet of material.
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