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US 2011/0253286 A1Published application
Curled 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.
Claims12
A method for forming curled decorative grass, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a sheet of laminated material having a preset curl formed therein, the sheet of laminated material prepared by the steps of:
- providing a first sheet of optical effect material;
- providing a second sheet of optical effect material, one of the first sheet of material and the second sheet of material having a size less than the other sheet of material;
- stretching the sheet of material having a size less than the other sheet of material;
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- laminating the stretched sheet of material to the other sheet of material with bonding material, thereby providing the sheet of laminated material having a preset curl;
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- cutting at least a portion of the sheet of laminated material having a preset curl formed therein to form curled segments of decorative grass, wherein each of the curled segments of decorative grass have an optical effect visible on at least a portion of an upper surface thereof and visible on at least a portion of a lower surface thereof.
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