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US 2012/0258265 A1Published application
Method for making contoured decorative grass
OwnerDonald E. Weder, Sonny K. Burnsideinventors
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Abstract
Decorative grass, such as Easter grass, may be produced from a sheet or web of material having a decorative and/or embossed pattern thereon. The decorative pattern may have a non-linear side edge that provides the decorative grass with a contoured configuration.
Claims20
A method of producing contoured decorative grass, comprising the steps of:
- cutting a substantially planar sheet or web of material having at least one of a printed pattern, an embossed pattern and a color disposed on at least a portion thereof into strips of decorative grass, wherein in the planar condition each of the segments comprises:
- a first side extending along a length of the segment;
- a second side extending along a length of the segment;
- a third side extending along a width of the segment;
- a fourth side extending along a width of the segment;
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- wherein at least one of the first and second sides of the segment is provided with a substantially non-linear edge in the planar condition, thereby providing a decorative pattern to the segment of contoured decorative grass, and wherein at least a portion of the strips of decorative grass are provided with at least one of a printed pattern, embossed pattern and color thereon.
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A method for producing decorative grass, comprising the steps of:
- slitting a flexible sheet of material to provide a slitted web, the flexible sheet of material having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein at least a portion of at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface is provided with at least one of a printed design and an embossed design thereon;
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- chopping the slitted web into a plurality of segments of decorative grass, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of segments of decorative grass are provided with the printed and/or embossed design thereon, and wherein at least a portion of the printed and/or embossed design is truncated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.