Flexible sheet material with raised decorative pattern
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Marubishi Sogyo
InventorKimio Hosaka
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Abstract
A raised decorative pattern is formed on a fabric by cutting spaced-apart slits side-by-side in a row in the fabric thereby to form in sequence first, second, third, and further strips as required of the fabric between adjacent slits and successively knitting the strips by a process resembling crocheting which comprises passing the second strip as a partial loop under and around the first strip, passing the third strip as a partial loop under and around the partial loop of the second strip, and thus successively repeating the procedure with the successive strips. A fabric with such a pattern can find use in a broad range of articles.
Claims13
An article comprising a flexible sheet of material, having a raised local decorative pattern formed thereon, said decorative pattern including a plurality of substantially parallel through cuts in said material, each of said plurality of through cuts having two spaced apart ends both terminating within said material, said plurality of through cuts forming a plurality of local strips of said material between adjacent ones of said plurality of through cuts along a line extending perpendicularly to said through cuts, each of said plurality of strips being successively passed under and around adjacent ones of said plurality of strips in such a manner that said plurality of strips form a series of interlocking loops.
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