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US 5,679,415 AGranted
Ribbon assembly
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a ribbon assembly having a decorative ribbon formed on a support member wherein an elastic member having a stretched condition and an unstretched condition extends between a piece of material and the support member for substantially automatically forming the decorative ribbon.
Claims7
A ribbon assembly, comprising:
- a strip of material having a first end, a second end, an upper surface and a lower surface;
- an elastic member having a first portion, a second portion, a stretched condition and an unstretched condition, the first portion of the elastic member connected to the second end of the strip of material and the first portion of the elastic member slidably connected to the strip of material by a plurality of loose connections points such that the first portion of the elastic member extends along one of the upper and lower surfaces of the strip of material in a substantially unstretched condition;
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- accumulating means for accumulating and maintaining the second portion of the elastic member in a stretched condition and for permitting the second portion of the elastic member to be selectively released to move the second portion of the elastic member towards an unstretched condition whereby the second portion of the elastic member cooperates with the first portion of the elastic member extending along the piece of material to form a decorative ribbon.
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A ribbon assembly, comprising:
- a strip of material having a first end, a second end, an upper surface, a lower surface and a strip width extending between a first strip side and a second strip side, the strip of material being divided into a plurality of strip segments with each strip segment having a first segment end and a second segment end with the second segment end of each strip of material being disposed substantially adjacent the first segment end of the adjacent strip segment;
- an elastic member having a first portion, a second portion, a stretched condition and an unstretched condition, the first portion of the elastic member connected to the strip of material near the second end thereof and the first portion of the elastic member slidably connected to the strip of material by a plurality of loose connections points disposed between each of the segments of the strip of material such that the first portion of the elastic member extends along one of the upper and lower surfaces of the strip of material in a substantially unstretched condition and
- accumulating means for accumulating and maintaining the second portion of the elastic member in a stretched condition and for permitting the second portion of the elastic member to be selectively released to the unstretched condition whereby the second portion of the elastic member cooperates with the first portion of the elastic member to form a decorative ribbon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.