Yarn having wicker appearance and articles made therefrom
AssigneeSun Isle Casual Furniture, LLC
InventorLarry Schwartz
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Abstract
A polymer wicker-like yarn used in the fabrication of furniture and other items has a groove on the outer surface extending in an axial direction along the yarn. The groove may be interrupted or may wobble along the axis of the yarn. The yarn may also have a stripe extending along its axis, which may wobble and/or intersect the groove at various points along the stripe. A woven material having a wicker look incorporates the wicker-like yarn as the weft yarn and may incorporate the wicker-like yarn as the warp yarn. An article of furniture having a wicker look incorporates panels of the material.
Claims26
An article of furniture having a wicker look comprising a frame having a shape of an article of furniture and at least one panel woven from a yarn comprising an elongated body of polymer material having an outer surface, at least one groove depressed in said outer surface extending substantially in an axial direction along said body, and at least one visual representation of a stripe on said outer surface extending in substantially an axial direction along said body, said groove and said stripe being visible on said panel.
An article of furniture having a wicker look comprising a frame having a shape of an article of furniture and at least one panel woven from a yarn comprising an elongated body of polymer material having an outer surface of a first color, said yarn having at least one stripe of a second color and at least one groove depressed in the outer surface of said yarn, said stripe and said groove running substantially in an axial direction on said outer surface of said yarn, said groove and said stripe being visible on said panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.