Reverse twist multi-strand garland and method of making same
AssigneeSanta's Best
InventorWilliam L. Lehman
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Abstract
A garland is produced by providing plural strips, each including one or more plies of web, with each web ply having two laterally spaced arrays of longitudinally spaced lateral slits defining arrays of lateral slats joined at the their inner and outer ends. Each strip is twisted with one or more associated support filaments in a predetermined direction to form adjacent helical coils. Plural ones of the twisted strands are then twisted together in the opposite direction to produce an elongated rope which includes adjacent spiral bands all turning in a first direction about the longitudinal axis, with each band including a plurality of generally tubular sections arranged side-by-side, with each section forming a segment of a spiral turning in an opposite direction relative to the axis.
Claims18
A decorative garland comprising:
- an elongated rope including plural strands twisted together in continuous adjacent spirals;
- each of said strands including an elongated, thin, flexible web and a support filament, with the web having two laterally spaced arrays of longitudinally spaced lateral slits defining two arrays of lateral slats joined at their inner and outer ends,
- the web being twisted with its filament so that each slat forms a loop and each array of slats forms an array of loops with two arrays of loops respectively forming adjacent spiral tubes,
- wherein the strands of the rope are twisted together in a direction opposite the direction in which the web of each strand is twisted.
A decorative garland comprising:
- an elongated rope including plural adjacent spiral bands all turning in a first direction about a longitudinal axis,
- each band including a plurality of generally tubular sections arranged side-by-side with each section forming a segment of a spiral turning in a second direction opposite said first direction relative to the axis.
A method of making a decorative garland comprising:
- providing plural thin flexible webs, each having two laterally spaced arrays of longitudinally spaced lateral slits defining arrays of lateral slats joined at their inner and outer ends,
- providing plural support filaments respectively corresponding to the webs,
- converting each web and its associated support filament to a twisted strand to produce plural twisted strands,
- the converting including twisting the web together with its associated support filament in a first predetermined direction, and
- twisting the plural twisted strands together in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.