121 |
Artificial tree |
US913036 |
1992-07-14 |
US5340622A |
1994-08-23 |
Lenee J. Curitti |
An artificial tree suitable for interior or exterior use capable of being formed in a variety of possible configurations simulative of a natural palm tree. The artificial tree has a body consisting of a trunk with one or more branch segments joined thereto, a plurality of leaf assemblies joined to the upper end of each branch segment, and a base for retaining ballast material capable of supporting the tree in a generally upright orientation. To enhance the appearance and stability of the tree, triangularly shaped trunk support members may be attached to the lower end of the trunk. Similarly, simulative decaying fronds joined to the upper end of each branch segment enhance appearance. Leaf assemblies having nested leaves of metallic sheet material provide shade. The base, having attached seat members, permits users to sit comfortably beneath the shade provided by the instant tree. |
122 |
Artificial ornamental flower and method for making an artificial
ornamental flower |
US921940 |
1992-07-30 |
US5314730A |
1994-05-24 |
Erlinda V. Flores |
An artificial flower includes a ribbon folded to form a descending spiral such that a folded edge of the ribbon faces the outer edge of the ribbon. The descending spiral formed from the ribbon engages with a stem and is wound about the stem such that the folded edge is approximately even with the upper end of the stem. The folded edge simulates flower petals. A method for making an artificial flower is also described. |
123 |
Constructing artificial plants |
US736665 |
1991-07-26 |
US5221565A |
1993-06-22 |
Alfred E. Johnson |
A novel mechanism and related processes for joining naturally grown and artificially produced parts to create aesthetically appealing, naturally appearing, large artificial plants, such as trees. A novel joint mechanism provides the appearance of naturally occurring outgrowth of branches and the like from proximally disposed trunks and stems. A method for bending and forming artificial foliage provides a more airy, naturally appearing leaf pattern around the crown of a plant. |
124 |
Artificial palm tree |
US622540 |
1990-12-05 |
US5085900A |
1992-02-04 |
Bob D. Hamlett |
An artificial palm tree apparatus comprises a trunk, having a cylindrically shaped axial cavity, a cylindrically shaped cap having a plurality of cylindrically shaped ferrules rigidly secured to the outer cylindrical surface of the cap such that the axis of each of the ferrules is substantially parallelly aligned with the axis of the cap, a plurality of fronds, and a support tube. The trunk is constructed of long strips of glass fibers embedded in hardened resin. Each of the fronds is constructed of a rod and a plurality of artificial leaves spaced along the rod and secured thereto with an all-weather tape. One of each of the fronds is inserted through one of the ferrules and rigidly secured thereto by tightening a pair of nuts on a threaded end of a respective rod against opposite ends of the respective ferrule. The trunk is installed by embedding a portion of the support tube in the ground and telescoping the trunk cavity over the portion of the support tube extending upwardly from the ground. The cap with fronds secured thereto is telescoped over the upper end of the trunk. A first modified embodiment of the artificial palm tree apparatus has a trunk which is sectioned and one or more couplings for connecting the sections together during installation. A second modified embodiment of the artificial palm tree apparatus has a cap having a plurality of non-cylindrically shaped receivers, each of which operably receives a smaller, similarly shaped insert member rigidly secured to the base end of a respective frond. |
125 |
Liquid-filled decorative stemmed artificial flowers |
US491212 |
1990-03-09 |
US5047268A |
1991-09-10 |
Peter S. C. Cheng |
A decorative, stemmed, artificial flower has a flower-like, hollow head filled with a colored liquid, as well as hollow, leaf-like elements also filled with a colored liquid, mounted on a stem which supports the head. The colored liquid is visible through transparent wall portions of the head and leaf-like elements. |
126 |
Miniature tree sculpture |
US381028 |
1989-07-17 |
US4950509A |
1990-08-21 |
Donald T. DeMott |
A miniature tree sculpture wherein the leaves for the miniature tree are seeds or seed hulls adhesively bonded to an imitation branch structure which in turn is connected to the miniature tree truck. Seed hulls dyed different shades of green, red, orange and yellow provide a realistic miniature tree sculpture which is beautifully delicate, yet durable. |
127 |
Artificial vegatation or plants or parts for the same |
US114851 |
1987-10-30 |
US4859510A |
1989-08-22 |
Albert Rademacher |
A description is given of artificial vegatation or plants or parts for the same in the form of lawns or trees and branches covered with leaves or needles, or alternatively ice or snow. Such vegetation or plants are used in the design of landscape accessories for model railways, architectural models, trick and fairytale films and the like. The plants for the green areas or the leaves of the foliage are fixed by gluing with a regular or irregular density distribution to a net-like fibrous union, which is firmly or removably placed on the branches of a tree or bush, or on a large-area substrate. The leaves of a tree are advantageously formed from several fibrous union portions provided on the edges with cut open net meshes. It is important for this design that the foliage is shaped from suitable flat material in symmetrically repeating manner so as to simulate the natural shapes of foliage. |
128 |
Shaded outdoor parking area |
US247475 |
1988-09-22 |
US4855167A |
1989-08-08 |
Harold A. Biehl |
A plurality of artificial trees placed in combination with a plurality of vehicle parking spaces, the parking spaces being disposed in an array of adjacently disposed parking spaces forming a parking area. The trees further include a base with an open cylinder for receiving the trunk of a tree and holding the tree in an upright position. The base is positioned at one lateral side of a parking space so that each base is positioned across the parking space from an adjacent base. Branches are attached at the top of the trunk at about six feet above ground level. The branches are disposed to extend across about one-half the width of each of the adjacently disposed parking spaces. The entire parking space is shaded from the sun by the branches of the tree. |
129 |
Artificial pine needle |
US279546 |
1988-12-05 |
US4855166A |
1989-08-08 |
John G. Allison |
There is provided an artificial pine needle including a plurality of strands each of which may be made from an olefin material. The strands are adjacent and somewhat parallel to one another. The strands are attached to one another on one end. The strands have appearance and characteristics to emulate a natural pine needle. The artificial pine needles are used as a synthetic ground cover. |
130 |
Artificial plant and method of making same |
US115414 |
1987-11-02 |
US4784884A |
1988-11-15 |
Henry Weitz |
An artificial representation of a plant is formed of plant organ simulating members, such as, stem-and leaf simulating members, respectively having rod-like and tubular connecting portions molded of thermoplastic resin and being axially interengaged to provide joints for assembling together the respective plant organ simulating members, whereupon, a heated needle-shaped element is pressed end-wise against the tubular connecting portion of each joint with such heated element extending substantially in a radial direction in respect to the axis of the respective rod-like connecting portion so as to fuse the thermoplastic resin and thereby penetrate through the tubular connecting portion and at least partly into the respective rod-like connecting portion. When the heated element is withdrawn, there remains a hole extending through the tubular connecting portion and penetrating into the rod-like connecting portion with the fused resin from the hole in the tubular connecting portion collecting, at least in part, in the portion of the hole in the respective rod-like connecting portion for locking together the respective plant organ simulating members. |
131 |
Artificial ribboned flower making methods and end products |
US880962 |
1986-07-01 |
US4772343A |
1988-09-20 |
Pamela S. Stiegeler |
A method of producing a wide variety of ribbon flowers; wherein, a framework unit (10) is employed in conjunction with a length of ribbon (18) a stitching means (11) and a severing means (12), to produce the basic core elements of the various flower varieties; wherein, all of the essential core elements are produced by following the same basic method steps; and, the individual flower varieties are arrived at by selecting options among the broad basic method steps, and also electing to perform optional method steps intermediate the basic steps to produce the particular varieties. |
132 |
Method for making fabric roses |
US865538 |
1986-05-21 |
US4708893A |
1987-11-24 |
John D. Little; Lorianne C. Little; John Wood |
A method for making fabric roses is disclosed. The method involves inserting a fabric ribbon between two needle devices which are adapted to hold the fabric ribbon. The needle devices are then rotated by means of a variable speed motor, thus rotating the fabric ribbon. As the fabric ribbon portion rotates, a center portion for a rose is produced. The ribbon is then folded numerous times in a direction away from the two needle devices in order to form the petals of a fabric rose. Once the rose is completed, it is removed from the needle devices and finished by heat-sealing the portions of the ribbon that form the base of the rose. Additional decorative items, such as leaves, ribbon loops and lace may be attached to the fabric roses. |
133 |
Bough to tree trunk connection for artificial tree |
US631993 |
1984-07-18 |
US4634613A |
1987-01-06 |
Douglas S. Potter |
Apparatus for removably connecting an artificial limb to the trunk of an artificial tree. The apparatus includes three major parts: a cylindrical stem plug designed to be inserted into the trunk of the artificial tree; an elongated bough fixture designed to be attached to the end of the artificial bough; and a ring-shaped connector for joining together the bough fixture and the stem plug. The bough fixture includes a projecting stem and a plurality of V-shaped teeth which fit respectively into an axially drilled hole and a plurality of V-shaped seats in the stem plug. The ring-shaped connector encircles the fixture and plug and holds them together by threads which screw onto the plug and a flange which rests against the fixture. |
134 |
Artificial plant |
US753957 |
1985-07-11 |
US4585677A |
1986-04-29 |
Herbert Hwang; Henry Weitz |
An artificial representation or simulation of a plant having stalks or stems in a cluster radiating upwardly from a common point at the apex of a main stem, for example, as in an umbel, is composed of a plurality of stem-defining members each molded of plastic to have respective co-planar stem portions arising from a collar which is engageable on the apex portion of the main stem, and at least one of the stem-defining members has a configuration to position and maintain the respective stem portions in a plane angularly displaced from the plane of the stem portions of each other stem-defining member. Preferably, at least one of the stem-defining members has at least one bifurcated or tined projection extending outwardly from its collar to embrace a stem portion of another of the stem-defining members when the collars are arranged one above the other on the main stem. |
135 |
Ruffled ornament and method of forming same |
US702838 |
1985-02-19 |
US4582744A |
1986-04-15 |
S. Alton Smyth, III |
A method of forming a ruffled ornament preferably comprises the steps of forming a tubular band of flexible sheet material, turning and drawing the band inwardly and together along one edge thereof to form a decorative element having a partially flattened, ruffled configuration and having a central aperture therethrough, and assembling a grommet on the decorative element so that it extends through the aperture and clampingly engages opposite surface portions of the decorative element adjacent the aperture to secure it in the partially flattened configuration. The ornament of the instant invention which is preferably formed by the method comprises a partially flattened, ruffled decorative element made from a tubular band of sheet material and a grommet which retains the decorative element in a partially flattened disposition. |
136 |
Rosette bow |
US572844 |
1984-01-23 |
US4525394A |
1985-06-25 |
Rosalie K. Standley |
A method of making artificial flowers and flowers made by the method which includes rolling one end of a strip of fabric about itself to form the center of the flower and then repetitively extending part of the free end outwardly and then folding it at an angle to its axis so that it lies adjacent the center to form a petal, the petals being spaced about the center and completing the flower by tying the free end of the strip and the lower ends of the petals about the center of the flower. |
137 |
Connectors for assembling component parts of artificial plants |
US458303 |
1983-01-17 |
US4423098A |
1983-12-27 |
Henry Weitz |
An artificial plant is assembled from a main stem member and a plurality of similar auxiliary stem assemblies which are separately molded and have their end portions secured to respective portions of the main stem member at locations spaced apart along the latter. A connector securing each such end portion of an auxiliary stem assembly to said main stem member is in the form of a strip of malleable sheet metal wrapped about the secured together stem portions and having tapering end portions overlapping in side-by-side relation to an extent depending on the thicknesses of the portion of the main stem member and the end portion of the auxiliary stem assembly about which the strip is wrapped. |
138 |
Artificial aquarium plant |
US305475 |
1981-09-25 |
US4369216A |
1983-01-18 |
Allan H. Willinger |
An artificial aquarium plant having a base member with a plurality of nestingly interfitting plant members supported by the base member. A coupling arrangement is provided for interconnecting the plant members with the base member. The plant members each include a body portion with branches upwardly extending from the body portion. Aligning members are included on the body portions for interfitting the body portions in an aligned orientation. |
139 |
Artificial flower making template and method |
US257399 |
1981-04-24 |
US4344805A |
1982-08-17 |
Suzanne M. Warde |
An artificial flower making method is provided in which realistic looking pom-pon type flowers are fashioned from a single strand of yarn or twice, suitably of the heavy knitting yarn type, by first arranging a portion of the yarn on a novel notched circular template to form six or other even number of yarn spokes, spirally weaving and interlocking the remainder of the yarn with said spokes from the center outward to cover a major portion of the area of said template, joining the starting and finishing ends of the yarn to each other and to a deformable stem member at the center of said template, cutting the yarn portions at the center of the reverse side of the template to thereby release the woven assemblage from the template, and inverting the woven assemblage by bringing said reverse side cut yarn portions around to, and joining them to said stem member, whereby the side of the woven assemblage which had been adjacent the template bulges outwardly to a puffed pom-pon like configuration. When the yarn and stem assemblage is wrapped with florest green tape and interwrapped with appropriate artificial leaves, the resulting artificial flower is suitable for many type floral arrangements.The novel template can comprise a simple rigid flat sheet of essentially circular contour having six or other even number of equally spaced notches in its outer perimeter having a depth somewhat greater than the diameter of the yarn being used, and an aperture or other characterizing means indicating the geometric center of the template. In a preferred adaptation the working side of the template will have slightly raised center and peripheral edge portions to support the yarn spokes in slightly spaced relation to the surface of the template. |
140 |
Flower bud |
US119438 |
1980-02-07 |
US4333778A |
1982-06-08 |
Mary T. Griffin |
A method for manufacturing an artificial rose bud primarily from a rectangular fabric section. With the rectangular fabric section positioned with a short side on the right, the right edge is folded down to a position near the lower edge to form a bias fold extending from the lower right-hand corner to a point on the top edge near the upper left-hand corner. The upper left-hand corner is then folded to a point near the lower left-hand corner and between that corner and the folded position of the upper right-hand corner. The lower right-hand corner is then folded to a point near the lower left-hand corner and between that corner and the folded position of the upper left-hand corner. The left and lower edges are then pleated and thereby formed into a bundle about the lower left-hand corner of the fabric section. A small diameter shaft forming a stem is preferably positioned on the fabric section before the first fold is made so that after pleating, the bundle is formed about the shaft. The bundle is then tied with a cord and wrapped with tape to bind all loose edges and simulate a flower stem. |