US1003895A - Decorative sheet. - Google Patents

Description

J. P. GASTHOFF.

DECORATIVE SHEET.

APPLICATION rmm rm1.25,1911.

1,003,895, Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

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JOHN F. GAS'IHOFF, OF DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.

DECORATIVE SHEET.

Application filed February 25, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 610,779.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J HN F. GAs'rHorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Decorative Sheets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the decorative art in which surfaces are required to be covered to produce a floral effect in mass, being especially designed for covering stands, vehicles, pillars, walls and other surfaces to give the effect of a floral bank.

The invention produces a sheet having a side studded with decorative elements attached thereto by an adhesive or in any manner, said elements consisting, of a sheet comprising a center and points or tongues radiating from the center in simulation of the petals or leaves of a flower, and said elements being arranged to have their petals interwoven to form a mat or solid surface.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of a decorative sheet embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the decorative elements which is attached to a side of the sheet. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the sheet.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawing, by the same reference characters.

In accordance with this invention a base 1 is provided and may be of any sheet material, such as paper, fabric or the like. The sheet 1 is ornamentedupon a side which is studded with decorative elements, the

latter being attached thereto in any manner, preferably by some adhesive, such as glue or paste. Each of the decorative elements is formed of a blank of sheet material, such as paper, which is cut to form a center 2 and points or tongues 3, the latter representing the petals or leaves of a flower. The decorative elements are preferably of circular form and the petals or points 3 radiate therefrom in all directions. The points 3 may be variously formed and of any required length according to the scheme or effect to be produced and may be colored according to the caprice of the user or purpose for which designed. The decorative elements stud the surface of the base or sheet 1 and are arranged thereon in any manner so that the points or petals 3 form amat or solid mass and practically interlace to produce the effect of a bank of flowers arranged side by side over a surface.

In the preferred adaptation of the invention the decorz tive elements are of circular form and the petals 3 made long and narrow and crinkled or fluted along their edges in imitation of the petals of chrysanthemums of the variety having curled petals. The decorative elements are secured to the base or sheet 1 by means of their centers 2 to which an adhesive is applied, the centers being pressed to the base to cause the decorative elements to adhere thereto. The decorative elements are preferably arranged in rows and the elements of one row are arranged opposite the spaces formed between the elements of the adjacent row or rows. This arrangement has been found to give the best results in the production of a mat or banked surface. The petals are curled and radiating in every direction interlace and mutually support one another and entirely cover the surface of the base. It is to be understood that the decorative elements may be colored and variously formed to produce any desired effect according to the decorative scheme to be executed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the embodiment thereof,

I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Havin thus described the invention what is claimec as new, is

1. An artificial floral decoration consisting of a flexible base studded with decorative elements each consisting of a flexible sheet embodying a center and radiating tongues, the latter being curled and crinkled and bunched up about the center, the said decorative elements being attached by their center portions to the flexible base and having their crinkled and curled tongues loose and interlaced to form a soft, fluffy and wave-like mat.

2. An artificial floral decoration consisting of a flexible base and decorative elements arranged upon the base in substantially parallel lines and having the elements in one line arranged opposite the spaces between the elements of adjacent lines, each decorative element consisting of a flexible sheet embodying a center and radial tongues, the latter being curled and crinkled and bunched up about the center, the said decorative elements being attached by their center portions to the base and having their crinkled and curled tongues loose and interlaced to form a soft, fluffy and wave-like mat.

3. An artificial floral decoration consisting of a base and decorative elements studding the base and attached thereto, each of said elements consisting of a tissue-like sheet and embodying a center and closely related tongues extending from the center entirely around the edge thereof and gathered up about the center and free to interlace to form a mat or floraltefiect in bank, said tongues being loose and interwoven and entirely covering the surface of the base.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. GASTHOFF.

Witnesses:

HERMAN BoHLs,

C. A. VVHITE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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