US1504571A - Wreath - Google Patents

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Aug. 12 1924.

B. H. MARSHALL WREATH Filed Dec. 21 1925 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

UNITED STATES BURNS HENRY MARSHALL, OF DETROIT, MIGHIGAN.

Application filed December 21, 1923. Serial No. 682,030.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURNS H. MARSHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wreaths, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements 1n decorative wreaths which in general are of a floral nature, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provlde a wreath of the character described which is formed of sections made of cardboard, light gage metal, or like material, each of the sections being fashioned in the similitude of foliage and the several sections being connected together in such manner that the wreath composed thereof has a natural and highly ornamental appearance.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a wreath of the character described which is adapted to be produced at a relatively low cost and which is not likely to get out of shape readily.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, considered in conjunction with the accompany- 30 ing drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of an incomplete wreath showing the manner of assembling certain of the elements thereof,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the relation of a foliage section and a spacing section of the wreath to each other and to a binding wire,

Figure 3 is a plan view of a ring-shaped binding wire which may be comprised in the wreath,

Figure d is a planwiew of one of the spacers opened out, and

Figure 5 is a plan View of one of the foliage sections in opened out or unfolded position.

A wreath embodying the invention in the form now preferred by me comprises alternating foliage and spacer sections 1 and 2, respectively, bound together and carried by a binding ring 3. Each of the foliage sections 1 comprises a palmated body formed of a thin sheet of cardboard, thin gage metal, or other suitable flexible and resilient material. The palmated body of which each of the sections 1 consists is clearly shown in Figure 5, and the material of which it is composed may be colored, embossed, or have any desirable printing or indicia, or design produced thereon. The palmated body has finger-like radial prolongations 4 which have the edges thereof serrated or curved as shown in imitation of the marginal 'line of a leaf of any particular tree or flower, as for instance, the leaf of holly. The palmated body may be bent substantially into conical shape and is held in such shape by the engagement of a tab or lug portion 5 thereof at one lateral edge of the body with a slot 6 which is located adjacent to the opposite lateral edge of the body, the slotted portion of the body being overlapped by the tabcarrying portion of the body.

The sections 1 are strung on the binding wire 3 and each two adjacent sections 1 are spaced apart by one of the spacers 2. Each of the spacers 2 comprises a flat body consisting of two elongated similar portions 7 which have angular end portions indicated at 7*, each of such angular end portions being united along one lateral edge to the other angular end portion, thus producing a fold line, indicated at 8, so that one of the portions 7 may be folded to overlie the other portion 7 and will then be co-extensive in area with the latter. The portions 7 of each spacer are reduced in width adjacent to their free ends as indicated at 9 to provide tongues 10 and the superposed tongues of each folded spacer may be inserted through the slot 6 of the preceding section 1 on the binding wire. The succeeding section 1 on the binding wire receives the folded angular end portions of the spacer and is held by the latter in spaced relation to the preceding foliage section 1.

The binding wire 3 may be a single length of spring wire bent into circular shape and having lapped end portions.

From the foregoing description of the "various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood. When the foliage sections and the spacer sections are arranged in alternating relation circumferentially of the binding wire 3, the spacers will be practically completely encompassed and concealed by the foliage sections and the portion of each foliage section which carries the leaf-resembling prolongations 1 likewise will be practically completely concealed by the leaf-resembling por-' tion.

Obviously, the invention is susceptible of 5V embodiment in forms other than that illus-,

tratedin the accompanying drawings and I, therefore, consider as my own all modifications and adaptations thereof which fairly fall within the scope ftheappended claims.

I claim:

lrA wreath comprising a-pluralityr of alte'rnating foliage .sectionsimade of a flexible material and spacers, and meanslholding said foliage sections and spacers in ring forma- 2. A wreath comprisinga plurality of sections,eac h formedof a flexible material bent to provide a substantially conical-shaped portion having leaf-resemb1ing prolongations at one end thereof, a binding'wire extending throughsaid sections, and-a spacer "between eachtwoadjacent sections. 7

'3, A wreath comprising a plurality of sections, each formed of a flexible material bent to. provide a substantially conicalsha-ped portion having leaf-resembling prolongations at one end thereof, a binding wire extending through said sections, a spacer between each two adjacent sections, .said spacer conforming in color to said sections and being made of a material similar to the material of which said sections are composed. f v

4. A wreath comprising a plurality of sections, each formed of a flexible material bent to provide: a substantially conicalshaped portion having leaf-resembling prolongationsat one end thereof, a binding wire extending through saidsections, a spacer between each two adjacent sections, each spaeer beingattached to one of said sections and beingpartiallyreceived within theconical-shaped portion of the succeeding section.

5. In a wreath, a section, comprising a palmated flat body made of a flexible material,

flower or tree, the palmated portion of said body having cooperative co-engaging means whereby said body will be held substantially in conical shape, and means whereby a plurality of said sections may beconnected together in series to form a wreath.

7 -6. In a wreath, a section comprising a palmated flat body made of a flexiblematerial, the marginal line of each finger-like portion of the body conforming substantially to the marginal line of the leaf of ,a particular flower or tree, the palmated portion of said body having co-opera-tive co-engaging means whereby said body-will be held substantially in conical shape, means whereby a plurality of said sections may be connected together in series to form a wreath, and a spacer between each two adjacent sections of said wreath.

7. In a wreath, a section comprising a palmated flat body made of a'fiexible material, the marginal line of each finger-like portion of the body conforming substantially to the marginal line of the leaf of a particular flower or tree, the palmated portion of said body having co-operative co-engaging-nieans whereby said body will be held substantially in conical shape, means whereby a plurality of said sections may be connected together in series to form a wreath, and a spacer between each two adjacent sections of said wreath, said spacer being detachably secured to the preceding section and engaging with the succeeding section to hold the sections in-spaced apart relation.

BURNS HENRY MARSHALL.

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