US1578703A - Artificial-flower ornament - Google Patents

Description

March 30 1926. 7 1,578,703

S.'ARONSON ARTIFICIAL mowsa ORNAMENT Filed August 14 925 Fig 1.

Inventor. Simon Aronson b %M MM Aifye v Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

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Application filed August 14, 1925. seal no. 50,333.

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Be it known that I, SrMoN ARoNsoN, acitizen of the United States, and ;resident of Brookline, count'yof Nor-fork, State of 5 Massachusetts, have invented an Improve inent in: Artificial-Flower Ornaments, ofv I I 1 strip of fur is retalned in this fan-l1ke shape which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing 10 representing like parts.

This invention relates to artificial flower "ornaments of the boutonniere type, andhas for its object to provide anovel'way of securing a more attractive effect than is consists simply of a bunch of artificial flowers. v I

I obtain the desirable added effect by; the use of a feather-like or fur-likeielement which is associated withthe artificial flowers in such a way asztolgivea fringe-like background for the flowers;

invention I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claims. t

In the drawings: y

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating an ornament embodying my'invention; Y 7

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the strip of long-haired fur from which the fringe-like background is made;

7 Fig. 3 is a View illustrating the way in which the strip of fur i's'bent to give it the fringe-like effect;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the strip of cured to a reinforcing strip;

Fig. 1; V Fig. 6 is a back side view of the ornament. p

The ornament includes, as one feature, a plurality of artificial gfiowers, which, are designated generally atl. These may be of any desired kind or color and each flower is preferably provided with a wire stem 2, as usual iii ornaments of this type.

Associated with the artificial flowers, to enhance the effect thereof, is a specially made fringe-like background member.

This may be made from a feather or from 77 secured by the ordinary boutonniere which In order to give an understanding of the fur bent intoa semi-circular shape and se-.'

- a: narrow strip of long haired ';fur,: such as shown in F ig, 2. In'said Fig. 2,:3indieates the narrowstrip of skin andft indicates I the long hairs which are attachedto the. strip :8, with the .result thatthe hairs 4 assume a semi-circular or fan shape. The

byqs'ecuring' the bent (strip 3 of the skin I to a reinforcing strip 5 of cloth, leather-or some other .similar'material. This may conve'nientlybe doneby attaching the bent j v strip 3 to the end ofthe reinforcingmemberl 5 bya suitableadhesive, although it might equally well besecured tofthe;rei11- I forcing member by any-othermeans. The reinforcing stripe tofwhichthe fur strip is secured is then provided with a'slit- 6 along the dotted line, F ig; 41, this slit coinciding with the meeting faces-7 of the strip whenff, it is bent back on itself, Thisbendinggof the fur strip backion itself resultsin forming an eye or opening 8 fat the bightof the bend. V After the'stripfof fur has beenv given its fan shape and has b'eenattached to the reinforcing strip 5, as shown in Fig; 4:, then the fur is placed back of the artificial flowers 1 to form a background therefor and r a fringe-like addition thereto, as indicated in Fig. 1 The stem -of the reinforcing strip and the wire stems 2 of the flowers'85 are then twisted together and preferably wound with a tape or strip 9, as usualfin 'boutonnieresQ In order to more securely fasten the fur portion and the flower por-- tion together I preferably take a stem' 0f one of the flowers, as for instance the stem" 2, and pass it through the hair" of the fur and over the end of the reinforcing strip 5, and thenpass it through the slit 6 and through the eye "8 to the frontof' f the fur, as clearly seen in Fig. 5, said stem '2 then being laid with the stems 21 of the other artificial flowers and enclosedwithin the'tape covering 9. In this way thefur portion is securely fastened to the flower W portion of the ornament, so that the fur will always lie close against the back side 1, of the flower. a

An ornament having this be made veryinexpensively,*andby using furrwith'hair of difl'erent colorsyariety of pleasing effects can be produced, 1

An ornament of this type is Well adapted construction can 10:;

inga wire stem, a narrow strip of longhaired fur bent back on istelf thereby to cause the hair toassume a fan shape, areinforcing strip secured to the skin of the fur, and said fan-shaped fur strip being situated behind the flowers to form a fringelike background therefor, and an enveloping tape wound about the stems and the strip.

'8. An, ornament of the class described comprising a plurality of artificial flowers each havinga wire stem, a narrow strip of long-haired fur bent back on itself thereby to cause the hair to assume a fan shape and to form an eye in the loop of the bent strip, a reinforcing strip to which'the bent fur is secured, said fur being situated immediately behind the flowers, and the wire "stem of one of the flowers being passed through-the hair over the end of the reinforcing strip and then forwardly through the latter and said eye, thereby locking the fur to the flowers.

4:. An ornament of the class described comprising a plurality of artificial flowers each "having a wire stem, a narrow strip of long-haired fur bent back on itself thereby to cause the hair to assume a fan shape and to form an eye in the loop of the bent strip,a reinforcingstrip to which the bent a fur is secured, said fur being situated immediately behind the flowers, and the wire stem of one of the flowers being passed throughthe hair over the end of the reinforcing strip and then forwardly through the'latter and said eye, thereby locking the fur to the flowers, and an enveloping. tape enclosing the stems of the flowers and the reinforcing strip.

5. An artificial flower ornament compris ing a plurality of artificial flowers having a wire stem, a background member situated behind the flowers and presenting a fringelike effect, said background member having an eye and the stems of one of the flowers being extended through said eye thereby to lock the background member to the flowers, the stems of all the flowersbeing twisted together.

In testimony whereof, I-have signed my name to this specification.

SIMON- ARONSON.

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