Patent ID: 9453266
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: C14B,C14C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for shaping animal hide, comprising the steps in order of: first, substantially wetting a natural hide side of a tanned animal hide; second, chemically treating the substantially wetted natural hide side of the tanned animal hide with a sizing comprising a solid, liquid, or gaseous composition of any one of the following: synthetic polymers and macromolecular natural products; third, placing the chemically treated animal hide onto a base, wherein the base only provides support for the shaping process; and fourth, shaping the chemically treated tanned animal hide by manipulating the animal hide into a desired form without stitching the hide, punching the hide into a mold, or stretching the hide against a mold, wherein the desired form of the chemically treated tanned animal hide is unlike the smooth shape of the base by taking on additional features not part of the base itself in that the animal hide takes on an undulating three-dimensional form around the base to take on the desired form and wherein the base did not provide the structure of the undulating form.