Patent ID: 6477861
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A44C,D04D,Y10T

Abstract:
An arrangement for making an ornament, comprising:a) a supporting structure having a pair of supports spaced apart along a longitudinal axis; b) a closed loop of a twistable, shape-retaining material having a pair of bight end portions respectively mounted on the supports, and a pair of rail portions extending along the longitudinal axis between the supports; c) a plurality of beads successively arranged along the rail portions, each bead having a passage through which both rail portions extend with clearance; and d) an actuator for jointly turning one of the supports and one of the bight end portions mounted thereon in a circumferential direction around the longitudinal axis, and for twisting the rail portions about each other to hold the beads in a fixed relation on the rail portions.