Patent ID: 6715251
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
A decorative simulated thatch unit, comprising:a clamp including a top wall having two opposite longitudinal edges, two side walls extending from the longitudinal edges respectively and confronting each other, each of the side walls including a distal end, and a plurality of spaced teeth arranged on the distal end of each of the side walls, the spaced teeth of the two side walls extending toward one another and being staggered with respect to one another so that each of the spaced teeth of the distal end of one of the side walls extends between two adjacent spaced teeth of the distal end of the other one of the side walls, the top wall and the two side walls defining a receiving space; a plurality of flexible decorative cords, each cord having a U-shaped bent portion and two end portions, the U-shaped bent portions of the cords being arranged within the receiving space, the two end portions of each cord extending out of the clamp between the spaced teeth, the side walls of the clamp clamping the cords; and a press strip arranged entirely within the receiving space behind the spaced teeth, the press strip being straddled by the U-shaped bent portions of the flexible decorative cords, the press strip pressing the U-shaped bent portions of the cords against the top wall of the clamp, the spaced teeth retaining the press strip within the receiving space.