Patent ID: 6324811
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B44C,B44F,E04F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Handcraft process for interior decorating an extended-surface area, combining the steps of:(A) providing a lightweight non-fabric surface-covering sheet stock which is capable of being hand-torn and, in flat configuration, presents a pair of opposed surfaces, with(i) one surface of such pair, which is to be exposed on such surface area, being permanently preprinted over its entire surface, with a pattern selected from the group consisting of:(a) a chromatic presentation,(b) a randomly-presented motif, and(c) combinations thereof; with(ii) the remaining surface of such pair being integrally-precoated over its entire surface with dry prepaste capable of being moisture-activated without disturbing such preprinted surface;(B) hand tearing randomly-shaped pieces of various sizes from such flat sheet stock so as to establish a hand-torn peripheral ragged-edge portion for each,(C) selecting an individual hand-torn piece,(D) moisture-activating such integral prepaste on such selected hand-torn piece so as to enable adhesion to a surface area to be covered; then(E) applying, by means of such moisture-activated prepaste, such selected hand-torn piece at a selected location of such surface area to be covered, andsmoothing such initially-applied piece to the contour of such selected location of surface being covered;(F) subsequently:(i) selecting another piece with a handtorn peripheral ragged-edge portion,(ii) similarly moisture-activating such integral prepaste of such selected another hand-torn piece,(ii) positioning such another hand-torn piece with at least a portion of its hand-torn peripheral edge being in overlapping relationship with at least a portion of such hand-torn peripheral edge portion of such earlier applied piece,(iii) similarly, smoothing such subsequently-applied hand-torn piece to such surface being covered, with(iv) such smoothing being carried out to avoid disturbing such peripherally-overlapping handtorn edges; and(G) providing for surface drying of such applied sheet stock.