Patent ID: 7736703
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B44F

Abstract:
1. A method of making an artificial hollow core boulder or rock comprising: (a) filling a plastic trash bag with a material selected from the group consisting of newspaper, hay, used sponges, used rags, used foam, and cut-up pillows, and tying the bag shut; (b) wrapping the filled plastic trash bag with chicken wire; (c) pressing the chicken wire by means of hands to form a boulder or rock shape; (d) cutting a hole in the chicken wire; (e) coating the chicken wire with a first layer of stucco and allowing the first stucco layer to dry; (f) coating the dried first stucco layer with a second layer of stucco; (g) cutting a hole in the plastic bag where the hole in the chicken wire was cut; (h) removing the newspaper, hay, used sponges, used rags, used foam, or cut-up pillows, through said hole in the plastic bag; (i) filling the bag through said hole in the plastic bag with materials selected from the group consisting of expended crushed cans, expended plastic bottles, and expended plastic bags; (j) sealing said hole in the chicken wire and said hole in the plastic bag with chicken wire and stucco; and (k) sealing the stucco surface with acid or latex stain.