Patent ID: 6989178
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: A41G,B31F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A corrugated decorative grass for use as Easter grass or packing material, the corrugated decorative grass produced by a method comprising the steps of: providing a sheet of material capable of being folded, wherein the sheet of material is selected from the group consisting of paper, foil, polymeric film, laminations thereof and combinations thereof, at least a portion of the sheet of material provided with at least one of a printed design, an etched design, an embossed design and combinations thereof; corrugating the sheet of material to provide a corrugated sheet of material; folding the corrugated sheet of material to provide a folded corrugated sheet of material having a plurality of folds wherein each of the plurality of folds has a first leg, a second leg and a crease defining a fold line from which the first and second legs extend, and wherein one of the first and second legs of each of the plurality of folds is provided with a length greater than the other leg so that the folds overlay a portion of an adjacent fold; slitting the sheet of folded corrugated material into a plurality of strips of folded corrugated material wherein each of the plurality of strips has a predetermined width; and cutting the plurality of strips of folded corrugated material into segments to provide corrugated decorative grass.