Patent ID: 6596352
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A41G,A47G,B26D,B65B,B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A decorative grass for use in filling Easter baskets, and candy boxes, preparing floral arrangements and wreaths and other decorative purposes, the decorative grass having a three-dimensional printed pattern on a portion of at least one surface thereof, the decorative grass comprising:a plurality of randomly arranged elongated segments, the elongated segments having a substantially planar cross-section and a three-dimensional printed pattern on a portion of one surface thereof, the plurality of elongated segments formed from a sheet of material having a three-dimensional printed pattern provided by application of a foamable ink to a portion of at least one surface thereof so that the elongated segments are provided with the three-dimensional printed pattern on a portion of at least one surface thereof, wherein the plurality of elongated segments having the three-dimensional printed pattern thereon are further intertwined into a cohesive mass whereby the elongated segments are provided with random longitudinal curls, random transverse curls and combinations thereof in addition to the three-dimensional printed pattern to thereby provide a decorative grass.