Patent ID: 6152204
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: A47H

Abstract:
A cornice for decoratively dressing a room, comprising:a horizontally elongated unitary base panel having a face side and a back side, said base panel being made of a firm plastic foam material having cross-sectional thickness and height dimensions to provide it with sufficient structural strength and rigidity whereby to be self-sustaining when supported intermediate its ends;said base panel further having a porosity and firmness for gripping and retaining anchoring means therein and thereby enabling securement of a covering fabric around the face side of said panel and securement of supporting brackets to the back side of said panel;at least two brackets each of which has a flange portion secured to the back side of said base panel intermediate its ends and a second portion extending generally perpendicularly to said base panel toward and being secured to a vertical wall supporting surface, said brackets providing the sole support for the base panel from the supporting surface;a fabric covering the face side of said panel; and,a plurality of soft objects selectively positioned on the fabric-covered face side of the base panel by means of pins, each of which pins has a first end penetrating and supporting an object upwardly and a second end penetrating said base panel in a downward direction.