Patent Publication Number: US-2005130524-A1

Title: Dinner service pad

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
      The present invention is related to a dinner service pad, including a plurality of support sticks integrally woven with a woven fabric into a piece of decoration article wherein the support sticks are equidistantly wrapped in place by the woven fabric, and an adhesive layer is coated at the upper and lower surfaces of the decoration article thereon respectively, securely binding together the woven fabric and the support sticks thereby to form a rigid and solid piece of the decoration article that is further cut into specific dinner pads of various shapes with artistic diagrams of rich colors and three-dimensional effect disposed at the upper and lower surfaces thereon. Via the support sticks and the adhesive layers, the woven fabric is prevented from getting loose yarns in the cutting operation thereof. Besides, the adhesive layers thereof can also prevent food or gravy from getting inside to the support sticks and the woven fabric thereof, precisely protecting the upper and lower surfaces of the dinner pad thereof. And tissue is simply applied onto the adhesive layers to clean up the dinner pad in an easy and fast manner.  
      Please refer to  FIG. 1 . A conventional dinner service pad is made up of a plurality of hollow beads  11  strung and woven with weaving yarns  12  into a dinner pad  10  with three-dimensional effect as shown in  FIG. 1 .  
      There are some drawbacks to such conventional dinner service pad. First, a number of hollow beads  11  are required to be woven with the weaving yarns  12  to provide a dinner pad  10  wherein the hollow beads  11  must be processed in advance before woven with the weaving yarns  12  thereof. The processing and weaving operations thereof are both complicated and time-consuming, which can uneconomically boost the cost of production and make the dinner pad  10  uncompetitive in the market. Second, the bead  11  are directly contacted with dinnerware in practical use, which not only easily damage the surface of the beads  11  due to the friction thereof, but also can easily tarnish the beads  11  in case food or gravy spilt onto the beads  11  or into hollow spots  101  of the dinner pad  10  thereof and result in the inconvenience of cleaning up thereof in practical use. Third, the beads  11  of the dinner pad  10  are made of plastics, which can increase the burden of the environment in recycle. When burned off in disposal, the beads  11  thereof can also cause air pollution and harm the environment.  
     SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION  
      It is, therefore, the primary purpose of the present invention to provide a dinner service pad, including a plurality of support sticks integrally woven with a woven fabric into a piece of decoration article wherein an adhesive layer is coated at the upper and lower surfaces of the decoration article thereon respectively, securely binding the woven fabric and the support sticks thereby to form a hard and solid piece of the decoration article which is further cut into specific dinner pads via molds of different shapes, facilitating a fast and easy processing thereof so as to reduce the cost of production and achieve economical efficiency thereof.  
      It is, therefore, the second purpose of the present invention to provide a dinner service pad wherein, via the weaving texture of the woven fabric, the dinner pad thereof is equipped with artistic diagrams of rich colors and three-dimensional effect at the upper and lower surfaces thereon; via the support sticks and the adhesive layers, the woven fabric is prevented from getting loose yarns in the cutting operation thereof; besides, the adhesive layers thereof can also refrain the support sticks and the woven fabric from directly contacting with the dinnerware so as to avoid the damage of frication in use, precisely protecting the upper and lower surfaces of the dinner pad thereof to prolong the lifespan of the dinner pad thereof.  
      It is, therefore, the third purpose of the present invention to provide a dinner service pad wherein, via the support sticks made of bamboo materials, the woven fabric, and the adhesive layer of food-used fastening agent, the dinner pad thereof is easily disposed in recycle or burning off without causing any burden or air pollution to the environment to provide an eco-friendly dinner pad thereof.  
      It is, therefore, the fourth purpose of the present invention to provide a dinner service pad wherein both the upper and lower surfaces of the dinner pad are securely protected by the adhesive layers so that, in case food or gravy spills over onto the dinner pad thereof, the adhesive layers thereof can prevent food or gravy from getting inside to the support sticks and the woven fabric thereof, and tissue is simply applied onto the adhesive layers to clean up the dinner pad in an easy and fast manner. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a conventional dinner service pad.  
       FIG. 2  is a perspective exploded view of the present invention.  
       FIG. 3  is a cross sectional view of the present invention.  
       FIG. 4  is a diagram showing a finished dinner pad of the present invention.  
       FIG. 5  is a diagram showing another finished dinner pad of the present invention.  
       FIG. 6  is a perspective exploded view of another embodiment of the present invention.  
       FIG. 7  is a cross sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention.  
       FIG. 8  is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the present invention. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
      Please refer to FIGS.  2  to  5  inclusive. The present invention is related to a dinner service pad, including a plurality of mutually juxtaposed support sticks  21  of bamboo materials, and a woven fabric  22  integrally woven with the support sticks  21  in equal space to provide a piece of decoration article  20 . The support sticks  21  are equidistantly wrapped in place by the woven fabric  22 . An adhesive layer  201  of food-used and transparent fastening agent is coated at the upper and lower surfaces of the decoration article  20  thereon respectively to securely bind together the weaving spots of the woven fabric  20  and each support stick  21  thereof to form a rigid and solid piece of the decoration article  20  thereof. Diagrams of various designs and colors can be integrally woven at the surfaces of the decoration articles  20  before the decoration article  20  thereof is dissevered via molds of different shaped into specific dinner pads such as a round dinner pad  20 ′ or a polygonal dinner pad  20 ″ as shown in  FIGS. 4, 5 . Via the weaving texture of the woven fabric  22 , the dinner pad  20 ′, or  20 ″ is equipped with artistic diagrams of rich colors and three-dimensional effect at the upper and lower surfaces thereon. And securely hold by the support sticks  21  and coated with the adhesive layers  201 , the woven fabric  22  is prevented from getting loose yarns in the cutting operation thereof. Besides, the adhesive layers  201  thereof can precisely refrain the support sticks  21  and the woven fabric  22  of the dinner pad  20 ′ from directly contacting with the dinnerware so as to avoid the damage of frication in use and prolong the lifespan of the dinner pad  20 ′ thereof. Thus, both the upper and lower surfaces of the dinner pad  20 ′,  20 ″ are securely protected by the adhesive layers  201 . In case food or gravy spills over onto the dinner pad  20 ′  20 ″, the adhesive layers  201  can precisely prevent food or gravy from getting inside to the support sticks  21  and the woven fabric  22  thereof. And tissue is simply applied onto the adhesive layers  201  to clean up the dinner pad  20 ′,  20 ″ in an easy and fast manner, facilitating the convenience of the dinner pad  20 ′,  20 ″ thereof in practical use and cleaning up thereof.  
      Please refer to FIGS.  6  to  7  inclusive. The present invention can also be equipped with a plurality of support sticks  31  each individually arranged in equal space from the others, and a woven fabric  32  integrally woven with the support sticks  31  to provide a piece of decoration article  30 . The support sticks  31  are equidistantly wrapped in place by the woven fabric  32  thereof. An adhesive layer  301  is coated at the upper and lower surfaces of the decoration article  30  thereon respectively, securely binding together the weaving spots of the woven fabric  32  and each support stick  31  thereof to form a rigid and solid piece of the decoration article  30  thereof that is further cut into specific dinner pads of different shapes via molds.  
      Please refer to  FIG. 8 . The present invention can also have a plurality of support sticks  41  equidistantly arranged in pairs, and a woven fabric  42  integrally woven with the paired-up support sticks  41  into a piece of decoration article  40 . The support sticks  41  are wrapped in place by the woven fabric  42  in equal space. An adhesive layer  401  is coated at the upper and lower surfaces of the decoration article  40  thereon respectively, securely binding together the weaving spots of the woven fabric  32  and each support stick  31  thereof to form a rigid and solid piece of the decoration article  40  thereof that is further cut into specific dinner pads of various shapes via molds.