Improvements in Fancy Decoration Made from Flexible Materials.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd June, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fancy Decoration Made from Flexible Materials.
I, ALFRED MAURICE BROWN, of the Firm of Bonfils Monneret & Company,
of 18 Manchester Avenue, Aldersgate Street, in the City of London, in the County
of Middlesex, Importers of Fancy Goods, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to fancy decoration made from flexible materials, such as
that used for decorating apartments during festive seasons, such as Christmastide,.
and has for its object the improved construction of such decoration in a more
simple, cheap, and effective manner than has hitherto been done producing a far
more artistic and beautiful effect than is effected by the decoration at present
in use.
My invention consists in taking a number of pieces of flexible material such as
paper, and making them of any desired external shape such as rectangular, round,.
oval, triangular or any other shape. If desired the edges of the pieces may be
ornamented and the centre portions may be decorated by perforation.
I then take two pieces of the material and I attach them together at their edges
either the whole way round or in part at intermediate points to form a pair, and I
attach these pairs of pieces of material together at the centre portion of the
adjacent pieces. The attachments may be made by gum cement, or other adhesive
material or by any mechanical attaching device.
When the pairs of pieces are all attached together they can be laid flat for
packing and transit and when required for use the upper piece of material is lifted
and the under pieces follow on and form a chain of links of very beautiful and
artistic form.
It will be obvious that this form of decoration can be made very cheaply and in.
a variety of ways.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fancy Decoration Made from Flexible Materials.
I, ALFRED MAURICE BROWN, of the Firm of Bonfils, Monneret and Co., of
18 Manchester Avenue, Aldersgate Street, in the City of London, in the County.
of Middlesex, Importers of Fancy Goods, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to fancy decoration, made from flexible materials, such as
that used for decorating apartments during festive seasons, such as Christmastide,
and has for its object the improved construction of such decoration, in a more
simple, cheap, and effective manner, than has hitherto been done, producing a far
more artistic and beautiful result than is effected by the decorations at present
in use.
In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now describe
the same in relation to the drawings hereunto annexed, reference being had to the

page_text: letters and figures marked thereon. Like letters refer to like parts in the
drawings.
Figure 1 is a plan of one of the pieces of material.
Figure 2 is a side view of the decoration made up in one form for example.
My invention consists in taking a number of pièces A of flexible material, such
as paper, and making them of any desired external shape, such as rectangular,
round, oval, triangular, or any other shape. If desired, the edges of the pieces A
may be ornamented, and the centre portion or whole of the piece may be decorated
by perforation, as shown in Figure as an example.
I then take two pieces A. A and attach them together at their edges B, either
the whole way round, or in part at intermediate points, such as the four corners in
Figure 2, to form a pair, and I attach these pairs of pieces of material together at
the centre portion C, of the pieces A, of the adjacent pairs.
The attachments may be made by means of gum, cement or other adhesive
material, as shown in the drawing, or by any suitable mechanical attaching device.
When the pairs of pieces are all attached together, as described, they can be
laid flat for packing and transit, and when required for use the upper piece of
material is lifted, and the under pieces follow on, and extend from the flat, and
form a chain of links of very beautiful and artistic shape, as shown in Figure 2, for
example, I may attach the pieces together by opposite corners, alternately, instead
of at the centres and outside edges. It will be obvious that this form of decoration
can be made very cheaply, and in a variety of ways, without departing from the
essence of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. A fancy decoration consisting of pieces of flexible material attached to each
other by their centre portions, and their outer portions, in such a way as to lie flat
upon one another for transit, but when pulled out from one another, the pieces form
a chain of links substantially as described.
2nd. In such a fancy decoration the attachment of the pieces together at opposite
portions alternately, so that they lie flat for transit, and when extended form a
chain substantially as described.
3rd. The construction and arrangement of parts of fancy decoration, substantially
as described.
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FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.