Patent ID: 7503887

Claim:
A method for making curled decorative grass comprising the steps of: providing a sheet or web of material capable of having a curl imparted thereto; slitting the sheet or web of material to provide a plurality of side-by-side strips of material; and drawing the plurality of side-by-side strips of material over at least one curl bar so as to produce a curled decorative grass having at least one of a substantially clock spring configuration and a compression tension spring configuration, wherein the at least one curl bar is provided with a curling edge, and wherein an angle of a portion of the curling edge of the at least one curl bar relative to a direction of travel of the plurality of side-by-side strips of material is different from an angle of another portion of the curling edge of the curl bar relative to the direction of travel of the plurality of side-by-side strips of material.