Patent ID: 7086436

Claim:
A method of fabricating an elongate article comprising the steps of: (a) providing a substrate and a thin covering adhered to a top surface of the substrate; (b) routing the substrate and thin covering to provide an outer peripheral configuration having a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side, wherein the top side and the bottom side are each generally straight and converge toward one another from the left side to the right side such that the left side of the outer peripheral configuration is relatively wide as compared to the right side of the outer peripheral configuration; (c) routing a plurality of v-shaped cut-out regions in the substrate, each v-shaped cut-out region extending substantially through the substrate, but not into the thin covering, each v-shaped cut-out region extending in a substantially straight line from the left side to the right side of the outer peripheral configuration; (d) mitering an angled surface on the top side and the bottom side, extending from the top surface to a bottom surface of the substrate, the angled surfaces angling inwardly from the top surface to the bottom surface at an angle; and (e) folding the substrate having the thin covering about the plurality of v-shaped cut-out regions, into the elongate article.