Patent ID: 8138404

Claim:
An elongate decorative strip inlay product having a top, a bottom, opposing first and second sides between the top and the bottom, a length, a width of about 0.03 inch to about 1.5 inches between the first and second sides, and a thickness of about 0.03 inch to about 0.4 inch between the top and the bottom, said elongate decorative strip inlay product comprising: (a) a flexible, relatively underlying, layer of substrate material extending the length and width of said elongate decorative strip inlay product; and (b) a relatively overlying layer of display material, affixed to said substrate layer, said layer of display material comprising a plurality of separate and distinct display material segments, spaced from each other, with intervening spaces readily visible to the naked eye between respective ones of the display material segments, such that ones of said display material segments can move relative to each other in accommodation of such flexing of said strip inlay product, wherein a said elongate decorative strip inlay product, which is straight when in a relaxed condition, is sufficiently flexible that said elongate decorative strip inlay product can be flexed, about a vertical axis which is perpendicular to the top and bottom of said decorative strip inlay product, to a curvature representing a radius of no more than 5 inches.