Patents Assigned to National Tinsel Manufacturing Company
  • Patent number: 5201699
    Abstract: A decorative garland. A product and method of manufacture of garland includes a web having transversely cut center and border sections, and the center section as longer length transverse cuts and the border sections have shorter length transverse cuts. The cut film web is folded and then stuffed using a wire spine to hold a high density of cut film web. The stuffed web is then twisted causing formation of a helically rotated array of loops of the longer length transverse cut sections, and a tinsel-like material is positioned nearest the wire spine formed from the shorter length transverse cut sections of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: National Tinsel Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: William F. Protz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5091226
    Abstract: A decorative garland. A product and method of manufacture of garland includes a web having transversely cut center and border sections, and the center section has widely spaced transverse cuts and the border sections have narrower spaced transverse cuts. The cut film web is folded and then stuffed using a wire spine to hold a high density of cut film web. The stuffed web is then twisted causing formation of a helically rotated array of loops of the widely spaced transverse cut sections, and a tinsel-like material is positioned nearest the wire spine formed from the narrower spaced transverse cut sections of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: National Tinsel Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: William F. Protz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4963411
    Abstract: A decorative ribbon is disclosed having a web portion comprising two flexible wires enclosed within its crimped hemmed edges. The flexible wires allow the substantially flat decorative ribbon to be formed into numerous shapes for numerous decorative purposes and also serve to lend structure and rigidity to an otherwise unsupported material. The crimped edges also aid in the forming of various shapes, and create random patterned wrinkles in the web which augment the appearance of the ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: National Tinsel Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: William F. Protz, Jr.