Christmas bell ornament
A Christmas bell ornament is disclosed, which is reduced in overall thickness to improve bulkiness in prior art. The bell ornament is made by adjoining two formed metal plates via the junction surface around the periphery with their inner surfaces facing each other. In horizontal cross sectional view, the width at the middle section of bell body after adjoinment is bigger that the width at each end, and an arc surface is formed with the bell body tapering from the middle section towards each end With overall size reduced, the volume of goods transported can be increased and the transport cost can be reduced. There can also be bossed pattern on the surface of Christmas bell ornament to give it excellent visual effect.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention provides an innovated Christmas bell ornament that retains the original shape of the bell, but with reduced size, and may have bossed or hole pattern produced on its surface. The Christmas bell ornament provides excellent visual effect when hung on a tree or a wall, making it an ideal ornament.
2. Description of the Related Art
Christmas bells are in general decorative products that are extensively hung on trees or walls as ornament for festivity, in particular during Christmas season.
The most commonly seen Christmas bells have Liberty-Bell shape or ball shape. Prior commonly seen Christmas bells include those disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. D.427,364 and D.411,481. One of those bells has an integrally-formed Liberty-Bell shape disposed with a sunken ring near the mouth of bell and surrounding the bell surface. Because the bell has a circular cone body and the mouth of the bell is in the shape of a circular opening, it is relatively big in size and tends to cost more in packaging, storage and transport. In addition, the bell ornament when hung cannot stay straight, but tilts inwardly such that the entire shape of the bell cannot be fully revealed, thereby reducing its esthetic value.
In addition, a ball-shaped bell has a ball shape that is also big in size and takes space, thus lacking economic benefits as described above.
In addition, a bell needs to make sound. Thus it must be made of metal, which tends to constrain the processing technologies that can be used. Thus it is not that easy to design three-dimensional decorative pattern or patterned holes on the bell surface. That is why bell ornaments seen on the market predominantly have smooth surface.
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In the aforesaid structure, it is apparent that it retains a bell shape when viewed from the front. But when viewed from the side, we will be surprised to find that it has been reduced in volume and becomes flatter. Such bell structure offers many advantages. For example, less material is required for packing and the volume of goods transported can be effectively increased, thereby greatly reducing the storage and transport costs. More so, such bell ornament when hung can stay straight without tilting inwards, rendering the display of the bell ornament more esthetic. As such, the bell ornament retains the original shape of the bell, but with reduced size, and may have bossed or decorative hole patterns produced on its surface to provide excellent visual effect when hung on a tree or a wall, thus making it an ideal ornament.
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Claims
1. A Christmas bell ornament made by aligning two preformed metal plates with their inner surfaces facing each other, each metal plate having a junction surface around the periphery and on the inner surface of the preformed metal plate for adjoining the other metal plate, characterized in which in horizontal cross sectional view, the width between metal plates at the middle section of the bell body after adjoinment being smaller than the width of the metal plates to form a fish-eyed shape, and an arc surface being formed with the bell body tapering from the middle section towards each end to become a flat-shaped bell ornament.
2. The Christmas bell ornament as claimed in claim 1, wherein said surface of the bell ornament is disposed with bossed or longitudinal groove pattern.
3. The Christmas bell ornament as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a hang ring and drop weight or beads between the inner surfaces of metal plates.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 4, 2007
Publication Date: Oct 9, 2008
Applicant: E-CHERNE ENTERPRISES CO., LTD. (Changhua City)
Inventor: Tsung-Wei Chen (Changhua)
Application Number: 11/730,822
International Classification: A47G 33/08 (20060101);