Abstract: Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a composite camouflage construction having an open mesh net substrate, and a continuous sheet overlying the substrate and bonded thereto along plural spaced lines of attachment, with lobes of the sheet cut to simulate the appearance of leaves and foliage. Apparatus and method includes a sewing station for stitching the sheet along plural spaced lines of attachment to the substrate to form open-ended pockets or channels between the sheet and substrate. The cutting station spaces the sheet from the substrate and a heated cutting wire reciprocates between adjacent lines of stitches to cut the sheet, open the channel, and use a series of loose lobes simultating the appearance of natural objects of a terrain, the fabric is then heated to cause the lobes to shrink and fall out of the plane of the fabric and are folded and creased to increase the openness of the fabric.

Abstract: A photochromic material having a thin film of an ion complex of a photochromic substance having an anionic group and a cationic surface active agent is described. Since the surface active agent is used, a uniform film with good photochromism can be obtained. A method for fabricating the photochromic material is also described.

Abstract: Long-life cut flowers characterized in that their tissue water is replaced with a substance, particularly polyethylene glycol (PEG), which is unsuited to the metabloism of saprophytic agents, and method of treating cut flowers to obtain these long-life flowers.

Abstract: A novel mechanism and related processes for joining naturally grown and artificially produced parts to create aesthetically appealing, naturally appearing, large artificial plants, such as trees. A novel joint mechanism provides the appearance of naturally occurring outgrowth of branches and the like from proximally disposed trunks and stems. A method for bending and forming artificial foliage provides a more airy, naturally appearing leaf pattern around the crown of a plant.

Abstract: An artificial cactus of landscape timbers simulating natural saguare cactus comprising a generally vertical trunk and a plurality of multi-section arms affixed to said trunk at generally irregular spacing, the first section joined to the trunk at an angle with said trunk of between about 90 and about 60 degrees and each successive section joined to adjacent sections at an angle of between about 15 and about 30 degrees, the last of said sections being oriented in an approximately vertical direction. Each arm has a metallic rod member extending longitudinally through the sections and transversely through the trunk and a plurality of fastener means engaging the rod at intervals with each said fastener bearing against one of the trunk or sections to fix the sections together and to the trunk; and a plurality of natural fiber rope lengths stapled longitudinally along said trunk and each of the arms.

Abstract: A golf mat of grass-like material includes top and bottom pads each of which includes belting material which substantially strengthens them and protects the base mat form damage from golf clubs striking it. The golf tee extends only through the top pad and not through the base mat and the belting material of the top pad presents any enlargement of the hole through the top pad which includes felt carpet which also gives a grass-like appearance. The top pad is loosely secured to the base pad and may be raised at its center for replacement of the tee and the top pad absorbs energy from the golf club due to its ability to move relative to the base mat when it is struck. The pad may be replaced through operation of the bolts at its opposite ends. The turf layer includes filaments of yarn such as tufts partially exposed on the bottom side adjacent fabric-like material exposed on the top side of the layer of belting material.

Abstract: A general-purpose sports floor is installed on a supporting substructure composed of stone-like materials or other compositions of materials such as a wooden floor or stabilized sand. In order that the sports floor meets the highest requirements with respect to sports serviceability, lowest risk of injury to the sportsman or sportswoman, mechanical strength and durability it is composed at least of a combination of the following layers or composite layers:1. at least one relatively thin polyurethane top layer with a covering producing friction for the sportsman or sportswoman;2. at least one hard elastic layer formed from granules or rubber particles and air cavities present between said particles;3. at least one relatively thin force-distributing hard layer made, for example, of plywood or hard plastic;4. at least one relatively thick layer made of plastic foam.

Abstract: A pumpkin decoration wherein a first decorative piece of vinyl sticks via an adhesive to the pumpkin and a second decorative piece of static cling material clings via static cling to the first piece. Third and fourth pieces of static cling material may also cling to the second piece and to each other such that a number of designs may be created. The first decorative piece of vinyl includes an adhesive which is pressure-sensitive such that the first piece may be repeatedly removed and reapplied to the pumpkin.

Abstract: A laminated playing surface and its method of making wherein a chemically blown polyolefin foam sheet is laminated by an adhesive to a scrim sheet saturated with a stabilizing agent which when heated contracts the lamination so that it can stretch tight between opposed edge portions affixed to the surface of the playing site.

Abstract: Slits extend transversely between longitudinal edge portions of a PVC sheet to define two interdigitating rows of triangular regions, each row having its apexes integral with one edge portion and its bases integral with the other edge portion. Crease lines extend along the respective triangular regions. When the apexes are separated, two pieces of bladed sheet material are formed. The blades resemble grass or leaves.

Abstract: A device and method for camouflaging an object or terrain by use of a white .V. reflectance material to which has been applied an appropriate terrain configuration by paint indicating partial snow coverage, desert, or woodland designs. The material may be placed above, onto, beside, against and or secured thereto at different heights and may be extended in different sloping angles for an offset appearance.

Abstract: A three-color camouflage system comprises layers of camouflage material hng low, intermediate and high thermal emissivities in the infrared spectral range, and appearing black, green and brown in the visible spectral range. The camouflage surface is structured in such manner that there is color adaptation to the natural background in the visible spectral range, as well as adaptation to the natural background in thermal emissivity in the infrared spectral range so that targets cannot be recognized with infrared sensing devices. Thermal emissivity in the infrared spectral range is controlled by superimposing layers of intermediate and high emissivity onto a basic low emissivity camouflage layer and providing perforations in these layers allowing the low-emissivity layer to be seen. High-emissivity areas are provided by perforations allowing the high-emissivity surface of the object being camouflaged to be seen.

Abstract: High quality agglomerated structural boards, lumber and other structural members such as I, U, T, L beams or corrugated plates or moldings are produced from engineered long, thin narrow green wood strands. Process, in which the parallel alignment of the strands to each other and their original starting orientation are maintained through their transportation, drying, blending, forming and pressing, preventing their intermingling, twisting, warping and breaking. The application of fungicides, pesticides, fire retarding and other chemicals during the blending process, impregnates or colors the agglomerated structural products throughout their cross section, making the products resistant against rot, insects, fire or aesthetically attractive for architectural applications.

Abstract: A sheet of mulch material and method of making the same are provided, the sheet of mulch material comprising a sheet of polymeric material having openings passing therethrough and opposed sides one of which is to face the ground on which the sheet of mulch material is to be disposed, and a sheet of fabric material being coextensive with and being secured to the one side of the sheet of polymeric material and overlapping the openings thereof to tend to prevent plant growth through the openings.

Abstract: Slit film yarn based on propylene polymer, resistant to postfibrillation. The propylene polymer is a block copolymer of propylene and ethylene made up of chain segments consisting of propylene homopolymer and of chain segments consisting of random copolymer of propylene and ethylene.This slit film yarn is suitable for the manufacture of synthetic lawn.

Abstract: A sports surface comprises a pile fabric (11) and a layer of coated grains (13) in which the pile is partly submerged. The grains are of sand coated with a rubber.

Abstract: A golf mat of grass-like material includes top and bottom pads each of which includes belting material which substantially strengthens them and protects the base mat from damage from golf clubs striking it. The golf tee extends only through the top pad and not through the base mat and the belting material of the top pad prevents any enlargement of the hole through the top pad which includes felt carpet which also gives a grass-like appearance. The top pad is loosely secured to the base mat and may be raised at its center for replacement of the tee and the top pad absorbs energy from the golf club due to its ability to move relative to the base mat when it is struck. The pad may be replaced through operation of the bolts at its opposite ends.In an alternate embodiment the turf layer includes filaments of yarn such as tufts partially exposed on the bottom side adjacent fabric-like material exposed on the top side of the layer of belting material.

Abstract: A novelty item and method of manufacture which employs the usage of thin apple slices to decorate a form, such as a hat, a basket or whatever. The apple slices are each cut from the top to the bottom of the apple and remain unpeeled, and with core and seeds, to preserve realism. The sliced apples are arranged in layers during assembly of the item, where, typically, lemon juice, a preservative and an aromatic material, as well as some type of decoration, serve to enhance the finished product.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a web of a ground covering having a web of pile fabric forming the upper side and cushion elements attached to its underside in grating-type configuration, in order to simplify the manufacturing process, plastic agglomerates corresponding to the cushion elements are produced from a pasty plastics material from which an elastomer is formable by curing, and are deposited in grating-type configuration on an endless conveyer belt; first a reinforcement web with openings therein and next the underside of the web of pile fabric are then placed on the plastic agglomerates such that the plastics material penetrates the openings in the reinforcement web and wets the underside of the web of pile fabric; the plastics material is subsequently cured by heat treatment and the web of pile fabric, the reinforcement web and the cushion elements are thereby firmly bonded to one another.

Abstract: A simulated vegetation product and method of making same is the subject of this disclosure. The method includes the steps of providing a mass of ground rubber-like particles, preferably urethane foam, providing a quantity of an adhesive solution capable of binding the ground particles together followed by mixing of the adhesive and the ground particles to present a homogeneous mass. The mass is then spread into a uniform layer or formed into another desired shape and dried to present the finished product.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a composite camouflage construction having an open mesh net substrate, and a continuous sheet overlying the substrate and bonded thereto along plural spaced lines of attachment, with lobes of the sheet cut to simulate the appearance of leaves and foliage. Apparatus and method includes a sewing station for stitching the sheet along plural spaced lines of attachment to the substrate to form open-ended pockets or channels between the sheet and substrate. The cutting station spaces the sheet from the substrate and a heated cutting wire reciprocates between adjacent lines of stiches to cut the sheet, open the channel, and use a series of loose lobes simulating the appearance of natural objects of a terrain.

Abstract: A peanut person is provided in which the head and body are made from peanuts, the arms and legs are made of insulated wire, the hands from electric connectors and the feet from plastic material.

Abstract: A method of making costume jewelry from cotton burrs, heretofore considered trash, is disclosed. The burrs are first cleaned by removing any residual fibers from between the locks of the burr. Next, the stem is cut close to the crown and the crown is ground to provide a substantially planer surface. Next, the burr is painted, and may also have a coat of lacquer applied. Decorative pellets, ribbon segments and other decorative devices are also secured to and between the locks of the burr. Finally, a wearer attachment device is secured to the planar surface created by the grinding step.

Abstract: An artificial lawn section capable of interconnection with similar sections comprising a base member (1) having first and second pairs of adjacent sides, said first pair of adjacent sides having a plurality of connecting members (11) projecting outwardly therefrom, each connecting member having an upstanding projection member (111) formed thereon, the base member (1) having a plurality of throughbores (121,121'; 221,221') formed therein, said throughbores being of two different sizes and being arranged in rows wherein each row consists of bores of the same size, clusters of artificial grass (12,12') insertable from above into, and retainable in, said throughbores, wherein the row of throughbores adjacent the two sides forming the second pair of adjacent sides consists of the larger sized bores (121;211) which are each capable of receiving an upstanding projection member (111) formed on a second section (2) pushed upwardly thereinto and a plurality of projecting cushioning members (13;23) projecting from the u

Abstract: A doll having body portion(s) indicative of the structural features of a dicotyledonous seed is disclosed. The doll has a head wherein the structural features of the head duplicates the structural features of a dicotyledonous seed. Moreover, the head contains indicia indicative of the coloring and coloring patterns of the seed emulated. Structural features of the seed such as the raphe, the strophiole, and the hilum are used to form various facial features such as the nose and mouth. Eyes are added to the structural features of the head to give the doll a lifelike appearance. Hair may be added to the head so that the doll incorporates the characteristics of age and gender. The doll includes a specific carrying/display case having substantially the same markings and shape of the head of the doll. The case may be displayed on an advertising stand having the shape of a vine or other bean carrying stalk.

Abstract: An artificial turf assembly has a permeable section formed of an upper layer of artificial turf and a lower layer of shock absorbing material positioned below the upper layer. An impermeable layer is positioned below the permeable section for collecting water flowing downward through the permeable section. The permeable section is separable from the impermeable layer to form a space for the water flow away from the assembly. The space may be formed by having the permeable section lying on the impermeable layer so that it lifts off the impermeable layer and floats on the water that flows through the permeable section. Alternatively, rigid spacing members may be provided for maintaining space between the permeable and impermeable layers in the absence of water.

Abstract: A figurine or object of art constructed from cured tobacco leaves. The torso or trunk of the object consists of leaves impressed onto a conical support in an overlapping manner where they are arranged to resemble various forms of attire. The figurine appendages are also constructed from leaves which are shaped to resemble known body parts and these are secured by known means. The leaves may differ from one another in size, shape and texture but they have in common a pliancy which allows the creator to produce and re-produce the desired art object by duplicative methods.

Abstract: A portable, artificial putting green capable of being deployed over a variety of surfaces, so constructed as to take on the shape of the underlying surface on which it is placed.

Abstract: A lightweight composite camouflage construction having an open mesh net substrate, and a continuous sheet overlying the substrate and bonded thereto along plural spaced lines of attachment. The sheet is cut on opposite sides of the lines of attachment to form a plurality of lobes simulating the appearance of natural objects of a terrain, the sheet being color patterned in a desired coloration camouflage. Also disclosed are a method and apparatus for producing the camouflage construction.

Abstract: A sheet of mulch material and method of making the same are provided, the sheet of mulch material comprising a sheet of polymeric material having openings passing therethrough and opposed sides one of which is to face the ground on which the sheet of mulch material is to be disposed, and a sheet of fabric material being coextensive with and being secured to the one side of the sheet of polymeric material and overlapping the openings thereof to tend to prevent plant growth through the openings.

Abstract: Artificial athletic turf has a simulated grass surface provided by tufting strips into a backing fabric. The tufts are held in place by a precoat of polyurethane, and a reinforcing sheet is embedded within the precoat to provide tear resistance. A formed polyurethane is placed on the precoat, and one or more reinforcing sheet are also embedded within the foamed polyurethane. The strips are hydrophobic plastic with strength to prevent damage, and the coatings are polyurethane reinforced for tear resistance, which also yields a resilience as needed for an athletic mat. A hole can be cut into the mat, and the hole reinforced with a sleeve, to receive a tee for use as a golf mat.

Abstract: Artificial athletic turf has a simulated grass surface provided by tufting strips into a backing fabric. The tufts are held in place by a precoat of polyurethane, and a reinforcing sheet is embedded within the precoat to provide tear resistance. A foamed polyurethane is placed on the precoat, and one or more reinforcing sheets are also embedded within or placed on the foamed polyurethane. The strips are hydrophobic plastic with strength to prevent damage, and the coatings are polyurethane reinforced for tear resistance, which also yields a resilience as needed for an athletic mat. One or more of the fibrous sheets may be needle felt to provide some of the needed resilience. The turf is cut along lines parallel and perpendicular to the tufting lines to provide tiles, and the tiles are assembled to form the desired turf.

Abstract: A synthetic sporting surface for tennis courts comprises a laminate of (1) a porous base layer formed from a matrix of liquid polyurethane mixed with resilient particles; (2) a polymeric sealant which seals the upper porous surface of the base layer; (3) a fiber reinforced adhesive layer on the upper surface of the sealant; and (4) an acrylic top coat which acts as a wear layer on the upper surface of the sealant. The fiber-reinforced adhesive layer comprises an adhesive having reactive sites capable of bonding the sealant and the acrylic top coat to provide a durable cushioned playing surface.

Abstract: The centerpiece includes first and second quantities of moss one each located above and below a strip of lace and attached thereto by a matrix. The strip of lace is provided a desired shape by a shaped wire element woven into the inner margin of the strip. The matrix is shown as a clear thermoplastic glue in which the moss is partially embedded. A method of construction is also disclosed.

Abstract: An aromatic decorative figure or other object formed of foam plastic material having dispersed throughout its cellular structure a relatively large amount of a volatile liquid fragrance. When the figure is exposed to the atmosphere, it continuously exudes the fragrance for a prolonged period, in the course of which the figure proceeds to shrink as a result of liquid loss, thereby indicating the approaching exhaustion of the fragrance. In one embodiment, the figure is created in situ by injecting a charge of a foam-forming mixture having the liquid fragrance dispersed therein into the cavity of a blister pack whose transparent blister is configured to assume the contours of the desired figure. The injected mixture expands within the cavity to form a figure which conforms to the contours of the blister and is cured therein. The resultant foam-plastic figure is effectively sealed within the pack to prevent the escape of fragrance, the pack also serving to display and protect the figure.

Abstract: A multilayer composite sheet, especially for use as a padding layer underneath artificial grass, or turf includes a bottom layer of expanded synthetic resin, particularly of closed-cell polyethylene foam, and a metallic foil flatly bonded to the foam material. The multilayer composite sheet exhibits low weight per unit area, low water absorption, and low thermal linear expansion suitable for exposure to ambient weather conditions especially sunlight.

Abstract: A seed colorant useful especially in coloring seeds to distinguish same from those to be used for foods is formed of an aqueous medium such as water, a dye and/or pigment of a desired hue, and a binder resin composed of the salt of chitosan and an organic acid. The seed colorant may additionally contain spherical resin particles.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved camouflage system for visually concealing people and objects from animals wherein the selection of colors to be used depends on the extent of the animal's color vision and the reflectivity of the colors used in a neutral value scale. In one form of the invention, the system includes a base color carrier means of a base color hue having a first reflectivity and adapted for application to people or objects. The system further includes at least three contrast color carrier means of different contrast color hues adapted for application to people or objects, wherein the contrast color hues each have a reflectivity which is substantially different from the reflectivity of the base color hue and the other contrast color hues. In one embodiment of the invention, at least one of the base color hue and the contrast color hues is other than brown, black and white.

Abstract: A description is given of artificial vegatation or plants or parts for the same in the form of lawns or trees and branches covered with leaves or needles, or alternatively ice or snow. Such vegetation or plants are used in the design of landscape accessories for model railways, architectural models, trick and fairytale films and the like. The plants for the green areas or the leaves of the foliage are fixed by gluing with a regular or irregular density distribution to a net-like fibrous union, which is firmly or removably placed on the branches of a tree or bush, or on a large-area substrate. The leaves of a tree are advantageously formed from several fibrous union portions provided on the edges with cut open net meshes. It is important for this design that the foliage is shaped from suitable flat material in symmetrically repeating manner so as to simulate the natural shapes of foliage.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive recording material is disclosed, having microcapsules containing a triphenylmethane leuco-dye dissolved in a solvent composed at least 80% of plant, animal or paraffin oils, the microcapsule walls being formed of a wall material which is water-soluble or water-dispersible before the formation of the microcapsules.

Abstract: There is provided an artificial pine needle including a plurality of strands each of which may be made from an olefin material. The strands are adjacent and somewhat parallel to one another. The strands are attached to one another on one end. The strands have appearance and characteristics to emulate a natural pine needle. The artificial pine needles are used as a synthetic ground cover.

Abstract: A surface suitable for equestrian and other use such as ball games is formed using a sand mixture which comprises a selected sand within which is distributed in a homogeneous and randomly oriented manner a relatively small percentage by weight of straight (uncrimped) polymeric fibres, the fibres serving to hold the sand together under the weight of the horses hooves or players feet or other users such as wheeled vehicles or implements.

Abstract: In an artificial representation of a plant formed of plant organ simulating members, such as, stem and leaf simulating members, respectively having rod-like and tubular connecting portions molded of synthetic resin and being axially interengaged to provide a joint for asembling together the respective plant organ simulating members; each tubular connecting portion has an axial bore with an opening at least at one end of the axial insertion of the respective rod-like connecting portion therein and a seating surface extending outwardly from the bore and facing away from the open one end of the latter at a location spaced axially from that one end; and each rod-like connecting portion has a free end with a barb extending therefrom which is flexed inwardly from an original configuration upon the axial insertion of the respective rod-like connecting portion into the bore and which returns to its original configuration upon attaining the location of the seating surface for engaging the latter and thereby locking to

Abstract: A batting box formed of a mixture of hard rubber crumb and a liquid resin binder.

Abstract: An artificial grassy plant is comprised of a die-cut synthetic sheet member having a series of substantially parallel blade-like leaf portions integral, at one end, with a transverse connecting strip and extending substantially perpendicular to the latter, a tubular connector open at least at one of its ends, an adhesive strip as least as long as the transverse connecting strip and being adhesively secured along the latter with the transverse connecting strip and the adhesive strip being wound together about the tubular connector and secured on the latter by the adhesive strip so that the blade-like leaf portions are bunched together at one end about the tubular connector and extend therefrom in a substantially erect formation, and an elongated stem member inserted in the tubular connector through the open end of the latter for mounting the bunched together blade-like leaf portions on the stem member.

Abstract: The process of obtaining preserved flower blooms and other natural predominantly carbohydrate products such as flower stems, leaves and vegetables which are free standing and have a natural fresh appearance maintained over prolonged periods which comprises removing most or substantially all of the water present in the substrate, said substrate including naturally occurring active hydrogen compounds as part of its structure, exposing the substantially dried substrate to a cross-linking compound containing a plurality of groups which are complementary reactive with the said active hydrogen groups to form a high molecular weight three dimensional cross-linked polymeric network between the active hydrogen groups of said substrate and the compound containing said complementary reactive groups.

Abstract: A camouflage wrapping strip that takes the form of a given length of strip material such as cloth, plastic or the like having mutually engageable fasteners at longitudinally spaced positions over the length of the strip for overlapping attachment across the points of the strip when wrapped about the body of a hunter. Artificial foliage elements are fastened to the strip at longitudinally spaced positions with the foliage elements breaking up the body outline. The artificial foliage elements may be artificial flowers, leaves, weeds, etc.

Abstract: The process of obtaining preserved flower blooms and other natural predominantly carbohydrate products such as flower stems, leaves and vegetables which are free standing and have a natural fresh and/or esthetically attractive appearance maintained over prolonged periods which comprises removing most or substantially all of the water present in the substrate, and exposing the substantially dried substrate to a thermoplastic elastomeric polymer capable of forming sparingly chemically linked or non-chemically bonded links with itself.The process enhances dried materials including most ornamental blooms such as roses, orchids, tulips, daffodils, lillies and many others, as well as more traditional, usually air-dried plants such as gypsophila, statis, eucalyptus, larkspur, strawflowers, cornflowers, caspia, horsetail (equisetum arvense joint grass), etc.

Abstract: An artificial fur having an at least double erect pile layer structure comprising an erect pile layer of long fibers and that of short fibers. The lightness of the short fibers is lower by 0.5 or above, preferably by 2.5 or above, than that of the long fibers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ground covering in the form of an artificial turf material with lasting playing field marking lines. In accordance with the invention, the marking lines are formed by separately manufactured material strips and attached to the adjacent turf material using the elements of a hook and loop fastener.