PLACEMAT WITH INTERCHANGEABLE ATTACHMENTS
A convertible placemat comprising a placemat; a removable attachment, where the removable attachment fastens to a top surface of the placemat; and a securing means, where the securing means fastens the removable attachment to the placemat. The removable attachment may illustrate themes and holidays with a variety of shapes like a clover, heart, basket, pumpkin, turkey, Christmas tree or birthday cake. The convertible placemat provides a user with one placemat that may interchange decorative appearances at will by the user.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a placemat set that allows for exchange of various themed embellishments to decorate the placemats as desired by a user.
2. Description of Related Art
Holiday parties are especially festive when the host or hostess decorates their home to match the celebrated holiday. Some people decorate everything from wall hangings, trees, fireplaces and dining tables. They are able to carry the holiday theme throughout the house to engulf the attendees in a festive spirit. Many times the dining room and dining table are one of the most elaborately decorated areas because of all the pieces that may be customized and embellished. The hostess may set up an elaborate centerpiece, surrounded by individually assembled place settings. The tables are beautiful to view, but are typically expensive to execute.
Because of the continuously changing themes and holidays, keeping up with changing a table setting can be space consuming to store all of the pieces and expensive to have a different setting for every holiday. The host often has to pick and choose which holidays they wish to decorate, because they cannot store all the different placemats, linens and centerpieces desired for every holiday. Therefore, it would be beneficial in the art to provide a single place setting that allows for use with different themes. It would also be desirable in the art to provide a place setting that allows for exchange of decorative embellishments to cut down on storage space and decorating costs.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the prior art, the general purpose of the present invention is to provide a convertible placemat with removable attachments, configured to include all of the advantages of the prior art, and to overcome the drawbacks inherent therein.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a convertible placemat where the placemat includes a removable attachment to embellish the placemat.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a convertible placemat where the removable attachment is shaped to illustrate a specific holiday or theme. Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a convertible placemat and removable attachment, where the removable attachment is fastened to the placemat with a securing means.
To achieve the above objects, in an aspect of the present invention, a convertible placemat is described comprising a placemat; a removable attachment, where the removable attachment fastens to a top surface of the placemat; and a securing means, where the securing means fastens the removable attachment to the placemat. The removable attachment may illustrate themes and holidays with a variety of shapes like a clover, heart, basket, pumpkin, turkey, Christmas tree or birthday cake. The convertible placemat provides a user with one placemat that may interchange decorative appearances at will by the user. These together with other aspects of the present invention, along with the various features of novelty that characterize the present invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed hereto and form a part of this present invention. For a better understanding of the present invention, its operating advantages, and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
The advantages and features of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following detailed description and claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like elements are identified with like symbols, and in which:
Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the description of several views of the drawings.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe present invention relates to a placemat set that allows for exchange of various themed embellishments to decorate the placemats as desired by a user. The invention provides a convertible set of placemats to provide a user with multiple looks for a single placemat. The convertible set of placemats includes a set of base placemats which include a variety of interchangeable attachments to reflect the current holiday or theme. The attachments are easy to place and easy to remove for unlimited exchange of embellishments on the base placemat.
Turning now descriptively to the drawings, referring to
The attachment 14 may illustrate a variety of shapes, colors and themes. The attachment 14 may reflect the current holiday, special occasion or sentiment that the user is trying to display.
For example, for St. Patrick's Day the attachment 14 may be a clover 14a (see
Easter basket 14c (see
The attachment 14 may fasten to a top surface of the placemat 12 with a securing means 16. A first portion of the securing means 16a may be fastened to the top surface of the placemat 12, and a second portion of the securing means 16b may be fastened to a backside of the attachment 14. The securing means 16 enables the attachment 14 to be easily removed from the placemat 12, and then replaced with another themed attachment 14. The securing means 16 may be a hook and loop fastener, commonly known as Velcro®, a snap or the like. The first portion of the securing means 16a may be the looped portion of Velcro®, so that the feel is soft against the user's hand in case no attachment 14 is in place. The second portion of the securing means 16b may be the hooked portion of Velcro®.
With the convertible placemat set 10 the user is afforded a set of placemats to reflect any occasion. The convertible placemat set 10 allows the users to utilize the same set of placemats for many different occasions, effectively reducing the space required for storing table linens and accessories. The easy to use removable attachments 14 provide an inexpensive, practical and convenient table setting ideal for users who love to entertain, as well as everyday users who want to add a special touch to their place settings.
The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The exemplary embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
Claims
1. A convertible placemat comprising:
- a. a placemat;
- b. a removable attachment, where the removable attachment fastens to a top surface of the placemat; and
- c. a securing means, where the securing means fastens the removable attachment to the placemat.
2. The convertible placemat according to claim 1, where the placemat comprises one of at least a circular, square or rectangular shape.
3. The convertible placemat according to claim 1, where the placemat includes scalloped edges.
4. The convertible placemat according to claim 1, where the removable attachment illustrates a holiday.
5. The convertible placemat according to claim 4, where the illustrated holiday on the removable attachment is one of at least Christmas, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, and Halloween.
6. The convertible placemat according to claim 1, where the removable attachment is shaped as one of at least a clover, heart, basket, pumpkin, turkey, Christmas tree, and cake.
7. The convertible placemat according to claim 1, where the securing means is a hook and loop fastener.
8. The convertible placemat according to claim 7, where a looped portion of the hook and loop fastener is fastened to the top surface of the placemat, and a hooked portion of the hook and loop fastener is fastened to a backside of the removable attachment.
9. The convertible placemat according to claim 1, where the securing means is a snap.
10. The convertible placemat according to claim 1, where the placemat is in a set of 4.
11. The convertible placemat according to claim 1, where the placemat is in a set of 8.
12. The convertible placemat according to claim 1, where the placemat is in a set of 12.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 2, 2013
Publication Date: Jan 8, 2015
Inventor: Beverly Kuzman (Beloit, WI)
Application Number: 13/933,267
International Classification: A47G 11/00 (20060101);