PRODUCT WITH FLEXIBLE PANELS
A product may include a frame and a plurality of flexible panels. The plurality of flexible panels may be provided with a plurality of slits. Each of the plurality of flexible panels may be configured to be attached to the frame through at least one of the plurality of slits.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/398,593 filed on Aug. 17, 2022. The contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELDThe present disclosure relates to a product with flexible panels.
BACKGROUNDThe inventor has been interested in creating a novel product, such as decorative pillows, soft toys and wall art.
The description provided in the background section should not be assumed to be prior art merely because it is mentioned in or associated with the background section. The background section may include information that describes one or more aspects of the subject technology.
SUMMARYOne embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a product. The product includes a frame and a plurality of flexible panels. The plurality of flexible panels are provided with a plurality of slits. Each of the plurality of flexible panels is configured to be attached to the frame through at least one of the plurality of slits.
Another embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a method. The method includes obtaining a frame and a plurality of flexible panels. Each of the plurality of flexible panels is provided with a plurality of slits. The method further includes weaving each of the plurality of flexible panels to the frame through at least one of the plurality of slits.
The description of illustrative embodiments according to principles of the present disclosure is intended to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are to be considered part of the entire written description. In the description of embodiments of the disclosure disclosed herein, any reference to direction or orientation is merely intended for convenience of description and is not intended in any way to limit the scope of the present invention. Relative terms such as “lower,” “upper,” “horizontal,” “vertical,” “above,” “below,” “up,” “down,” “top” and “bottom” as well as derivative thereof (e.g., “horizontally,” “downwardly,” “upwardly,” etc.) should be construed to refer to the orientation as then described or as shown in the drawing under discussion. These relative terms are for convenience of description only and do not require that the apparatus be constructed or operated in a particular orientation unless explicitly indicated as such. Terms such as “attached,” “affixed,” “connected,” “coupled,” “interconnected,” and similar refer to a relationship wherein structures are secured or attached to one another either directly or indirectly through intervening structures, as well as both movable or rigid attachments or relationships, unless expressly described otherwise. Moreover, the features and benefits of the disclosure are illustrated by reference to the exemplified embodiments. Accordingly, the invention expressly should not be limited to such exemplary embodiments illustrating some possible non-limiting combination of features that may exist alone or in other combinations of features; the scope of the invention being defined by the claims appended hereto.
This disclosure describes the best mode or modes of practicing the disclosure as presently contemplated. This description is not intended to be understood in a limiting sense, but provides an example of the invention presented solely for illustrative purposes by reference to the accompanying drawings to advise one of ordinary skill in the art of the advantages and construction of the invention. In the various views of the drawings, like reference characters designate like or similar parts.
These panels, once threaded onto the base frame, are compressed, thereby creating a looped surface. Successive panels are attached to the base frame and then compressed, eventually depicting a full image once all panels are attached as shown in
The method of forming a decorative looped surface as illustrated and described herein creates a similar effect of a punch-hooked rug or latch-hooked pillow, which old process typically embodies a time-consuming, labor-intensive process of threading yarn through a fabric panel. While such an old process takes multiple hours of tedious work, the method of the present disclosure takes much less time and allows children and adults who are not skilled at weaving to create a woven finished decorative product. The process of the present disclosure is faster than traditional latch-hooking or weaving, allowing the user to finish the project in one sitting and enjoy the end result.
The decorative product and method of forming provides a similar effect of multicolored loops on a surface in a fraction of the time. The decorative product described herein comprises a woven craft product having a product support frame or a base frame, a number of flexible panels (
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While the present disclosure has been described at some length and with some particularity with respect to the several described embodiments, it is not intended that it should be limited to any such particulars or embodiments or any particular embodiment, but it is to be construed with references to the appended claims so as to provide the broadest possible interpretation of such claims in view of the prior art and, therefore, to effectively encompass the intended scope of the invention. Furthermore, the foregoing describes the disclosure in terms of embodiments foreseen by the inventor for which an enabling description was available, notwithstanding that insubstantial modifications of the disclosure, not presently foreseen, may nonetheless represent equivalents thereto.
Claims
1. A product comprising:
- a frame; and
- a plurality of flexible panels provided with a plurality of slits, each of the plurality of flexible panels being configured to be attached to the frame through at least one of the plurality of slits.
2. The product of claim 1, wherein the frame includes a plurality of straps, and each of the plurality of flexible panels is configured to be attached to the plurality of straps through at least one of the plurality of slits.
3. The product of claim 2, wherein one of the plurality of straps includes a slit and an engagement part configured to engage with the slit of the straps.
4. The product of claim 2, wherein the frame includes a base, and wherein the plurality of straps are attached to the base.
5. The product of claim 4, wherein the base includes a plurality of slots, and wherein each of the plurality of the straps is configured to pass through one of the plurality of slots.
6. The product of claim 2, wherein the base includes a pillow pocket.
7. The product of claim 6, further comprising a pillow insert configured to be placed in the pillow pocket.
8. The product of claim 1, wherein when the plurality of flexible panels are attached to the frame, the plurality of flexible panels are successively applied to the frame.
9. The product of claim 1, wherein when the plurality of flexible panels are attached to the frame, the plurality of flexible panels are looped to compress the plurality of flexible panels relative to the frame.
10. The product of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of flexible panels includes a portion of an image.
11. The product of claim 1, wherein the image is completed by successive combination of the plurality of flexible panels woven onto the frame and is compressed to form the whole image.
12. A method comprising:
- obtaining a frame and a plurality of flexible panels, each of the plurality of flexible panels being provided with a plurality of slits, and
- weaving each of the plurality of flexible panels to the frame through at least one of the plurality of slits.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 17, 2023
Publication Date: Feb 22, 2024
Inventors: Eric VON STEIN (Bloomfield, NJ), Sabre MRKVA (Bloomfield, NJ)
Application Number: 18/235,074