Claims
- 9. A method for providing a decorative shredded material, comprising:
providing a sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer periphery, the sheet of material having a plurality of patterns printed on at least a portion of one of the upper and lower surfaces thereof, each pattern of the plurality of patterns oriented along more than one axis; and shredding the sheet of material into a decorative shredded material having a plurality of decorative strips, wherein at least one complete pattern of the plurality of patterns is contained on each decorative strip of the decorative shredded material.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein, in the step of providing a sheet of material, the sheet of material is further defined as having a bonding material disposed on at least a portion of one of the upper and lower surfaces thereof.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein the bonding material forms at least a portion of the pattern.
- 12. The method of claim 9 wherein, in the step of providing a sheet of material, the sheet of material is further defined as being constructed from a material selected from the group consisting of paper, foil, polymer film, fabric, fiber, burlap and any combination thereof.
- 13. A method for providing a decorative shredded material, comprising:
providing a sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer periphery, the sheet of material having a plurality of patterns printed on at least a portion of one of the upper and lower surfaces thereof, each pattern of the plurality of patterns oriented along more than one axis; and shredding the sheet of material into a decorative shredded material having a plurality of decorative elements, wherein at least one complete pattern of the plurality of patterns is contained on each decorative element of the decorative shredded material.
- 14. The method of claim 13 wherein, in the step of providing a sheet of material, the sheet of material is further defined as having a bonding material disposed on at least a portion of one of the upper and lower surfaces thereof.
- 15. The method of claim 14 wherein the bonding material forms at least a portion of the pattern.
- 16. The method of claim 13 wherein, in the step of providing a sheet of material, the sheet of material is further defined as being constructed from a material selected from the group consisting of paper, foil, polymer film, fabric, fiber, burlap and any combination thereof.
- 17. The method of claim 9 wherein, in the step of shredding the sheet of material into a decorative shredded material having a plurality of decorative strips, the plurality of decorative strips are decorative grass or tinsel.
- 18. The method of claim 13 wherein, in the step of shredding the sheet of material into a decorative shredded material having a plurality of decorative elements, the plurality of decorative elements are at least one of confetti, glitter, and flakes.
Parent Case Info
[0001] CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0002] This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/524,879, filed Mar. 14, 2000, entitled “DECORATIVE SHREDDED MATERIAL”; which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 09/040,940, filed Mar. 18, 1998, entitled “DECORATIVE SHREDDED MATERIAL”, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,258,447 issued Jul. 10, 2001.
Divisions (1)
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Continuations (1)
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