Patent Application
20240203295
A great many people enjoy seasonally decorating the exterior of their home. In some neighborhoods, the competition is fierce. Popular among home decorations are hanging flags, pennants, chevrons or the like. These decorations are expansive and may be made of such materials as canvas, heavy cloth, or the like. Such decorations are entertaining and attractive. However, the irregular shape and large, bulky nature of these hanging decorations makes them difficult to efficiently store when not in use as well as difficult to deploy and/or remove form exhibition.
Thus, there is a need for a more efficient decorating assembly that may be easily deployed and just as easily stored when not in use. The present invention addresses these needs.
Before the present methods, implementations, and systems are disclosed and described, it is to be understood that this invention is not limited to specific synthetic methods, specific components, implementation, or to particular compositions, and as such may, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular implementations only and is not intended to be limiting.
As used in the specification and the claims, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Ranges may be expressed in ways including from “about” one particular value, and/or to “about” another particular value. When such a range is expressed, another implementation may include from the one particular value and/or to the other particular value. Similarly, when values are expressed as approximations, for example by use of the antecedent “about,” it will be understood that the particular value forms another implementation. It will be further understood that the endpoints of each of the ranges are significant both in relation to the other endpoint, and independently of the other endpoint.
“Optional” or “optionally” means that the subsequently described event or circumstance may or may not occur, and that the description includes instances where said event or circumstance occurs and instances where it does not. Similarly, “typical” or “typically” means that the subsequently described event or circumstance often though may not occur, and that the description includes instances where said event or circumstance occurs and instances where it does not.
A hangable home decoration 10 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a mounting portion 15 (also called a wall-attaching portion 15) and a display portion 20 (also called a hanging portion). The mounting portion 15 typically includes a plurality of eyelets 25 (also called apertures 25) formed therethrough for engaging hooks 30 or like fasteners connected to a house interior or exterior surface for deploying and displaying the decoration 10. The eyelets 25 are typically reinforced with a structural material, such as metal, plastic, or the like. The mounting portion 15 further includes a strip of fastening material 35A, such as one part of a hook and loop connector pair.
The display portion 20 may be of any desired shape, size, and length, such as an elongated pennant, a semicircle, a chevron, or the like, and typically includes a strip of fastening material 35B that may lockingly engage the other strip of fastening material 35A connected to the mounting portion. Fasteners 35A, 35B are removably attachable/reattachable with one another. The mounting and display portions 15, 20 may thus be removably connected together by engaging and disengaging the connector strips 35A, 35B; different display portions 20 of the same or different shapes may be attached to the mounting portion 15 so as to vary the appearance of the decoration 10 without the need of dismounting the decoration 10 from the wall each time a new decorative design is desired to be displayed while simultaneously minimizing the bulk and volume of display material to be stored for later use/reuse.
In operation, the home decoration 10 may be used to decorate a wall, either an exterior or interior wall, by first affixing a plurality of spaced hooks 30 to the wall, engaging each respective hook 30 with one of the eyelets 25 formed through the first mounting portion 15, and removably attaching the first display portion 20 to the mounting portion 15. The mounting portion 15 includes a first hook and loop type connector 35A operationally connected thereto. The first display portion 20 includes a second hook and loop type fastener 35B connected thereto. Eventually, it may be desired to detach the first display portion 20 from the mounting portion 15 and attach a second, different display portion 20 to the mounting portion 15 while the mounting portion 15 remains connected to the wall.
While this specification contains many specific implementation details, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of any inventions or of what may be claimed, but rather as descriptions of features specific to particular embodiments of particular inventions. Certain features that are described in this specification in the context of separate embodiments may also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable subcombination. Moreover, although features may be described above as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination may in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to nigh-infinite subcombinations or variations of a subcombination.
