IP Library Granted Patent US 7,371,442
Granted Patent B2
US 7,371,442 · App. 10/888,475 · Granted May 13, 2008

Artificial foliage

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Patent No.
US 7,371,442
App. No.
10/888,475
Granted
May 13, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An artificial foliage structure with wire cores embedded in its leafy parts causing these parts to “spring back” upon removal of compressive loading acting thereupon. These wire cores may be made of hard, springy steel such as piano wire or small diameter spring wire. Thicker, woody limbs and branches have embedded therein heavier wire cores that are sufficiently soft to be given a set solely by manually applied bending force.

Claims (2)

1. A naturally appearing artificial foliage structure including woody and leafy constituant parts made of plastic material encasing therein a skeletal framework of embedded steel wires, wherein:

the hardness of the wires embedded in the leafy parts exceeds the hardness of the wires embedded in the woody parts.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: OWENS, DENNIS M.; KICKAPOO PRODUCTS, LLC; WHITE WHALE, LLC
To: OAK LEAF OUTDOORS, INC.
Reel/Frame 060900/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: OAK LEAF OUTDOORS, INC.
To: AMERICAN PRIDE OUTDOORS, LLC
Reel/Frame 060901/0716 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2020
From: MORTON COMMUNITY BANK, FORMERLY HERITAGE BANK OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
To: OAK LEAF OUTDOORS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051945/0553 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 13, 2012
From: OAK LEAF OUTDOORS, INC.
To: HERITAGE BANK OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
Reel/Frame 029461/0763 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2009
From: PORTMIDWEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.; PITMAN, DAVID B.
To: OAK LEAF OUTDOORS, INC.
Reel/Frame 023574/0968 →
Continuity (1)
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