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5547719 Imitation ceremonial rice  
A water soluble, quickly degrading imitation rice, which is not harmful to birds and will not germinate, for use in ceremonies such as weddings. The invention is produced by combining binders with...
5545467 Paper additive for hot-pressed forms and hot-pressed forms using it  
Inorganic or organic particles have been used in the past as paper additives for hot-pressed forms to impart the pattern of granite thereto, but when these are boiled in hot water, for example, an...
5543185 Artificial rock climbing structure and method of making  
A unique climbing structure that is durable, lightweight and easy to assemble is provided. The structure is based on the use of polystyrene foam blocks attached to a support structure. The...
5543100 Method for making artificial rocks, in particular large-scale rock imitations  
In order to manufacture low-weight, large-scale, artificial rocks resistant to weathering and faithfully rendered as in nature, first a malleable plastic reproduction is made of a natural-rock...
5506013 Plastic foam novelty items  
A resilient solid foam object which has a part of its outer surface scribed with a series of connected cuts. These cuts communicate with the interior of the foam object. The cuts are arranged to...
5484638 Table top advertising display  
A table top advertising display (10) includes table top (12), indicia (14), and clear polymer coming (16). The indicia (14) may include screen printed ink, or adhesively mounted pictures arranged...
5480689 Decorative sleeve for furniture leg  
A sleeve assembly for a furniture leg. The assembly has a central bore with an open end and is preassembled with decorative members. The bore is inserted onto the leg. The decorative members are...
5476895 Granite-like coating  
A sprayable coating composition is useful for forming a simulated granite surface having high-impact strength, superior hardness and an aesthetically-pleasing look. The coating composition has a...
5456956 Garden ornament with weighted base and stability enhancer  
A garden ornament comprising a molded ceramic body member defining a cavity having a caudal opening. The body member has a base portion that engages the ground and the opening is proximate the base...
5447760 Simulated cracked glass mirror tile and method  
Construction and method of making a simulated decorative cracked glass laminate in tile, panel, sheet, plate or veneer form. The structural element comprises in bonded combination a glass mirror...
5435949 Artificial scenic rock and its manufacturing method  
An artificial scenic rock made using a die-casting process and from a water-curable material such as cement or gypsum, water, and a polymer-based foaming agent. The artificial scenic rock is made...
5422149 Material having artificial quill marks  
Natural and artificial animal skins are provided with randomly spaced protuberances which simulate natural quill marks of ostrich skins. The protuberances are created from die formed depressions...
5422391 High density artificial stone and a method for producing therefor  
The present invention provides high density artificial stone with physical properties similar to those of natural stone and having excellent and beautiful external appearance as well as a method to...
5419940 Colorized acrylic award assembly and method of making  
Disclosed are several embodiments (10, 30, 40, 50, 60) of an award assembly having a colorized and reflective appearance. The award assemblies include a base (11, 36, 84, 62) having a reflective...
5418048 Crosslinked acrylic sheet with enhanced vacuum molding attributes  
A protective film is placed on acrylic sheet. The film has a polyethylene side and an adherent EVA side; it will survive stressful lamination procedures as well as thermoforming, and can be easily...
5415903 Self-adhesive laminate for toe and fingernails  
The invention relates to a self-adhesive laminate, shapeable to toe and fingernails, containing a) a film-forming polymer layer containing at least one plasticizer, b) a pressure-sensitive...
5413819 Shotcrete compositions  
The storage and processing times of sprayed concrete can be significantly extended by the addition of a retarder, a chemical compound which is capable of chelating with calcium ions. Preferred...
5403664 Marble-like glass ceramic  
Marble-like glass ceramic which consists essentially of, by weight percent, 50-75% SiO 2 , 1-15% Al 2 O 3 , 6-16.5% CaO, 0.1-5% Li 2 O, 0-1.5% B 2 O 3 , 10-17.5% CaO+Li 2 O+B 2 O 3 , 2.5-12%...
5403631 Artificial marble sheet, method of manufacturing the same and artificial marble molding product  
An artificial marble sheet is formed of a pair of carrier films, an SMC layer and a resin concrete layer which has plasticity but does not contain glass fibers laminated between the carrier films....
5395414 Display panel with a large realistic digitized high fidelity visual pattern and method for producing the same  
A novel display panel (10) has a high fidelity visual pattern with a full range of grey scale values, for instance, a marble or leather pattern, which is produced via a novel methodology (20). In...
5375387 Roofing shingle providing simulated slate roof covering  
A generally rectangular roofing element adapted to be positioned with other similar elements in an overlapping relation to yield a simulated slate roof covering comprising a main body portion...
5375385 Contoured marble and method of fabrication  
A building facade material generally includes a plurality of elongate stone strips and a plurality of backing strips adhered thereto with an elastic adhesive disposed between adjoining backing...
5372676 Method for producing replicated paving stone  
A method of producing replicated paving stone including a base having a shaded and stratified layered upper surface with a plurality of simulated grout lines formed therein including the steps of...
5364672 Artificial stones  
Artificial stones from finely divided glass fragments and artificial resins and having a great similarity to natural stones under optical, weight-related and tactile-esthetical aspects consist of...
5356953 Resin composition for artificial marble, bulk molding compound and sheet molding compound using the same, and process for preparing artificial marble using the same  
Disclosed are a resin composition for artificial marble comprising: (I) an unsaturated polyester obtained by using a divalent alcohol containing hydrogenated hisphenol A as an essential component...
5338584 Artificial granite solid material  
A granitic stone ( so-called Mikage-ishi)-like artificial solid material produced by impregnating a paper sheet having a granitic pattern with a thermosetting resin to give a paper containing from...
5332605 Hollow, decorative object containing novelties  
A hollow decorative object is disclosed which contains inside one or more novelty objects. The hollow decorative object is formed of a hard, but unfired clay material, that is capable of being cut...
5330804 Synthetic wood mulch  
There is provided a synthetic wood article formed as an irregularly shaped substrate. The substrate is made from at least one plastic and preferably from post-consumer plastics such as, for...
5328730 Replicated stone surface  
A thin layered replicated stone surface comprising a plurality of simulated stones separated by simulated intervening grout lines.
5324757 Resin-based artificial marble compositions  
A resin-based composition for casting artificial marble has excellent resistance to hot water. The composition includes an unsaturated polyester resin and a gibbsite-type aluminum hydroxide which...
5322718 Pliable paperweight and article holder  
A pliable paperweight and article holder having an outer skin of soft flexible material defining an enclosed hollow inner cavity having a central portion and a plurality of hollow generally tubular...
5321055 Process for the preparation of a synthetic quartzite-marble/granite material  
The invention provides a polyester resin for use in making synthetic quartzite-marble/granite, comprising: a mix of NPG-isophthalic and PG-orthophthalic resin. An article and a process for forming...
5314696 Methods for making and administering a blinded oral dosage form and blinded oral dosage form therefor  
The invention relates to a method for making and administering a blinded oral dosage form and the blinded oral dosage form therefor, used for disguising the identity of tableted medications. The...
5314554 Method for producing a laminated tile product  
A method for producing a laminated tile is disclosed which comprises providing a sheet of natural stone having opposed first and second major surfaces and providing a plurality of ceramic...
5314729 Artificial marble  
An artificial marble formed by molding a material, in which said material comprises an unsaturated polyester, an unsaturated polymerizable monomer, and a filler. The unsaturated polyester consists...
5314754 Starch derived shaped articles  
This invention relates to a method of producing starch derived shaped articles and in particular, a method of producing films derived from high amylose starch. In the method, a hot melt is prepared...
5310585 Decorative article made of preserved sprigs  
A decorative article of manufacture has a penetrable core into which the ends of sprigs are inserted. Leaves forming the ends of the sprigs preferably conceal the core completely. The sprigs...
5310512 Method for producing synthetic diamond structures  
Method and apparatus for producing a non-planar synthetic diamond structure of predetermined shape. A non-planar mandrel surface of the predetermined shape is provided and the mandrel surface is...
5308646 Method of simulating natural desert varnish  
Means, methods and compositions for simulating natural desert varnish. A solution containing soluble metallic acetate salts selected from the group consisting of iron (II), manganese(II) and...
5304424 High thermal conductivity diamond/non-diamond composite materials  
A CVD diamond material, substantially free of voids, has an average crystallite size greater than about 15 microns, a maximum intensity of the diamond Raman peak in counts/sec divided by the...
5284686 Composite artificial log  
The present invention is directed to a composite artificial log for use in gas-fired artificial log fireplace assemblies or stoves, and more particularly, to a composite artificial log which has a...
5279782 Method for making weather strips with "suede appearance"  
A method for making a rubbery weatherstrip having a suede appearance and a suede feel includes a step for coextruding a welt portion of a weatherstrip and an outer rubber layer containing...
5280051 Composition for the production of artificial marble or granite  
Artificial marble or granite having excellent aesthetic properties, patterns and tonalities which cannot be found in natural materials are prepared from a composition containing a polymerizable...
5277952 Decorative cracked glass mirror tile and method  
Construction and method of making a decorative cracked glass laminate in tile, panel, sheet, plate, veneer or in situ form. It comprises three layers laminated together, an inner backing layer, a...
5275852 Simulated stone product  
A sodium chloride filler for resin-based simulated stone products is disclosed, as well as a simulated stone product including the sodium chloride filler, and a method of preparing same. The...
5273795 Imitation gem  
In an imitation gem consisting of acrylic glass with an underside and a jewel-like display side the underside is provided with a lacquer coating which is of a predetermined thickness and able to...
5273620 Method of and means for providing a colored design inlay on granite or marble surface  
The method of providing colored design inlay on a granite or marble surface comprises the steps of: providing a stone surface; preparing the stone surface; providing colored glass particles;...
5269991 Process for obtaining mouldings with the appearance of natural stones  
A process for manufacturing mouldings with the appearance of natural stones from a composition including a coloured or colourless thermoplastic resin matrix and, per 100 parts by volume of this...
5266367 Artificial snow granule  
Artificial snow granule in granule form comprising a super absorbent polymer in granule form as a nucleus and an ice layer surrounding the nucleus is provided here. Artificial snow granule in an...
5266381 Dry-transfers in the shape of eyes for touching up photographs  
A method of touching up tainted photographs in which one or more of the posers are photographed with closed eyes, in order to form opened eyes thereon. The method utilizes dry-transfers, with each...