Appeal No. 97-3187
Application No. 07/999,422
APPENDIX
Claims 1, 3 and 7 from U.S. Patent No. 4,901,661
1. A decorative edge-reinforced ribbon comprising:
a web of ribbon material having a lateral folded edge;
a wire filament disposed along and within the fold of
said edge; and
stitch means for securing the folded edge of the web
around said wire filament, said means including a trim
filament passing through the ribbon material and positioned
substantially around the wire filament and the folded edge,
thereby substantially covering the edge and the wire filament
from view, and a binding filament passing through the ribbon
material and around the wire filament, the folded edge and the
trim filament, thereby securing the wire filament and the trim
filament to the folded edge.
3. A ribbon according to claim 1, wherein the wire filament
is of galvanized steel, the trim filament is of metallic
thread, and the binding filament is a solid monofilament.
7. A method of securing a wire along an edge of a fabric
ribbon, comprising the steps of:
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