United States Patent 1191
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3,874,977
Pyles
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Apr. 1, 1975
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DECORATIVE GLASSWARE
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1751 1mm Robe" Phillip Pm Mmgamown.
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Assignee: Houze Glass Corporation, Point
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FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICA'UONS
Mamn' Pa'
801,697
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United Kingdom ................ .. 117/38
May 19, 1969
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United Kingdom .............. .7 161/145
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Filed;
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Appl' No‘: 825’500
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US. Cl .......................... .. 161/3, 117/45, 161/6,
Primary Examiner—William A. Powell
Attorney. Agent, or Firm-Buell, Blenko and
Ziesenheim
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Field 0‘ Search """
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ABSTRACT
A decorated article of glassware and the like and a
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glass Ol'JjCCt having a cylindrical sidewall 15 prov1cled
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with a pair of separate and distinct designs separated
by a neutral background and an opening through both
UNITED STATES PATENTS
designs and background forming an integral part of
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Benas et al. .................... .. 117/40 X
the outermost design through which a viewer may see
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9/1909
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the innermost design through the glass sidewall.
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Reizenstein .................. .. 117/40 X
1,473.903
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Denk ............................. .1 117/40 x
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4 Claims. 3 Drawing Figures
3,874,977
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DECORATIVE GLASSWARE
The use of decorative designs on glassware such as
Referring to the drawings, I have illustrated a tumbler
having a cylindrical sidewall I0. A reverse or mirror
image ?rst scene 11 is applied to the sidewall 10 in the
form of ceramic enamels by one of the known silk
screen processes. A bakground 12 is applied over the
first scene 11 also in ceramic enamels and extending
around the circumference of the sidewall 10 of the
tumblers and the like is broadly old. For example, the
surfaces of tumblers have been decorated with designs
formed in the glass by cutting, sand and shot blasting,
site the central theme of ?rst scene 11. A second or
outer scene 14 is applied over the background 12 in ce
etching with ?uorine containing compounds and by
ramic enamels using the opening 13 as an integral part
of the design. The tumbler is passed through a heated
This invention relates to glassware and methods of
making the same and particularly to cylindrical glass
ware such as tumblers and the like having a design with
three dimensional visual perception.
tumbler except for an opening 13 diametrically oppo
painting the surfaces with oil paints and the like. Other
similar schemes for decorating glass have been used.
lehr where the ceramic enamels are fused or matured
I have invented a new article of glassware and the like
by conventional methods of ?ring. This, of course, sets
the enamels as an integral part of the tumbler sidewall
and brings out the true colors of the ceramics forming
unique blending of multiple design elements into
the various scenes and background.
graphic homogeneity and provides an unusual three
The opening 13 serves as a viewport through which
dimensional visual perception.
the ?rst scene 11 may be observed with the second
Preferably, I provide a hollow cylindrical clear object
having a pair of separate designs imprinted around the 20 scene defining the opening and forming a part of the
view which, because of the inherent binocular stereo
circumference of the cylinder, one on top of the other,
scopic characteristics of the observer’s vision through
and separated from one another by a neutral back
and method of making the same which provides a
the glass wall of the tumbler, together with random
ground and an opening through both designs and the
background forming an integral part of the outermost
movements of the tumbler or the observer‘s head, pro
design through which a viewer may see the innermost 25 vides a kinetic depth effect which is unusual and attrac
tive.
design through the glass wall of the cylinder.
While I have illustrated and described certain pre
Preferably, the invention is carried out by the steps
ferred practices and embodiments of my invention in
of imprinting on the circumference of a cylindrical
the foregoing speci?cation, it will be understood that
glass object a scene or design in a reversed or mirror
image of the scene to be viewed, imprinting a back 30 this invention may be otherwise embodied within the
scope of the following claims.
ground or overlay on top of the ?rst scene or design
I claim:
and around the circumference except for an opening
1. A hollow glass object and the like having an elon
diametrically opposite the principal area of the first de
gated cylindrical sidewall, a pair of separate designs im
sign and imprinting a second outer design or scene on
top of the background or overlay which scene or design 35 printed around the circumference of said sidewall, one
superposed on top of the other, one facing inwardly
incorporates the opening in the background as an inte
and the other outwardly and separated from one an
gral element of the said outer scene or design. The
other by a neutral background and an opening through
same invention can be applied to a clear plastic cylin
both designs and the background forming an integral
drical object such as a plastic tumbler.
The designs and background are preferably all made 40 part of the outermost design through which a viewer
may see through the glass sidewall to the innermost of
by using ceramic enamels on glass which are set by con
the two designs on the opposite sidewall.
ventional ?ring methods. In the case of plastic the de
2. A hollow glass object and the like as claimed in
signs and background would be made by using resin
claim 1 wherein the innermost design as applied to the
base paints.
In the foregoing general statement of my invention, 45 exterior of the object is a mirror image of the design as
seen through the opening in the background.
1 have set out certain objects, purposes and advantages
of my invention. Other objects, purposes and advan
tages of my invention will be apparent from a consider~
3. A hollow glass object and the like as claimed in
claim I wherein the two designs and background are of
?red ceramic enamels.
ation of the following description and the accompany
50 4. A hollow glass object and the like as claimed in
ing drawings in which:
claim 1 wherein the opening is diametrically opposed
FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a tumbler incorporat
to a principal theme appearing in the innermost of the
ing my invention;
two designs.
FIG. 2 is a section on the line ll—ll of FIG. 1; and
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FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the tumbler of FIG. 1.
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