David E Lucey

US Patent:

54725488, Dec 5, 1995

Filed:

Jun 22, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/263552

Inventors:

Donald E. Lindsay - Mableton GA
David E. Lucey - Marietta GA

Assignee:

Courts & Cards, Inc. - Marietta GA

International Classification:

B23B 3100

US Classification:

156277

Abstract:

A decorative article having the appearance of an athletic court or other sports surface is provided. The decorative article comprises a plurality of strips of substantially equal dimension in adjacently contacting relation with each other. Each of the strips has a unite appearance characteristic, namely the strips have the grain appearance of actual planks of wood such as the multitude of planks of wood making up an actual basketball court. On the plurality of strips is a printed design wherein the overall characteristic of the plurality of strips and printed design is the scale emulation of the appearance of an athletic court or other sports surface, namely emulating both the grain appearance of actual wood planks, and the game lines and team logos of an actual court.