Art of forming flakes

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF DECORATING SURFACES BY THE APPLICATION THERETO OF A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE FLAKES OF A POLYMERIC MATERIAL OF CRYSTALLINE APPEARANCE SO THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FLAKES, AS APPLIED TO SAID SURFACES, ARE GENERALLY SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER AND BUT LIGHTLY BONDED THERETO, WHEREBY SAID SURFACES APPEAR TO BE DECORATED WITH FLAKES OF NATURAL SNOW, WHICH COMPRISES: APPLYING TO A SURFACE TO BE DECORATED A SPRAY OF A SOLUTION OF A MATERIAL WHICH,WHEN APPLIED TO SAID SURFACE, WILL FORM THEREON A PLURALITY OF FLAKES SIMULATING NATURAL SNOW, SAID SOLUTION COMPRISING FROM 10 PERCENT TO 20 PERCENT OF A BUTYL METHACRYLATE POLYMER DISSOLVED IN A SOLVENT THEREFFOR, WHICH COMPRISES A HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON CONTAINING BOTH CHLORINE AND FLUORINE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP WHICH CONSISTS OF DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE AND DICHLOROTETRAFLUOROETHANE, SAID HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON SOLVENT HAVING A LOW BOILING POINT AND HIGH VAPOR PRESSURE SO THAT PRESSURE DUE TO VOLATILIZATION OF SAID SOLVENT IS BUILT UP WHEN SAID SOLUTION IS STORED IN A CLOSED PRESSURE-RESISTANT CONTAINER AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, SAID SOLUTION BEING APPLIED TO SAID SURFACE TO BE DECORATED BY RELEASING SAID SOLUTION FROM A CLOSED PRESSURE-RESISTANT CONTAINER WHEREIN IT IS HELD UNDER PRESSURE, SO THAT A PRESSURE-DRIVEN SPRAY OF SAID SOLUTION CONTACTS SAID SURFACE WHICH IS TO BE DECORATED WITH SAID FLAKES SIMULATING NATURAL SNOW, WHEREUPON, WHEN SAID HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON SOLVENT VOLATILIZES, A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE FLAKES OF SAID POLYMERIC MATERIAL OF CRYSTALLINE APPEARANCE IS LEFT ON SAID SURFACE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF DECORATING SURFACES BY THE APPLICATION THERETO OF A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE FLAKES OF A POLYMERIC MATERIAL OF CRYSTALLINE APPEARANCE SO THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FLAKES, AS APPLIED TO SAID SURFACES, ARE GENERALLY SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER AND BUT LIGHTLY BONDED THERETO, WHEREBY SAID SURFACES APPEAR TO BE DECORATED WITH FLAKES OF NATURAL SNOW, WHICH COMPRISES: APPLYING TO A SURFACE TO BE DECORATED A SPRAY OF A SOLUTION OF A MATERIAL WHICH,WHEN APPLIED TO SAID SURFACE, WILL FORM THEREON A PLURALITY OF FLAKES SIMULATING NATURAL SNOW, SAID SOLUTION COMPRISING FROM 10 PERCENT TO 20 PERCENT OF A BUTYL METHACRYLATE POLYMER DISSOLVED IN A SOLVENT THEREFFOR, WHICH COMPRISES A HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON CONTAINING BOTH CHLORINE AND FLUORINE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP WHICH CONSISTS OF DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE AND DICHLOROTETRAFLUOROETHANE, SAID HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON SOLVENT HAVING A LOW BOILING POINT AND HIGH VAPOR PRESSURE SO THAT PRESSURE DUE TO VOLATILIZATION OF SAID SOLVENT IS BUILT UP WHEN SAID SOLUTION IS STORED IN A CLOSED PRESSURE-RESISTANT CONTAINER AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, SAID SOLUTION BEING APPLIED TO SAID SURFACE TO BE DECORATED BY RELEASING SAID SOLUTION FROM A CLOSED PRESSURE-RESISTANT CONTAINER WHEREIN IT IS HELD UNDER PRESSURE, SO THAT A PRESSURE-DRIVEN SPRAY OF SAID SOLUTION CONTACTS SAID SURFACE WHICH IS TO BE DECORATED WITH SAID FLAKES SIMULATING NATURAL SNOW, WHEREUPON, WHEN SAID HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON SOLVENT VOLATILIZES, A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE FLAKES OF SAID POLYMERIC MATERIAL OF CRYSTALLINE APPEARANCE IS LEFT ON SAID SURFACE.