Butterfly bowtie

Abstract

A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of an actual specific species of open-winged moth in a manner that looks precise to the naked eye which a person can wear on one's neck or collar in the manner that one normally wears a bowtie.

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46. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes all butterflies and moths; wherein (a) said frontal construction of said bowtie includes (i) two wings and a slender central body region wherein said wings extend from the sides of said body region in a manner that replicates the pose of an actual open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera; and (ii) an outline of said wings and central body region wherein said outline's indents and projections replicate the corresponding indents and projections that appear in the outline of the wings and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera; and (iii) a frontal surface of said wings and central body region wherein said frontal surface's patterns and colors replicate the corresponding patterns and colors that appear on the frontal surface of the wings and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera; wherein (b) said photorealistic representation of said actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera appears in such accurate detail that said representation looks like said actual species to the naked eye; and (c) said frontal surface of said wings and central body region of said actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera whose wings and central body region have a characteristic outline/pattern/coloring that is known by a taxonomic name that enables said insect of the order Lepidoptera to be positively identified by a person who compares said outline/pattern/coloring and its known name with the same outline/pattern/coloring and its known name as it appears in a guidebook used to identify insects of the order Lepidoptera. (d) said frontal surface of said wings and central body region of said actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera whose wings and central body region have a characteristic outline/pattern/coloring that is known by a taxonomic name that enables said insect of the order Lepidoptera to be positively identified by a person who knows said outline/pattern/coloring and its known name by sight.

47. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes all butterflies and moths, according to claim 46 wherein said photorealistic representation is of the suborder Rhopalocera, which includes all butterflies.

48. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes all butterflies and moths, according to claim 46 wherein said photorealistic representation is of the suborder Heterocera, which includes all moths.

49. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes all butterflies and moths, according to claim 46 wherein said photorealistic representation has a characteristic outline/pattern/coloring that is taxonomically known as a Monarch Butterfly.

50. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes all butterflies and moths, according to claim 46 wherein said photorealistic representation has a characteristic outline/pattern/coloring that is taxonomically known as a Swallowtail Butterfly.

51. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes all butterflies and moths, according to claim 46 wherein said photorealistic representation has a characteristic outline/pattern/coloring that is taxonomically known as a Luna Moth.

52. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes all butterflies and moths, according to claim 46 wherein said photorealistic representation has a characteristic outline/pattern/coloring that is taxonomically known as a Polyphemus Moth.

53. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein said wings are constructed of a material that is flat in a manner that replicates the flatness of said wings of said species.

54. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein said wings are constructed of a material that is thin in a manner that replicates the thinness of said wings of said species.

55. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein said wings are constructed of a material that is smooth in a manner that replicates the smoothness of said wings of said species.

56. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein said wings are constructed of a material that is strong in a manner that won't be prone to disassemble when said bowtie is normally worn.

57. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein said wings are constructed of a material that is rigid in a manner that won't be prone to deform when said bowtie is normally worn.

58. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein said wings are constructed of a material that is hard in a manner that won't be prone to abrade when said bowtie is normally worn.

59. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein said wings are constructed of a material that can be bent along the central axis of said wings and central body region and after being bent said material will hold its shape.

60. A bowtie whose photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera is approximately the size of a normally sized bowtie according to claim 46 wherein if said species is somewhat smaller than a normally sized bowtie, the size of said representation of said species is enlarged until it is approximately the size of a normally sized bowtie.

61. A bowtie whose photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera is approximately the size of a normally sized bowtie according to claim 46 wherein if said species is somewhat larger than a normally sized bowtie, the size of said representation of said species is reduced until it is approximately the size of a normally sized bowtie.

62. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein said outline, wings, and central body region are constructed of a material whose outline is shaped by stamping or cutting from a die or similar means in a manner that replicates the indents and projections appearing in the outline of said species.

63. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein said wings and central body region are constructed of a material whose frontal surface is coated with paint, photo-reproduction, or similar means in a manner that replicates the patterns and coloring appearing on said wings of said species.

64. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein the material comprising said outline, wings, and central body region is metal.

65. A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of the outline, wings, and central body region of an actual specific species of open-winged insect of the order Lepidoptera according to claim 46 wherein the material comprising said outline, wings, and central body region is copper.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0076] The various features of this invention as disclosed herein may be more fully understood by the following Drawings of a preferred embodiment of the invention. In certain previous applications the Drawings' numerals were text figures (i.e. they read like this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0) while in this Application the Drawings' numerals are titling figures (i.e. they read like this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0). The previous numerals looked like 10L and 10R which are clumsier to read than 10-L and 10-R. No changes have been made to the actual drawings or the numbering of the numerals thereon. The amended Drawings appear in two versions, each on a separate page: Page 1 is an Annotated Sheet Showing Changes on which the figures' old numerals are crossed out and the new numerals appear alongside. Page 2 is a Replacement Sheet on which the new numerals appear in clean form. The three figures that comprise the Drawings are as follows:

[0077] FIG. 1 is a frontal view that displays the outline, pattern, and coloring of a preferred embodiment of the disclosed invention, a bowtie that is a photorealistic representation of an actual specific species of open-winged butterfly or moth, here a Monarch butterfly. Since the USPTO prohibits a patent drawing from displaying any color than black and white, in FIG. 1 the dominant colors of said Monarch butterfly are portrayed as shades of black and white as follows: black=black, orange=medium gray, yellow=light gray, and white=white. The applicant prays the examiner of the Drawings will try to envision the coloring of this embodiment within the limits of black and white in order to fully comprehend the province of novelty and uniqueness that is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed as the subject matter of the disclosed invention.

[0078] FIG. 2 is a top or plan view of the preferred embodiment of FIG. 1.

[0079] FIG. 3 is a rear perspective and exploded assembly view seen from slightly above and to one side of the preferred embodiment of FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AS APPEARS IN THE DRAWINGS

[0080] Referring to the drawings in detail wherein the same reference numbers indicate the same features in each figure, and also that each name referred to by each number refers to the same name as it appears in the preceding Specification, a detailed description of the invention as it appears in the Drawings is as follows:

[0081] FIG. 1 is a frontal view that displays the outline, lines, patterns, and coloring of a preferred embodiment of the disclosed invention, a bowtie that is a photorealistic representation of an actual specific species of open-winged butterfly or moth, here a Monarch butterfly; wherein

[0082] The reference numerals 10 represent the sheetlike material that comprises the opened wings and central body region of said butterfly;

[0083] The numerals 10-O point to material 10's outline that circumscribes the opened wings and central body region of said butterfly;

[0084] The numerals 10-S indicate material 10's frontal surface that displays the patterns and coloring in the opened wings of said butterfly;

[0085] The numeral 12 indicates a narrow thin material representing the shape and depth of the butterfly's body that is vertically attached to the central body region of material 10; and

[0086] The numerals 10-L and 10-R denote the area of said butterfly's opened wings that extend from the sides of the butterfly's body 12.

[0087] FIG. 2 is a top or plan view of the preferred embodiment of FIG. 1; wherein

[0088] The numeral 10 indicates the sheetlike material that comprises the opened wings and central body region of said preferred embodiment, a Monarch butterfly, which in this view appears as a heavy line that represents the thinness of a butterfly's wing;

[0089] The numerals 10-O point to the material 10's outline that circumscribes the opened wings and central body region of said butterfly;

[0090] The numeral 10-S indicates material 10's frontal surface that displays the patterns and coloring in the opened wings of said butterfly;

[0091] The numeral 12 indicates the narrow thin material representing the shape and depth of the butterfly's body that is vertically attached to the central frontal region of material 10; and

[0092] The numerals 10-L and 10-R denote the butterfly's opened wings that extend from the sides of the butterfly's body 12 wherein wings 10-L and 10-R are bent slightly forward to replicate the natural pose of an opened butterfly's wings.

[0093] FIG. 3 is a rear perspective and exploded assembly view seen from slightly above and to one side of the preferred embodiment of FIG. 1; wherein

[0094] The numeral 10 represents the sheetlike material that comprises the opened wings and central body region of said preferred embodiment, a Monarch butterfly;

[0095] The numerals 10-O point to the material 10's outline that circumscribes the opened wings and central body region of said butterfly;

[0096] The numeral 12-S points to the narrow thin material representing the shape and depth of the butterfly's body that is vertically attached to the central frontal region of material 10 before it is attached to material 10, and the numeral 12-D shows the location of said narrow thin material representing the shape and depth of the butterfly's body after it is attached to said material 10; and

[0097] The numerals 10-L and 10-R denote the area of said butterfly's opened wings that extend from the sides of the butterfly's body 12 (in this rear view the left and right wings are visually reversed from the front view of FIG. 1);

The claims that begin on the following page replace all prior claims that appeared in the disclosed invention's previous applications. If certain parts of the new claims are not worded in the clearest manner, the applicant prays the examiner and inventor together can craft the wording of the new claims in a manner that will render the disclosed invention as most impervious to anticipation and infringement.

[0098] Although the disclosed invention has been described in terms of a particular embodiment with a degree of articulation, the spirit of this disclosure does not lie in any description of any specific embodiment or part thereof, as each portion of said embodiment may have a number of modifications wherein each alone and together may be capable of equally representing said embodiment without departing from the utility of the invention as disclosed herein. Thus it should be understood that this description of said embodiment is rendered only by example, and that each portion may be more fully understood and validated by the following claims which define the province of novelty and uniqueness that is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed to be the subject matter of the disclosed invention; and that this invention's patent if granted shall cover by interpretation of the following claims whatever features of utility that would be compatible with the essence and spirit of what is hereinafter claimed.