Support boards for holding decorative corsages and garters

Abstract

A sturdy, lightweight support board for attaching an arrangement of flowers, ribbons, bells, lights, trinkets, and stuffed animals, for wearing on special occasions. The board has parallel slots for inserting and securing elastic, which can be pinned onto the front of clothing. An optional second set of parallel slots provides an additional attachment point for large arrangements. A longer piece of elastic can be inserted into the parallel slots, forming a loop for allowing the arrangement to be “worn” on a wearer's arm. A pair of holes on the upper edge of the support board are used for inserting the ends of a ribbon for hanging the arrangement.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A support for a decorative arrangement comprising: 
 a flat body having a circular perimeter and further having a pair of parallel slots, each slot having two sides and two ends;    a short length of elastic having two ends, each of the ends being inserted through one of the slots, both ends then being secured to each other.    
     
     
         2 . The support of  claim 1  wherein the flat body further has a pair of spaced-apart holes disposed between the perimeter of the body and one side of one of the slots, and which further comprises: 
 a length of ribbon having two ends, each of the ends being inserted through one of the pairs of holes and formed into a knot.  
 
     
     
         3 . The support of  claim 1  wherein the flat body is made from foam board.  
     
     
         4 . A support for a decorative arrangement comprising: 
 a flat body having a perimeter and further having two pairs of parallel slots, each slot having two sides and two ends, the pairs of slots disposed with the first ends of the first pair of slots aligned with the second ends of the second pair of slots;    two short lengths of elastic, each length of elastic having two ends, each of the ends being inserted through one of the slots in each pair, both ends then being secured to each other.    
     
     
         5 . The support of  claim 4  wherein the flat body further has a pair of spaced-apart holes disposed between the perimeter of the body and the first side of one of the slots of each pair, and which further comprises: 
 a length of ribbon having two ends, each of the ends being inserted through one of the pairs of holes and formed into a knot.  
 
     
     
         6 . The support of  claim 4  wherein the perimeter of the body has a shape selected from oblong and heart-shaped.  
     
     
         7 . The support of  claim 4  wherein the flat body is made from foam board.  
     
     
         8 . A support for a decorative arrangement comprising: 
 a flat body having a perimeter and two surfaces, and further having a pair of parallel slots, each slot having two sides and two ends;    an elongated length of elastic having two ends, each of the ends being inserted through one of the slots, both ends then being secured to each other on one surface of the body, leaving an open loop of elastic on the second surface of the body.    
     
     
         9 . The support of  claim 8  wherein the flat body further has a pair of spaced-apart holes disposed between the perimeter of the body and the first end of each of the slots, and which further comprises: 
 a length of ribbon having two ends, each of the ends being inserted through one of the pairs of holes and formed into a knot.  
 
     
     
         10 . The support of  claim 8  wherein the perimeter of the body has a shape selected from circular and oblong.  
     
     
         11 . The support of  claim 8  wherein the flat body is made from foam board.