Method for urban beautification using camouflage on windows and doors

Abstract

A method for beautification of an uninhabited or condemned building in an urban area utilizing camouflage sheeting placed over sealing materials (such as plywood) which have been secured across door and window penetrations to prevent egress by unauthorized persons. The camouflage depicts a realistic rendering of an external door, or a view through a window to the interior of a room, making it appear to a casual external observer that proper doors and windows are in place. The rendering may be made of UV-resistant coloring and covered with UV-resistant laminate. The camouflage sheeting may be made from paper, plastic or fabric and is sized to suit its respective opening and may be adhered to said egress-preventing materials or to the edges of said penetrations. The disclosed method of urban beautification is an economical solution to the loss of aesthetics caused by the boarding up of abandoned or condemned housing.

1 . A method of urban beautification of a structure comprising: 
 identifying buildings with structural features having unsightly appearance due to the presence of unfinished material;    producing camouflage comprising a masking medium having; 
 a front visible surface;  
 a rear attachment surface;  
 a realistic rendering of exterior views which are commonly associated with said structural features having a perspective as would be seen from a given distance away from said structural features, and which are associated with said first visible surface; and  
   masking the appearance of said unfinished material with said camouflage.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said structural features include structural penetrations.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein said structural penetrations comprise one of window, door and similar openings in exterior surfaces of buildings.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein said unfinished material comprises one of wooden boards, plywood and similar protective materials applied to said structural penetrations in place of conventional penetration closure features.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein said conventional penetration closure features comprise one of windows and doors.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said masking medium comprises one of paper, plastic and fabric material to which said realistic rendering may be associated and which may be sized to suit said structural features.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said masking medium comprises: 
 one of paper, plastic and fabric material to which said realistic rendering may be associated and which may be sized to suit said structural features; and    a translucent protective laminate applied over said paper, plastic and fabric material.    
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said exterior views comprise one of a view through a window into the interior of a room, a view through a window into a window treatment, a combination of a view through a window into the interior of a room and a view through a window into a window treatment and a view of the outside of an exterior door.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said exterior views comprise one of a view through a window into the interior of a room, a view through a window into a window treatment, a combination of a view through a window into the interior of a room and a view through a window into a window treatment and a view of the outside of an exterior door having one of a building number marquee, a message sign and a combination of a building number marquee, a message sign.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said a given distance comprises the distance from which intended viewers of said camouflage would view said camouflage.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said masking comprises: 
 attaching said camouflage over said unfinished material at the edges of said structural features so as to block visibility of said unfinished material and permit visibility of said first visible surface by intended viewers of said camouflage.    
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said masking comprises: 
 attaching said rear attachment surface of said camouflage against said unfinished material so as to block visibility of said unfinished material and permit visibility of said first visible surface by intended viewers of said camouflage.    
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said structural features include deteriorated or missing components of an exterior surface of a building.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein said deteriorated or missing components of an exterior surface of a building include one of siding, brick, stucco, and stone.