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US 12,002,380 B2Granted
Card holder floral pick
OwnerSandra J. Keatleyinventor
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Abstract
A card holder floral pick defining an elongate hollow tube having opposed top and bottom ends and openings adapted to provide a funneling function, for funneling any liquid introduced into the tube at the top end out the bottom end under the influence of gravity, with two substantially identical slots at the top end of the tube that are angularly spaced-apart from each other about an elongate axis of the tub, for holding an enclosure card.
Claims10
A method for forming a card holder floral pick, comprising:
- folding a blank and joining at least two edges thereof together so as to form an un-stiffened, elongate hollow tube having opposed top and bottom ends and corresponding top and bottom openings adapted to provide a funneling function, for funneling any liquid introduced into the tube at the top end through the top opening and out the bottom end through the bottom opening under the influence of gravity, wherein the blank comprises
- two substantially identical slots at the top end of the tube that are angularly spaced apart from one another about an elongate axis of the tube for holding an enclosure card, the slots thereby defining therebetween two opposed edges of the top end opening of the tube, wherein at least a portion of one of said two opposed edges is higher, relative to the bottom end opening of the tube, than the entirety of the other of said two opposed edges, and wherein the blank further comprises
- a stiffening tab proximate the top opening of the tube, depending from said portion;
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- folding the stiffening tab to bring the un-stiffened tube into a stiffened condition.
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