# US 12,002,380 B2 · Card holder floral pick

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- Number: US 12,002,380 B2
- Document ID: US12002380B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/536,376
- Filed: 2021-11-29
- Published: 2023-06-01
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2021-11-29
- Applicants: Sandra J. Keatley
- Inventors: Sandra J. Keatley
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12002380B2

## CPC

- G09F 1/10: Supports or holders for show-cards
- B67C 11/02: without discharge valves
- G09F 3/206: {specially adapted for marking or identifying plants}
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- B67C: CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
folding the stiffening tab to bring the un-stiffened tube into a stiffened condition.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising inserting an enclosure card in the slots.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the slots are substantially diametrically opposed from each other about an elongate axis of the tube.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the blank comprises a fold line and the step of folding the blank comprises folding the blank on the fold line.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising forming the blank at least primarily of paper.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, further comprising at least partially coating the blank with a hydrophobic material.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the slots are substantially diametrically opposed from each other about an elongate axis of the tube.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the blank comprises a fold line to facilitate folding the blank to define the elongate hollow tube, the method further comprising folding the blank on the fold line.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising forming the blank at least primarily of paper.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, further comprising at least partially coating the blank with a hydrophobic material.