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US 2001/0054255 A1Published application
Method of covering a flower pot with a sleeve
AssigneeSouthpac Trust Int'l, Inc.
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, William F. Straeter
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Abstract
A sleeve used to wrap items such as potted plants. The sleeve may have an open or closed bottom. When closed, the bottom may have a gusset for allowing expansion upon the depositing of the pot into the sleeve. The sleeve has a detachable upper portion. The sleeve has a bonding material disposed upon an inner and/or outer portion of the sleeve for crimping the sleeve adjacent the pot to hold the sleeve about the pot.
Claims30
A method of packaging a potted plant, comprising:
- providing a flexible sleeve, the flexible sleeve having a lower end, an upper end, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner peripheral surface surrounding an inner retaining space for enclosing a pot and an adhesive or cohesive bonding material disposed upon a portion of at least one of the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the lower portion of the sleeve for forming a crimped portion in the sleeve and holding the sleeve about the pot;
- disposing a pot containing a floral grouping into the inner retaining space of the flexible sleeve wherein the flexible sleeve is positioned adjacent an outer peripheral surface of the pot;
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- securing the sleeve about the pot by forming folds in the portion of the sleeve having the bonding material thereby forming in the sleeve a crimped portion having overlapping connected folds and wherein the crimped portion is formed such that the sleeve is substantially free from being bondingly connected to the outer peripheral surface of the pot by the bonding material.
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A potted plant package, comprising:
- a potted plant comprising a pot containing a floral grouping, the pot having an outer peripheral surface;
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- a flexible sleeve, the flexible sleeve having a lower end, an upper end, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner peripheral surface surrounding an inner retaining space into which the potted plant is disposed, and an adhesive or cohesive bonding material disposed upon a portion of at least one of the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the sleeve for forming a crimped portion in the sleeve and holding the sleeve about the pot;
- and wherein the potted plant is disposed within the inner retaining space of the flexible sleeve such that a portion of the flexible sleeve is positioned adjacent the outer peripheral surface of the pot and a crimped portion has been formed in the sleeve in the portion having the bonding material with the crimped portion having overlapping connected folds, the crimped portion securing the sleeve about the pot substantially without the bonding material being connected to the outer peripheral surface of the pot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.