Method of covering a pot or floral grouping with a sleeve having a rounded lower end
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Paul Fantz
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Abstract
A floral sleeve initially having a flattened condition and openable therefrom for use in covering, containing or wrapping a floral grouping, botanical item, pot, or pot having a floral grouping or botanical item therein. The sleeve has a rounded lower end, and may have a detachable upper portion. The sleeve may have a non-linear or linear upper edge. When having a detachable upper portion, the sleeve has a detaching element which when employed to detach the upper portion, leaves a linear, or non-linear upper edge on the lower portion of the sleeve. The rounded lower end of the sleeve may have a gusset therein.
Claims23
A method of covering a pot or floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a sleeve initially having a flattened condition, the sleeve comprising:
- a body, an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having an upper edge, a rounded lower end having a rounded lower edge, and an inner space, and the body having a minimum width at a narrowest portion of the body, and the rounded lower end having a maximum width at a widest portion of the rounded lower end, and wherein the minimum width of the body is less than the maximum width of the rounded lower end;
- opening the sleeve to expose the inner space thereof;
- and
- disposing a pot or floral grouping into the inner space of the sleeve.
A method of covering a pot or floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a sleeve initially constructed in a flattened condition, the sleeve comprising:
- a body, an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having any upper edge, a rounded lower end having a rounded lower edge, and an inner space, and the body having a minimum width at a narrowest portion of the body, and the rounded lower end having a maximum width at a widest portion of the rounded lower end, and wherein the minimum width of the body is less than the maximum width of the rounded lower end;
- opening the sleeve to expose the inner space thereof;
- and
- disposing a pot or floral grouping into the inner space of the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.