Flower bloom protective device
OwnerDonald E. Wederinventor
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Abstract
A bloom support device for protecting a cut flower during shipping, the bloom support device having a concave body providing a substantially closed proximal end clearingly disposed about a stem of the flower and a substantially open distal end compressingly folding a bloom of the flower into a folded arrangement and retaining the folded arrangement in a secure shipping arrangement. The concave body has a stress intensification feature for tearing the bloom support device off of the bloom.
Claims19
A bloom support device for protecting a flower during shipment, the flower having a stem and a bloom, the bloom support device comprising:
- a concave body defining a cavity, the concave body having a substantially closed proximal end and a substantially open distal end, the closed proximal end having an aperture adapted to provide an opening to receive the stem of the flower which passes therethrough as the substantially open end is moved to a position adjacent the bloom, the cavity adaptable for a receiving engagement of the bloom wherein the concave body urges the bloom into a folded arrangement and compressingly retains the folded arrangement;
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- a stress intensification member supported by the concave body for tearing the bloom support device along a tear line in the concave body from the distal end to the aperture in order to remove the bloom support device from the flower.
A method for packaging a floral grouping at a shipping location to protect from shipping damage, the flower having a stem portion and a bloom portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a floral grouping containing at least one flower having a bloom portion and a stem portion;
- (b) providing a bloom support device with a concave body defining a cavity, the concave body having a substantially closed end with an aperture for passing of the stem portion and an open distal end, the concave body having a selected stress intensification member;
- (c) disposing the stem through the hole and moving the bloom support device toward the bloom portion;
- (d) placing the concave body about the bloom portion to urge the bloom portion into a folded arrangement;
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- (e) transporting the flower in the folded arrangement and the bloom support device to the destination location.
The packaged and subsequently unpackaged flower of chain 15 wherein in the step of providing the bloom support, the stress intensification member is selected from a group consisting of a notch, crease, seam, plurality of perforations, and combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.