Method of covering a pot or floral grouping with a sleeve having a curvilinear lower end
AssigneeThe Family Trust
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 curvilinear 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 curvilinear lower end of the sleeve may have a gusset therein.
Claims34
A method of covering a pot or floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a sleeve initially constructed in a flattened condition and substantially having a tapered shape in the flattened condition, the sleeve comprising:
- an outer peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having an upper edge, a curvilinear lower end having a curvilinear lower edge, an inner peripheral surface, and an inner space, and wherein the curvilinear lower edge has at least two separate arcuate edge portions;
- 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:
- an outer peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having an upper edge, a curvilinear lower end having a curvilinear lower edge, an inner peripheral surface, and an inner space, and wherein the curvilinear lower edge has at least two separate arcuate edge portions, and the sleeve further having a detaching element extending from the first sidewall edge to the second sidewall edge for detaching an upper portion of the sleeve from a lower portion of the sleeve and wherein at least a portion of the lower portion of the sleeve substantially having a tapered shape when the sleeve is in the flattened condition;
- 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 and substantially having a rectangular shape in the flattened condition, the sleeve comprising:
- an outer peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having an upper edge, a curvilinear lower end having a curvilinear lower edge, an inner peripheral surface, and an inner space, and wherein the curvilinear lower edge has at least two separate arcuate edge portions;
- opening the sleeve to expose the inner space thereof;
- and
- disposing the 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:
- an outer peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having an upper edge, a curvilinear lower end having a curvilinear lower edge, an inner peripheral surface, and an inner space, and wherein the curvilinear lower edge has at least two separate arcuate edge portions, and the sleeve further having a detaching element extending from the first sidewall edge to the second sidewall edge for detaching an upper portion of the sleeve from a lower portion of the sleeve and the lower portion of the sleeve substantially having a rectangular shape in the flattened condition;
- 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.