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US 2003/0153448 A1Published application
Flat panel sleeve with folded portions and method of manufacturing
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
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Abstract
A decorative cover or container for holding a flower pot, floral grouping or botanical item, and constructed from a sheet of material having a plurality of folded portions, wherein the decorative cover or container is initially constructed in a flattened condition, and having a base portion which is opened to expose an interior space into which a pot or floral grouping can be disposed, and having a bottom having bottom folds secured by a bottom fold securing element.
Claims24
A method of forming a decorative cover or a container, comprising:
- providing a sheet of material;
- folding a portion of the sheet of material along a first fold line extending from a first corner of the sheet of material to a second corner of the sheet of material forming a first folded portion in the sheet of material;
- folding an apical portion of the first folded portion along a second fold line in the first folded portion forming a second folded portion, the second folded portion having an upper edge and being folded against a portion of the first folded portion;
- folding a first corner portion of the first folded portion along a third fold line forming a third folded portion which has an upper edge and which substantially covers the second folded portion;
- folding a second corner portion of the first folded portion along a fourth fold line forming a fourth folded portion which has an upper edge and which covers at least a portion of the third folded portion;
- connecting the fourth folded portion to the third folded portion;
- opening the decorative cover or container thereby formed to expose an interior space into which a pot or a botanical item can be disposed;
- forming a first bottom fold and a second bottom fold in a lower end of the opened decorative cover or container;
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- connecting the first bottom fold and the second bottom fold to a portion of a lower end in the opened decorative cover or container via a bottom fold securing element forming a bottom in the opened decorative cover or container.
7 more elements
A decorative cover or container produced by the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a sheet of material;
- folding a portion of the sheet of material along a first fold line extending from a first corner of the sheet of material to a second corner of the sheet of material forming a first folded portion in the sheet of material;
- folding an apical portion of the first folded portion along a second fold line in the first folded portion forming a second folded portion, the second folded portion having an upper edge and being folded against a portion of the first folded portion;
- folding a first corner portion of the first folded portion along a third fold line forming a third folded portion which has an upper edge and which substantially covers the second folded portion;
- folding a second corner portion of the first folded portion along a fourth fold line forming a fourth folded portion which has an upper edge and which covers at least a portion of the third folded portion;
- connecting the fourth folded portion to the third folded portion;
- opening the decorative cover or container thereby formed can be opened to expose an interior space into which a pot or a botanical item can be disposed;
- forming a first bottom fold and a second bottom fold in a lower end of the opened decorative cover or container;
- and
- connecting the first bottom fold and the second bottom fold to a portion of a lower end in the opened decorative cover or container via a bottom fold securing element forming a bottom in the opened decorative cover or container.
7 more elements
A decorative cover or container constructed from a flat sheet of material, comprising:
- a base portion and a skirt portion extending from the base portion, the base portion having a flattened condition and openable to an opened position exposing an interior space the base portion in the flattened state comprising a first folded portion, a second folded portion adjacent the first folded portion, a third folded portion adjacent to and covering the second folded portion, and a fourth folded portion adjacent to and covering a portion of the third folded portion, and wherein the fourth folded portion is bondingly connected to a portion of the third folded portion via a bonding material, and having a bottom formed by connecting a first bottom fold and a second bottom fold to a portion of a lower end of the base portion via a bottom fold securing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.