Floral sleeve having an arcuate upper end
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A plant packaging and covering system including a floral sleeve having a decorative pattern thereon. The sleeve may have a lower portion sized to cover a pot and an upper portion which can surround a plant disposed in the pot and which can be detached after the protective function of the upper portion is complete or which can be used to support the sleeve from a support device prior to use. The decorative pattern preferably has an arcuate upper boundary in the flattened condition which when opened, gives the sleeve the appearance of having an upper edge which is parallel to the upper rim of the pot disposed within the sleeve.
Claims24
A covering for a pot, the covering comprising:
- a sleeve initially having a flattened condition and comprising:
- a lower portion having a closed bottom, and
- an upper portion extending from the lower portion and
- detachable therefrom via a detaching element, and
- wherein the lower portion has a decorative pattern which has an
- upper boundary having an arcuate shape in the flattened condition, and wherein the detaching element is adjacent or above the upper boundary of the decorative pattern of the lower portion, and wherein when the sleeve is in an opened condition, and a pot having an upper rim is disposed into the lower portion of the sleeve, the upper boundary of the lower portion is substantially parallel to the upper rim of the pot.
A method of covering a pot, comprising:
- providing a sleeve initially having a flattened condition, the sleeve comprising:
- a lower portion having a closed bottom, and an upper portion extending from the lower portion and detachable therefrom via a detaching element, and wherein the lower portion has a decorative pattern thereon which has an upper boundary having an arcuate shape when the sleeve is in the flattened condition, and wherein the detaching element is adjacent or above the upper boundary of the decorative pattern of the lower portion;
- and
- opening the sleeve and placing a pot having a plant into the lower portion of the sleeve, and wherein when the sleeve is opened, the upper boundary of the lower portion is substantially parallel to an upper rim of the pot.
A sleeve for a pot having an upper rim, the sleeve comprising:
- a body initially having a flattened condition and having an upper end and a closed bottom, and wherein the body has a decorative pattern, the body having an upper edge having an arcuate shape in the flattened condition and wherein the upper edge of the body is substantially parallel to the upper rim of the pot when the pot is disposed within the body of the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.