Method of covering a pot with a floral sleeve
OwnerDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter +1inventors
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Michael R. Klemme
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Abstract
A floral sleeve and method of using the floral sleeve to cover a pot. The floral sleeve may have an inwardly folded bottom gusset for forming a bottom in the sleeve which is concealed by the lower sidewall of the sleeve when the sleeve is opened and the pot is disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion for enclosing a floral grouping disposed within the pot, in particular a central upper support element.
Claims21
A method of covering a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
- providing a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a floral sleeve comprising a body having a flattened condition and an opened condition, the body having an upper end, a lower end, a first panel, a second panel, a skirt portion, an interior space and a gusset extending inwardly from the lower end into the interior space when the body is in the flattened condition, the first panel and the second panel together forming a sidewall in the body, the body having a tapered portion which extends to the lower end of the body;
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- disposing at least a portion of the flower pot in the interior space of the floral sleeve such that the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot is substantially surrounded and encompassed by the floral sleeve, and wherein the gusset is concealed when the floral sleeve is in the opened condition and the flower pot is disposed therein.
A method of covering at least one of a floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium wherein the at least one of floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium are not disposed in a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one of a floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium;
- providing a floral sleeve comprising a body having a flattened condition and an opened condition, the body having an upper end, a lower end, a first panel, a second panel, a skirt portion, an interior space and a gusset extending inwardly from the lower end into the interior space when the body is in the flattened condition, the first panel and the second panel together forming a sidewall in the body, the body having a tapered portion which extends to the lower end of the body;
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- disposing at least a portion of the at least one of a floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium in the interior space of the floral sleeve wherein the gusset is concealed when the floral sleeve is in the opened condition and the at least one of a floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium is disposed therein.
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