Thermoplastic flower pot with a thin skirt
OwnerAntonio Alcazarinventor
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Abstract
A flower pot cover constructed of a material for providing a decorative cover for an item, such as a floral grouping. The flower pot cover comprises a base portion and a skirt portion. The base portion has an upper end, a lower end, a bottom having a first thickness and a continuous sidewall extending generally between the upper and lower ends of the base portion. The skirt portion is positioned circumferentially about the upper end of the base portion and extends a distance therefrom. The skirt portion is substantially flexible and has a third thickness which is less than the first thickness of the bottom of the base portion. The base portion and the skirt portion cooperate to provide the flower pot cover with a shape sustaining configuration.
Claims20
A plant package, comprising:
- a thermoformed flower pot cover comprising a base portion defining a receiving space which is sized and shaped so as to substantially encompass and surround at least a portion of an outer surface of a flower pot, the base portion being thermoformed from a thermoformable plastic material, the base portion having an upper end, a lower end, and a sidewall extending between the upper end and the lower end, the sidewall being substantially devoid of overlapping folds and having decorative ornamentation associated with at least a portion of the sidewall;
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- a flower pot disposed in at least a portion of the receiving space of the base portion of the thermoformed flower pot cover.
A plant package, comprising:
- a thermoformed flower pot cover comprising a base portion thermoformed of a thermoformable material selected from a group of materials consisting of a thermoplastic material and a thermoset material, the base portion defining a receiving space which is sized to substantially encompass and surround a flower pot, the base portion having an upper end, a lower end, and a sidewall extending between the upper end and the lower end, the sidewall being flexible and shape-sustaining, the sidewall being devoid of overlapping folds and having decorative ornamentation associated with the sidewall;
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- a flower pot disposed in at least a portion of the receiving space of the base portion of the thermoformed flower pot cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.