Decorative sleeve cover for a floral grouping having a matte or textured finish on a surface thereof
OwnerDonald Wederinventor
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Abstract
A flexible sleeve disposable about at least a portion of a flower pot or floral grouping is formed of a flexible polymeric material having at least a portion of one surface thereof modified to provide a textured or matte finish to the flexible sleeve. The flexible sleeve may also be provided with perforations at preselected areas for removing an upper portion of the flexible sleeve from a lower portion thereof. Methods for wrapping a floral grouping or packaging a plant using the flexible sleeve are also described.
Claims21
A method for wrapping a floral grouping with a sleeve having a matte or textured finish on at least a portion of one surface thereof, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a floral grouping having an upper portion and a stem portion;
- providing a sleeve formed of a flexible polymeric material, the sleeve having at least a portion of one surface thereof modified to provide a matte or textured finish, the sleeve having an upper end, a lower end, an inner peripheral surface, an inner retaining space, an outer peripheral surface, and a bonding material disposed upon a portion of at least one of the inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the sleeve, wherein the bonding material is selected from the group consisting of adhesive, cohesive, cold seal adhesive, shrinkable materials, cling materials, springs, mechanical or barb-type fastening materials or clamps, and combinations thereof;
- placing the floral grouping into the inner retaining space of the sleeve;
- and
- binding the sleeve about the floral grouping by crimping portions of the sleeve together causing at least one portion of the sleeve to overlap another portion of the sleeve wherein at least a portion of the stem portion of the floral grouping is disposed within the crimped portion and the bonding material binds the crimped portion of the sleeve in a position about the floral grouping.
A method for wrapping a floral grouping with a sleeve having a matte or textured finish on at least a portion of one surface thereof, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a floral grouping having a bloom portion and a stem portion;
- providing a sleeve having a matte or textured finish on at least a portion of one surface thereof, the sleeve formed of a flexible polymeric material having at least a portion of one surface thereof modified to provide a matte or textured finish, the sleeve having an upper end, a lower end, an inner peripheral surface, an inner retaining space, an outer peripheral surface and a bonding material disposed upon a portion of at least one of the inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the sleeve, wherein the bonding material is selected from the group consisting of adhesive, cohesive, cold seal adhesive, shrinkable materials, cling materials, springs, mechanical or barb-type fastening materials or clamps, and combinations thereof;
- placing the floral grouping into the inner retaining space of the sleeve;
- and
- binding the sleeve about the floral grouping, thereby holding the sleeve in a position about the floral grouping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.