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US 2006/0185240 A1Published application
Method of containing a pot or floral grouping in a sleeve having expandable sidewalls
OwnerDonald Wederinventor
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Abstract
A floral sleeve sized to fit about a flower pot or floral grouping. The sleeve has a base with side gussets and optionally bottom gussets for allowing expansion from a flattened position to an opened position. The sleeve may comprise a detachable upper portion, and a skirt portion. The sleeve is preferably secured about a pot or floral grouping via a banding element.
Claims32
A method of containing a pot, comprising the steps of:
- providing a decorative preformed sleeve initially having a flattened condition prior to being opened for use, and having an upper end, an open lower end, a first side, a second side, a first panel and a second panel, the decorative preformed sleeve having a base portion and a skirt portion and having a tapered shape wherein the lower end is narrower than the upper end, the decorative preformed sleeve having at least one expansion element in at least one of the first side and the second side;
- opening the decorative preformed sleeve from the flattened condition by expanding the at least one expansion element in the decorative preformed sleeve, thereby forming an opened decorative sleeve;
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- disposing a pot within the opened decorative sleeve wherein the at least one expansion element allows the base portion of the decorative preformed sleeve to expand and to substantially conform to the shape of the pot disposed therein.
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A method of containing a pot, comprising the steps of:
- providing a decorative preformed sleeve initially having a flattened condition prior to being opened for use, and having an upper end, a closed lower end forming a bottom of the decorative preformed sleeve, a first side, a second side, a first panel and a second panel, the decorative preformed sleeve having a base portion and a skirt portion and having a tapered shape wherein the lower end is narrower than the upper end, the decorative preformed sleeve having at least one expansion element in at least one of the first side and the second side;
- opening the decorative preformed sleeve from the flattened condition by expanding the at least one expansion element in the decorative preformed sleeve, thereby forming an opened decorative sleeve;
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- disposing a pot within the opened decorative sleeve wherein the at least one expansion element allows the base portion of the decorative preformed sleeve to expand and to substantially conform to the shape of the pot disposed therein, and wherein the bottom of the decorative preformed sleeve closely conforms to the configuration of a bottom of the pot.
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A method of containing a floral grouping, comprising the steps of:
- providing a decorative preformed sleeve initially having a flattened condition prior to being opened for use, and having an upper end, a lower end, a first side, a second side, a first panel and a second panel, the decorative preformed sleeve having a tapered shape wherein the lower end is narrower than the upper end, the decorative preformed sleeve having at least one expansion element in at least one of the first side and the second side;
- opening the decorative preformed sleeve from the flattened condition by expanding the at least one expansion element in the decorative preformed sleeve, thereby forming an opened decorative sleeve;
- and
- disposing a floral grouping within the opened decorative sleeve wherein the at least one expansion element allows the base portion of the decorative preformed sleeve to expand and to substantially conform to the shape of the floral grouping disposed therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.