Decorative coatings for plants and plant materials
OwnerBobby Lewis Neal, Michael Sylvia +3inventors
InventorsBobby Lewis Neal, Michael Sylvia, Kumar Dighe, Roger Weisberg, Wayne Rector
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Abstract
Decorated plants or plant materials include flowers, leaves and/or branches, and a decorative coating having a color, texture and/or gloss unusual to the native plant or plant material extending from a portion of a flower, leaf and/or branch. The coating is applied as a substantially anhydrous material. Methods are also described.
Claims44
A method of decorating a plant or plant material, the method comprising:
- providing a plant or plant material;
- and
- applying a substantially anhydrous material comprising a solvent, a binder soluble in the solvent and, optionally, a colorant to the plant or plant material to provide a coating on the plant or plant material.
A method of decorating a plant or a plant material, the method comprising:
- providing a plant or plant material;
- transferring the plant or plant material to an application station;
- applying a substantially anhydrous material comprising a solvent, a binder soluble in the solvent and, optionally, a colorant to the plant or plant material to provide a coating on the plant or plant material;
- and
- removing the solvent from the coating to provide a dried coating on the plant or plant material.
A decorated plant or plant material comprising:
- a flower, leaf and/or branch;
- and
- a decorative coating extending from a portion of the flower, leaf and/or branch,
- wherein the decorative coating is applied as a substantially anhydrous material comprising a solvent, a binder soluble in the solvent and, optionally, a colorant.
A decorated plant or plant material comprising a flower, leaf and/or branch, and a decorative coating having a color, texture and/or gloss unusual to the native plant or plant material extending from a portion of the flower, leaf and/or branch, wherein the coating is applied as a substantially anhydrous material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.