Floral sleeve with constriction element
OwnerDonald E. Wederinventor
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Abstract
A plant packaging and covering system comprising a floral sleeve having a base portion. The sleeve may have an upper sleeve portion which can surround a plant disposed in a pot and which can be detached once the function of the sleeve has been completed. The sleeve has a plurality of folds, some constricted by a constriction element, the folds comprising expansion elements for allowing portions of the base portion to expand, when a pot is disposed within the sleeve.
Claims13
A method of covering a pot having an upper end, a lower end, and an outer peripheral surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a preformed sleeve having a substantially tubular or frusto-conical configuration that assumes a substantially flattened condition and an open condition, wherein the preformed sleeve comprises:
- a base portion having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface, and an interior space when the preformed sleeve is in the open condition;
- a plurality of preformed folds in the base portion, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of preformed folds are present in the substantially flattened condition of the preformed sleeve;
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- a constriction element preattached to a portion of the preformed sleeve for forming a constricted area in the plurality of preformed folds in a portion of the base portion, wherein the constriction element is selected from the group consisting of a band, ribbon, string, strip, tape, elastic material, non-elastic material and combinations thereof;
- disposing the pot into the base portion of the preformed sleeve;
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- attaching the preformed sleeve to the pot via the constriction element.
A method of covering a pot having an upper end, a lower end, and an outer peripheral surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a preformed sleeve having a substantially tubular or frusto-conical configuration that assumes a substantially flattened condition and an open condition, wherein the preformed sleeve comprises:
- a base portion having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface, and an interior space when the preformed sleeve is in the open condition;
- a plurality of preformed folds in the base portion, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of preformed folds are present in the substantially flattened condition of the preformed sleeve;
- a constriction element preattached to a portion of the preformed sleeve for forming a constricted area in the plurality of preformed folds in a portion of the base portion and wherein the constriction element surrounds the preformed sleeve, and wherein the constriction element is selected from the group consisting of a band, ribbon, string, strip, tape, elastic material, non-elastic material and combinations thereof;
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- a detachable upper portion;
- disposing the pot into the base portion of the preformed sleeve;
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- attaching the preformed sleeve to the pot via the constriction element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.