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US 2009/0211153 A1Published application
Aquapac
AssigneeSyndicate Sales, Inc.
InventorsTrent A. Harshman, Troy L. Burnette, Pawan Srivastava
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a method for shipping flowers that provides moisture and nutrients to the flowers during shipping which significantly increases their life expectancy and provides protection to the fragile stem ends against handling damage.
Claims6
A method for shipping bundles of cut flowers comprised of:
- providing a bundle of flowers cut for shipment;
- providing a supply of plastic bags open at the top;
- providing a supply of floral preservative packets;
- providing a supply of bag fasteners;
- providing a block of floral foam material that has a top surface, a bottom surface, and perimeter walls;
- inserting said cut ends of said flowers into said top surface of said blocks of floral foam;
- soaking said floral foam blocks with said flower stems inserted in a preservative solution;
- placing said soaked floral foam block with said cut flower stems inserted into said plastic bag;
- wrapping a plurality of said packets of floral preservative around said bag top;
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- securing said preservative packets around said bag top, sealing said bag around said bundle of cut stems with said fasteners.
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