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US 2011/0252706 A1Published application
Method of covering a pot with a floral sleeve
OwnerDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter +1inventors
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Michael R. Klemme
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Abstract
A floral sleeve and method of using the floral sleeve to cover a pot. The floral sleeve has a body and an insert or extension attached thereto. The floral sleeve may have an inwardly folded bottom gusset for forming a bottom in the sleeve which is concealed by the lower sidewall of the sleeve when the sleeve is opened and the pot is disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion for enclosing a floral grouping disposed within the pot.
Claims21
A method of covering a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
- providing a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a floral sleeve comprising:
- a body having a flattened condition and an opened condition, the body having an upper end, a lower end, a sidewall, a skirt portion, an interior space and a gusset extending inwardly from the lower end into the interior space when the body is in the flattened condition, the body having a tapered portion which extends to the lower end of the body, the body having a left side edge formed from the upper end to the lower end thereof, and a right side edge formed from the upper end to the lower end thereof, and wherein when the body is opened from the flattened condition to the opened condition, the gusset is unfolded to form a bottom in the body, the bottom having a lower bottom surface, a left side bottom surface extending upwardly from the lower bottom surface to the left side edge, and a right side bottom surface extending upwardly from the lower bottom surface to the right side edge and wherein the left side bottom surface, the right side bottom surface, and the lower bottom surface are concealed when the body is in the opened condition;
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- an upper portion detachable from the body via a detaching element;
- disposing at least a portion of the flower pot in the interior space of the floral sleeve such that the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot is substantially surrounded and encompassed by the floral sleeve, thereby forming a covered flower pot;
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- disposing the covered flower pot upon a flat surface, wherein the lower bottom surface of the bottom of the floral sleeve is flat such that the covered flower pot rests unsupported on the flat surface, and wherein the gusset substantially conforms to the lower end of the flower pot and is concealed by a lower portion of the sidewall of the floral sleeve so that the bottom of the floral sleeve is not visible when the covered flower pot is disposed on the flat surface.
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A method of covering at least one of a floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium wherein the at least one of floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium are not disposed in a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one of a floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium;
- providing a floral sleeve comprising:
- a body having a flattened condition and an opened condition, the body having an upper end, a lower end, a sidewall, a skirt portion, an interior space and a gusset extending inwardly from the lower end into the interior space when the body is in the flattened condition, the body having a tapered portion which extends to the lower end of the body, the body having a left side edge formed from the upper end to the lower end thereof, and a right side edge formed from the upper end to the lower end thereof, and wherein when the body is opened from the flattened condition to the opened condition, the gusset is unfolded to form a bottom in the body, the bottom having a lower bottom surface, a left side bottom surface extending upwardly from the lower bottom surface to the left side edge, and a right side bottom surface extending upwardly from the lower bottom surface to the right side edge and wherein the left side bottom surface, the right side bottom surface, and the lower bottom surface are concealed when the body is in the opened condition;
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- an upper portion detachable from the body via a detaching element;
- disposing at least a portion of the at least one of a floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium in the interior space of the floral sleeve wherein the gusset substantially conforms to the at least a portion of the at least one of the floral grouping, growing medium and retaining medium disposed therein, thereby forming a covered item;
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- disposing the covered item upon a flat surface, wherein the lower bottom surface of the bottom of the floral sleeve is flat such that the covered item rests unsupported on the flat surface, and wherein the gusset substantially conforms to the lower end of the floral grouping, growing medium and/or retaining medium and is concealed by a lower portion of the sidewall of the floral sleeve so that the bottom of the floral sleeve is not visible when the covered item is disposed on the flat surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.