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US 2016/0106043 A1Published application
Bouquet Holder Apparatus and Method of Use
OwnerPoppy F. Eiler, James A. Eilerinventors
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Abstract
A reusable flower bouquet arranging apparatus is presented for creating a hand-held bouquet with a hand tied appearance as would be used for a wedding bouquet or nosegay. Made from plastic with a plurality of spaced apart apertures, it can be used to make arrangements having an overall shape that is domed, cascading, crescent-shaped, heart-shaped, oval or several other configurations.
Claims20
An apparatus for arranging a flower bouquet comprising:
- a three-dimensional main holder base that establishes an overall external shape for the bouquet, said main holder base having an upper surface with a plurality of spaced apart apertures, each aperture being capable of having a flower stem inserted therethrough and holding the flower stem in position for forming a part of the bouquet;
- a tube collar for situating beneath the main holder base;
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- a tube handle for wrapping about a collection of flower stems that have been inserted through apertures in the main holder base.
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An improved flower bouquet-making apparatus that eliminates the need for:
- (i) floral design experience;
- and (ii) floral industry-fastening devices, said bouquet-making apparatus comprising:
- a main holder base that:
- defines an overall shape for a flower bouquet;
- enables quick and easy insertion of flower stems therethrough;
- and gathers inserted flower stems therebelow, said main holder base having a plurality of spaced apart apertures, each aperture having at least three pre-cut slits through which a flower stem is inserted and held in place for making the flower bouquet.
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A method for forming anaesthetic hand-held bouquet comprises:
- (a) providing a main holder holder base apparatus that defines an overall shape for the bouquet, said apparatus having a plurality of spaced apart apertures with multiple pre-cut slits that enable quick and easy insertion of flower stems therethrough;
- (b) inserting individual flower stems into apertures in the apparatus, starting at or near a center point of the apparatus and filling in with additional flower stems outwardly from the center point to an outer perimeter of the apparatus;
- (c) encasing lower ends from the inserted flower stems that extend below the apparatus in a tube collar;
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- (d) securing the tube collar in a tube holder that functions as a bouquet carrying handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.