Vase with Retainer Mounted on Securing Ring
AssigneeWoods IP Holdings LLC
InventorsElise WOODS, James Clayton WEEMS
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Abstract
A display vase adapted to bold a variety of longitudinal stems or sticks, the vase, including a retainer mountable within the transparent vase that can hold a multitude of display items. The retainer may sit on a shelf or retaining ring, inside the vase. The retainer may include an array of hexagonally shaped cells that may interlock with a lower level of interlocking cells.. Also included is a method of arranging and displaying stemmed items in a vase. A retainer is set in a vase and stems are secured therethrough, preferably into a frog apparatus at bottom of vase.
Claims19
A display assembly device to facilitate arrangement of one or more longitudinal stems, said device comprising a container having an open mouth, an interior surface, a securing ring set within the container and positioned along the interior surface, a retainer set along the securing ring, the retainer comprising a multitude of apertures arrayed for receiving one or more stems.
The display assembly device as set forth in claim 6 wherein said array and said further array are offset by the one-half the width of one cell in two dimensions.
A container for securing display items therein and/or thereover that includes a removable retainer set within the container, the retainer having at least one aperture to secure the lateral movement of an item emplaced therethrough, the retainer set upon securing ring within said container, said securing ring supported by the container.
A method of presenting a display by emplacing one or more items into a vase, through a retainer having at least one aperture, the method comprising the steps of:
- preparing a container with a securing ring within a neck of the container;
- emplacing a retainer onto the securing ring:
- fastening the retainer on the securing ring alter said step of emplacing;
- locating one or more stems through the retainer;
- positioning a bottom end of the one or more stems into a set of pins along a bottom end of the container;
- and
- removing the retainer from the securing ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.