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US 4,224,763 AGranted
Vase, horticultural display and method of preparing a horticultural display
AssigneeViking Glass Company
InventorWilliam A. Prindle
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AssigneeViking Glass Company
InventorWilliam A. Prindle
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Horticultural items are displayed in a vase which includes a base for supporting the lower ends of stems of the items at locations spaced from the vertical axis of the vase assembly, and a retainer ring supported exclusively on the stems for holding the stems together in intersecting relationship in an area which is substantially smaller than the area of the base and is spaced above the base and substantially centered on the central axis of the vase assembly. The lower portions of the stems converge upwardly to form a tripod made of stems which support each other and the retainer, with the upper portions of the stems diverging upwardly away from the retainer. A display of horticultural items is prepared by binding the items together by placing a ring around the stems, inclining the stems relatively to each other so the stems diverge from each other in directions leading away from the ring, and inserting the lower ends of the stems in a vessel which prevents the splaying of their lower ends.
A vase assembly for holding the elongated stems of a group of horticultural items in generally upstanding orientation, said vase assembly having a vertical central axis and comprising a base having means for supporting the lower ends of stems and holding said lower ends at locations which are spaced from the central axis, a retainer means supportable exclusively on the stems for holding the stems together in intersecting relationship in an area which is substantially smaller than said base and is spaced above said base and centered on said central axis, whereby lower portions of said stems converge upwardly toward said retainer means to form a stable structure of stems for supporting each other and the retainer means, with the upper portions of said stems diverging upwardly away from said retainer means.
A horticultural display comprising a base, a plurality of horticultural items supported on said base and having elongated stems which have lower portions converging toward each other and toward a given area which is substantially smaller than the base and is centrally located relative to the base at a given elevation above the base, retainer means supported only by said stems for holding said stems in said given area at said given elevation, said stems having upper portions diverging upwardly above said retainer means.
A method of preparing a display of horticultural items which have elongated stems, comprising the steps of
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