Cover forming apparatus
AssigneeHighland Supply Corporation
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Erwin H. Weder, Herbert A. Weder, Franklin J. Craig
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Abstract
A cover forming apparatus for forming a sheet of material about an object to produce a decorative cover for the object. The cover forming apparatus includes a cover former having an object opening formed through a portion thereof which is adapted to receive the object. The cover former includes portions forming resilient contactors which are adapted to resiliently engage portions of the sheet of material for pressing the engaged portions of the sheet of material against the object when the sheet of material and the object are passed through the object opening. The cover forming apparatus particularly is useful for forming the sheet of material about flower pots to form a decorative flower pot cover.
Claims16
A cover forming apparatus for forming a sheet of material about a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface to produce a cover extending generally about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot comprising:
- a cover former having an object opening formed through a portion thereof adapted to receive a portion of the flower pot, the object opening being shaped generally in the shape of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot, the cover former having portions forming resilient contactors, the contractors being resiliently engagable with portions of the sheet of material and adapted for pressing the engaged portions of the sheet of material against the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot when the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed near the flower pot are passed through the object opening, the sheet of material being formed by the cover former into the cover for the flower pot extending generally about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot, the contactors cooperating to form the object opening, the sheet of material being disposable generally over the object opening and the flower pot being positionable generally above the portion of the sheet of material disposed generally over the object opening, the flower pot being movable to a position engaging the sheet of material and movable through the object opening, the flower pot generally engaging the sheet of material and moving the engaged portion of the sheet of material and at least a portion of the remaining portion of the sheet of material through the object opening along with the flower pot as the flower pot is moved through the object opening, the contactor portions being positioned for resiliently engaging the sheet of material and pressing the engaged portions of the sheet of material against the flower pot generally about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot for forming the sheet of material about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.