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US 4,827,663 AGranted
Aromatic cut-flower support
OwnerLeora R. Sterninventor
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Abstract
A flower stem support member including a water dissolvable cut stem-sustaining and fragrance enhancing mixture. In various alternative embodiments, the support comprises a molded, heavyweight, brad-containing member which supports one or more mixture containing capsules within mating recesses. In other embodiments, molded foam members support the capsules or the fragrance enhancing mixtures are colloidally included in the support or coated onto from beads or cork particles surrounding the vase-mounted flower holder.
Claims10
A flower support comprising:
- (a) a relatively heavyweight base member formed to rest on an interior bottom surface of an open-topped flower vase and having an upper surface including at least one cavity opening to the upper surface of the base member;
- (b) a plurality of pointed brad members secured to said base member and extending in upright relation to said upper surface of the base member, except in the region of said cavity;
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- (c) a gelatinous water soluble capsule formed to mount inmating relation with said cavity in exposed relation to the interior of said vase, said capsule including a mixture of fragrance and flower sustaining plant oils which are released upon the addition of water to said vase and the dissolving of said capsule.
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A cut flower support comprising:
- (a) a base member formed to mount in the interior surface of an open-topped vase and including at least one cavity opening to at least one external surface of said base member;
- (b) a plurality of pointed brad members projecting from said base member, except in the region of said cavity;
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- (c) a dissolvable container shaped to mount in mating relation with said cavity and in exposed relation to the interior of said vase, said container including a fragrance supporting carrier which fragrance is released upon the addition of a container dissolving agent to said vase.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.