Method of shaping and holding a sheet of material about a flower pot with a collar
AssigneeHighland Supply Corporation
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
An article and method for shaping a sheet of material around an object such as a flower pot, the article comprising a ring-shaped collar adapted to be secured around the object. The collar may comprise pinch rings or barbed piercing elements, disposed about the periphery of the collar for attaching the sheet of material to the collar, or the collar may be adapted to be secured around at least a portion of the object so that the sheet of material is held between the object and the collar. The article also may be used alone for shaping a sheet of material.
Claims2
A method for shaping and holding a sheet of material about the base and outwardly tapered outer peripheral surface of a flower pot, comprising:
- providing a collar constructed of a relatively rigid material and having an opening formed therethrough;
- positioning the sheet of material generally about the base and outwardly tapered outer peripheral surface of the flower pot;
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- extending the positioned sheet of material and the flower pot base through the opening in the collar and pressing the collar around and along the positioned sheet and outwardly tapered outer peripheral surface of the flower pot with the sheet of material and the flower pot extending through the opening in the collar so the sheet of material is held between the collar and the flower pot near an end there of remote from said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.