Method of forming a flower pot cover with crimped portion
AssigneeHighland Supply Corporation
InventorsDonald E. Weder, William F. Straeter
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Abstract
A flower pot cover consisting of a base and a skirt. The base has an upper end and a lower end with a pot opening being formed through the upper end of the base providing access to a pot receiving space. The skirt is connected to the upper end of the base and the skirt extends a distance outwardly from the base terminating with an outer periphery. A bonding material is disposed on the skirt or the base or both. A flower pot is disposed in the pot receiving space and the portion of the skirt and/or the base having the bonding material thereon is crimped to provide a crimped portion for cooperating to maintain the flower pot cover connected to the flower pot.
Claims16
A method for providing a flower pot cover for a flower pot comprising:
- providing a preformed flower pot cover comprising a base having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface and a pot opening formed through the upper end of the base providing access to a pot receiving space, the pot receiving space forming an inner peripheral surface in the base, a bonding material being disposed on the base near the upper end of the base;
- providing a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface;
- disposing the flower pot in the pot receiving space of the base;
- forming a crimped portion in the base by crimping together portions of the base near the upper end of the base with the bonding material thereon wherein the bonding material causes the portions of the base which are crimped together to be bonded together, the crimped portion cooperating to hold the base on the flower pot for providing the decorative cover.
A method for providing a flower pot cover disposable about a flower pot, comprising:
- providing a preformed flower pot cover comprising a base having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface and a pot opening formed through the upper end of the base providing access to a pot receiving space, the pot receiving space forming an inner peripheral surface in the base, and a skirt connected to the upper end of the base, the skirt extending a distance outwardly from the upper end of the base terminating with an outer periphery, the skirt having an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface, a bonding material being disposed on the skirt near the connection of the skirt to the base;
- providing a flower pot having an upper end and a lower end;
- disposing the flower pot in the pot receiving space of the base of the preformed cover;
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- crimping together portions of the skirt having the bonding material thereon wherein the bonding material causes the portions of the skirt which are crimped together to be bonded together forming a crimped portion, the crimped portion cooperating to hold the flower pot cover on the flower pot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.