Flat trapezoidal container of brightly printed thermally sealable film

A fastener-free, non-closable container for small goods comprising,

• a single flexible self-supporting laminar web of thermally sealable synthetic resinous film folded upon itself with a single fold-line so as to provide a pair of trapezium-shaped panels symmetrically disposed about said fold-line, said panels having substantially the same size and shape, one congruently disposed relative to the other and joined linearly at their sides with water-impervious joints, said sides being equally angulated but oppositely directed;
• said container having a single cavity and an exterior surface only the lower portion of which is essentially completely covered with multiple contrasting colors of printing ink;
• said container being divided by a generally lateral line defining therebeneath, a lower printed portion having a brightly colored appearance, and thereabove, an essentially transparent upper portion, said lateral line being located in a region in the range from about one-half to about two-thirds vertically above said bottom;
• said lower portion having an exterior surface upon which essentially no unprinted portion remains, said lower printed portion comprising contiguous regions of contrasting colors, each region having a thickness different from another contiguous region, each region comprising from one to three layers of said ink superimposed one upon the other, each when dry, having a thickness in the range from 1.mu. to 10.mu., and including sufficient varnish to provide multiple colors of varying intensity providing a gloss index in the range from about 70 to about 98.

In combination, a frustoconical flower pot and a fastener-free, non-closable container therefor, comprising,

• a frustoconical sheath having a smoothly arcuate exterior surface, an open mouth and a closed bottom terminating in a planar edge and having a transition zone beneath said pot sheathed in said container,
• said container comprising a pair of flexible self-supporting laminar panels having substantially the same size and shape, one congruently disposed relative to the other and joined linearly at their sides and bottom with water-impervious joints, said sides being equally angulated but oppositely directed so as to form a trapezium;
• each said panel being a portion of a web of thermally sealable synthetic resinous film divided by a generally lateral line defining therebeneath, a lower printed portion having a brightly colored appearance, and thereabove, an essentially transparent upper portion, said lateral line being located in a region in the range from about one-half to about two-thirds vertically above said bottom;
• said container having a single cavity and an exterior surface, only the lower portion of which is essentially completely covered with a non-self-supporting layer of bright metal uniformly and evenly overlaid in a thickness in the range from about 0.5.mu. to 5.mu. on said lower portion;
• said lower portion having an exterior surface upon which essentially no unprinted portion remains, said lower printed portion comprising regions of substantially transparent printing ink in contrasting colors, each region having a thickness different from another juxtapositioned region, each region comprising said layer upon which from one to three layers of said ink are superimposed, one upon the other, each when dry, having a thickness in the range from 182 to 10.mu., and including sufficient varnish to provide multiple colors of varying intensity providing a gloss index in the range from about 70 to about 98.