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US 5,426,914 AGranted
Band applicator for applying a band about a sheet of material and a pot
AssigneeHighland Supply Corporation
InventorsDonald E. Weder, William F. Straeter, Joseph G. Straeter
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Abstract
A band applicator for applying a band about a sheet of material disposed about a pot to provide a decorative cover for the pot. The band applicator includes a pot frame having a pot opening and a band holder configured to releasably hold a plurality of bands. The sheet of material is extended about the outer peripheral surface of the pot, and the pot with the sheet of material disposed thereabout is disposed in a pot receiving space in the pot frame. The pot frame holds the sheet of material positioned about the pot. A band is removed from the band holder and disposed about the sheet of material and pot for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about the pot.
Claims73
A band applicator for applying a band about a sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of a flower pot, the flower pot having an upper end and a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, comprising:
- a pot frame having an upper end and a lower end, a pot opening being formed through the upper end of the pot frame providing access to a pot receiving space, the sheet of material and the flower pot being moveable through the pot opening to a position wherein at least a portion of the pot with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot is disposed in the pot receiving space, the pot frame cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot when the flower pot and the sheet of material are disposed in the pot receiving space;
- a band holder configured to releasably hold a plurality of bands, at least one of the bands being removable from the band holder and disposable about the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the flower pot when the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed thereabout is positioned in the pot receiving space of the pot frame, the band cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot;
- and
- a base frame having side walls and a top with the side walls and the top being interconnected and at least partially surrounding a component space, the pot frame and the band holder being supported on the base frame.
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A method for placing a band about an item selected from a flower pot having a sheet of material extending about at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the flower pot or a floral grouping having a sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the item in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the item, wherein the step of placing the item in the pot frame is defined further as comprising:
- moving automatically the item into the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and wherein, after the step of positioning the band about the item, the method further comprises:
- removing automatically the item with the band disposed thereabout from the pot receiving space of the pot frame.
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A method for placing a band about an item, comprising:
- providing a pot frame having an upper end and a lower end with a pot receiving space being formed in the pot frame and the pot frame having an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands and positioning the band holder near the pot frame;
- moving the item into the pot receiving space of the pot frame to a position wherein the item engages a portion of the pot frame to position the item in a predetermined position in the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame and positioning the band about the item.
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A method for placing a band about an item, comprising:
- providing a pot frame having an upper end and a lower end with a pot receiving space being formed in the pot frame and the pot frame having an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands and positioning the band holder near the pot frame;
- automatically moving the item into the pot receiving space of the pot frame to a position wherein the item engages a portion of the pot frame to position the item in a predetermined position in the pot frame;
- and
- automatically removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and automatically moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame and positioning the band about the item.
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A method for placing a band about an item selected from a flower pot having a sheet of material extending about at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the flower pot or a floral grouping having a sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the item in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the item, wherein the step of removing the band from the band holder and positioning the band about the item is further defined as automatically removing the band from the band holder and automatically positioning the band about the item.
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A method for placing a band about a floral grouping having a sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame having an upper end and a lower end with a pot receiving space being formed in the pot frame and the pot frame having an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands and positioning the band holder near the pot frame;
- moving the floral grouping into the pot receiving space of the pot frame to a position wherein the floral grouping engages a portion of the pot frame to position at least one of the sheet of material and the floral grouping in a predetermined position in the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame and positioning the band about the sheet of material and the floral grouping.
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A method for placing a band about a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame having an upper end and a lower end with a pot receiving space being formed in the pot frame and the pot frame having an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands and positioning the band holder near the pot frame;
- automatically moving the floral grouping into the pot receiving space of the pot frame to a position wherein the floral grouping engages a portion of the pot frame to position the floral grouping in a predetermined position in the pot frame;
- and
- automatically removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and automatically moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame and positioning the band about the floral grouping.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot, the flower pot having an upper end and a lower end, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the flower pot in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least the portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot to provide a decorative cover, wherein the step of placing the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed thereabout in the pot frame is defined further as comprising:
- positioning automatically the sheet of material generally over the pot frame;
- positioning automatically the flower pot over the sheet of material;
- moving automatically the flower pot and the sheet of material into the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- wherein, after the step of positioning the band about the sheet of material, the method further comprises:
- removing automatically the flower pot with the band disposed about the sheet of material from the pot receiving space of the pot frame.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot having an upper end and a lower end, comprising:
- providing a pot frame having an upper end and a lower end with a pot receiving space being formed in the pot frame and the pot frame having an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands and positioning the band holder near the pot frame;
- moving the flower pot and the sheet of material into the pot receiving space of the pot frame to a position wherein the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion thereof engages a portion of the pot frame to position the sheet of material and the flower pot in a predetermined position in the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame and positioning the band about the sheet of material to cooperate in holding the sheet of material about the flower pot for providing a decorative cover.
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A method for placing a band about an item selected from a flower pot having a sheet of material extending about at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the flower pot or a floral grouping having a sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the item in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the item, wherein the step of providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end and a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the item is defined further as removing the band from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for positioning the band about the item.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot, the flower pot having an upper end and a lower end, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the flower pot in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least the portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot to provide a decorative cover, wherein the step of providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end and a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the sheet of material is defined further as removing the band from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for positioning the band about the sheet of material.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of a flower pot having an upper end and a lower end, comprising;
- providing a pot frame;
- automatically moving the flower pot and the sheet of material into the pot frame;
- placing the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material about the flower pot for providing a decorative cover;
- and
- removing automatically the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed thereabout from the pot frame.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot having an upper end and a lower end, comprising:
- providing a pot frame having an upper end and a lower end with a pot receiving space being formed in the pot frame and the pot frame having an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands and positioning the band holder near the pot frame;
- AUTOMATICALLY moving the flower pot and the sheet of material into the pot receiving space of the pot frame to a position wherein the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed thereabout engages a portion of the pot frame to position the sheet of material and the flower pot in a predetermined position in the pot frame;
- and
- AUTOMATICALLY removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame and positioning the band about the sheet of material to cooperate in holding the sheet of material about the flower pot for providing a decorative cover.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot, the flower pot having an upper end and a lower end, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the flower pot in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least the portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot to provide a decorative cover, wherein the step of positioning the sheet of material and the flower pot in the pot receiving space is further defined as moving the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed about at least the portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot into the pot receiving space to a position wherein a portion of the sheet of material disposed about the flower pot engages a portion of the pot frame for positioning the flower pot and the sheet of material in a predetermined position within the pot frame and wherein the step of providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end and a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the sheet of material is defined further as automatically removing the band from the band holder and automatically moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for automatically positioning the band about the sheet of material.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least the portion of the floral grouping, wherein the step of removing the band from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material is further defined as automatically removing the band from the band holder and automatically positioning the band about the sheet of material.
2 more elements
A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least the portion of the floral grouping, wherein the step providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end and a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the sheet of material is defined further as removing the band from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for positioning the band about the sheet of material.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least the portion of the floral grouping, wherein the step of positioning the sheet of material and the floral grouping in the pot receiving space is further defined as moving the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed about at least the portion of the floral grouping into the pot receiving space to a position wherein a portion of the sheet of material and the floral grouping engage a portion of the pot frame for positioning the floral grouping and the sheet of material in a predetermined position within the pot frame, and wherein the step of providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end and a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the sheet of material is defined further as removing the band from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for positioning the band about the sheet of material.
2 more elements
A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least the portion of the floral grouping, wherein the step of positioning the sheet of material and the floral grouping in the pot receiving space is further defined as moving the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed about at least the portion of the floral grouping into the pot receiving space to a position wherein a portion of the sheet of material and the floral grouping engage a portion of the pot frame for positioning the floral grouping and the sheet of material in a predetermined position within the pot frame, and wherein the step of providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the sheet of material is defined further as automatically removing the band from the band holder and automatically moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for automatically positioning the band about the sheet of material.
2 more elements
A method for placing a band about a floral grouping having a sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping so as to secure the sheet of material in position, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the floral grouping having the sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the floral grouping, wherein the step of removing the band from the band holder and positioning the band about the floral grouping so as to secure the sheet of material about the floral grouping is further defined as automatically removing the band from the band holder and automatically positioning the band about the sheet of material.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for securing a sheet of material about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface and a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the floral grouping having the sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material so as to secure the sheet of material about the floral grouping, wherein the step of providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end and a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the sheet of material is defined further as removing the band from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for positioning the band about the sheet of material and the floral grouping.
2 more elements
A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the floral grouping with the sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material and the floral grouping, wherein the step of placing the floral grouping with the sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space is further defined as moving the floral grouping with the sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping into the pot receiving space to a position wherein the floral grouping and sheet of material engages a portion of the pot frame for positioning the floral grouping and sheet of material in a predetermined position within the pot frame, and wherein the step of providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end and a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the sheet of material is defined further as removing the band from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for positioning the band about the sheet of material and the floral grouping.
2 more elements
A method for placing a band about a sheet of material extending about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the floral grouping with the sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material so as to secure same in position about the floral grouping, wherein the step of placing the sheet of material and floral grouping in the pot receiving space is further defined as moving the floral grouping having the sheet of material extending about at least a portion of the floral grouping into the pot receiving space to a position wherein the sheet of material and floral grouping engages a portion of the pot frame for positioning the floral grouping in a predetermined position within the pot frame, and wherein the step of providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the sheet of material so as to secure same in position about at least a portion of the floral grouping is defined further as automatically removing the band from the band holder and automatically moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for automatically positioning the band about the sheet of material and thus the floral grouping.
2 more elements
A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the floral grouping in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least the portion of the floral grouping, wherein the step of placing the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed thereabout in the pot frame is defined further as comprising:
- positioning automatically the sheet of material generally over the pot frame;
- positioning automatically the floral grouping over the sheet of material;
- moving automatically the floral grouping and the sheet of material into the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- wherein, after the step of positioning the band about the sheet of material, the method further comprises:
- removing automatically the floral grouping with the band disposed about the sheet of material from the pot receiving space of the pot frame.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame having an upper end and a lower end with a pot receiving space being formed in the pot frame and the pot frame having an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands and positioning the band holder near the pot frame;
- moving the floral grouping and the sheet of material into the pot receiving space of the pot frame to a position wherein the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion thereof engages a portion of the pot frame to position the sheet of material and the floral grouping in a predetermined position in the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame and positioning the band about the sheet of material to cooperate in holding the sheet of material about the floral grouping.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a pot frame having an upper end and a lower end with a pot receiving space being formed in the pot frame and the pot frame having an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands and positioning the band holder near the pot frame;
- AUTOMATICALLY moving the floral grouping and the sheet of material into the pot receiving space of the pot frame to a position wherein the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed thereabout engages a portion of the pot frame to position the sheet of material and the floral grouping in a predetermined position in the pot frame;
- and
- AUTOMATICALLY removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and AUTOMATICALLY moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame and positioning the band about the sheet of material to cooperate in holding the sheet of material about the floral grouping.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of a floral grouping having an upper end and a lower end, comprising:
- providing a pot frame;
- automatically moving the floral grouping and the sheet of material into the pot frame;
- placing the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material about the floral grouping for providing a decorative cover;
- and
- removing automatically the floral grouping with the sheet of material disposed thereabout from the pot frame.
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A method for placing a band about a sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in position extending about at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a flower pot, the flower pot having an upper end and a lower end, comprising:
- providing a pot frame with a pot receiving space;
- providing a band holder configured to hold a plurality of bands;
- placing the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed about at least a portion of the flower pot in the pot receiving space of the pot frame;
- and
- removing at least one of the bands from the band holder and positioning the band about the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about at least the portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot to provide a decorative cover, wherein the step of positioning the sheet of material and the flower pot in the pot receiving space is further defined as moving the flower pot with the sheet of material disposed about at least the portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot into the pot receiving space to a position wherein a portion of the sheet of material disposed about the flower pot engages a portion of the pot frame for positioning the flower pot and the sheet of material in a predetermined position within the pot frame and wherein the step of providing the pot frame is defined further as providing the pot frame with an upper end and a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, and wherein the step of placing the band about the sheet of material is defined further as removing the band from the band holder and moving the band about the outer peripheral surface of the pot frame and over the upper end of the pot frame for positioning the band about the sheet of material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.