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US 5,467,573 AGranted
Method of using a wrapping material having a pull tab and pull indicia for wrapping a floral arrangement
AssigneeHighland Supply Corporation
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, William F. Straeter
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Abstract
A method for both wrapping a floral arrangement and removing the wrapping material from the floral arrangement, comprising a sheet of material having a pull tab and pull indicia thereon, the pull tab sized to be easily graspable, a bonding material disposed on the sheet of material near the pull tab. A floral arrangement is utilized, the floral arrangement being wrapped in the sheet of material, the sheet of material being crimped about a portion of the floral arrangement.
Claims21
A method for wrapping a floral arrangement, comprising:
- providing a floral arrangement having a flower portion and a stem portion;
- providing a sheet of material having:
- an upper surface,
- a lower surface,
- a first connecting means disposed on a portion of the sheet of material for connecting portions of the sheet of material to itself during the wrapping step, the connecting means positioned such that portions of the sheet of material adjacent the stem portion of the floral arrangement can be crimped together about the stem portion of the floral arrangement;
- a second connecting means for further crimpingly connecting portions of the sheet of material about the floral arrangement, the second connecting means comprising a pull tab attached to the sheet of material, the pull tab having a bonding material disposed on a portion thereof, the pull tab acting both to crimpingly connect portions of the sheet of material about the floral arrangement and to retain the sheet of material in a crimped condition about the floral arrangement;
- placing the floral arrangement on the sheet of material;
- wrapping the sheet of material about the floral arrangement causing a portion of the sheet of material near the first connecting means to overlap another portion of the sheet of material resulting in overlapping portions;
- bonding the overlapping portions of the sheet of material by contacting the first connecting means on the adjacent overlapping portions of the sheet of material whereby the overlapping portions of the sheet of material are bonded together, the sheet of material substantially encompassing and surrounding a substantial portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement forming a wrapper about the floral arrangement, the wrapper having an opening extending through the lower end thereof and an opening extending through the upper end thereof with a portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement extending through the opening in the lower end and a portion of the flower portion of the floral arrangement being exposed near the opening in the upper end thereof;
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- binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement by crimping portions of the wrapper together causing the first connecting means to engage portions of the wrapper adjacent the stem portion and crimpingly connecting said portions of the wrapper about the stem portion of the floral arrangement and wrapping the second connecting means comprising the pull tab about the wrapper and about the stem portion of the floral arrangement and connecting the pull tab to the wrapper via the bonding material on the pull tab, the pull tab both crimpingly connecting said portions of the wrapper about the floral arrangement and retaining the wrapper in a crimped condition, both first connecting means and second connecting means thereby firmly binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement.
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A method for wrapping a floral arrangement, comprising:
- providing a floral arrangement having a flower portion and a stem portion;
- providing a sheet of material having:
- an upper surface,
- a lower surface,
- a first connecting means disposed on a portion of the sheet of material for connecting portions of the sheet of material to itself during the wrapping step, the first connecting means positioned such that portions of the sheet of material adjacent the stem portion of the floral arrangement can be crimpingly connected together about a portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement;
- a second connecting means comprising a pull tab attached to the sheet of material for crimpingly connecting portions of the sheet of material to itself during the wrapping step, the second connecting means enabling portions of the sheet of material adjacent the stem portion of the floral arrangement to be crimpingly connected about a portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement and retaining the sheet of material adjacent the stem portion in a crimped condition;
- placing the floral arrangement on the sheet of material;
- wrapping the sheet of material about the floral arrangement causing a portion of the sheet of material near the first connecting means to overlap another portion of the sheet of material resulting in overlapping portions;
- bonding the overlapping portions of the sheet of material by contacting the first connecting means on the adjacent overlapping portions of the sheet of material whereby the overlapping portions of the sheet of material are bonded together, the sheet of material substantially encompassing and surrounding a substantial portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement forming a wrapper about the floral arrangement, the wrapper having an opening extending through the lower end thereof and an opening extending through the upper end thereof with a part of the stem portion of the floral arrangement extending through the opening in the lower end and the flower portion of the floral arrangement being exposed near the opening in the upper end thereof;
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- binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement by crimping portions of the wrapper together causing the first connecting means to engage portions of the wrapper adjacent the stem portion and crimpingly connecting said portions of the wrapper about the stem portion of the floral arrangement, and wrapping the second connecting means comprising the pull tab about the wrapper and about the stem portion of the floral arrangement and connecting the pull tab to the wrapper via the bonding material on the pull tab, the pull tab both crimpingly connecting said portion of the wrapper about the floral arrangement and retaining the wrapper in a crimped condition, both first connecting means and second connecting means thereby firmly binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement.
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A method for wrapping a floral arrangement, comprising:
- providing a floral arrangement having a flower portion and a stem portion;
- providing a sheet of material having:
- an upper surface,
- a lower surface,
- a first connecting means disposed on a portion of the sheet of material for connecting portions of the sheet of material to itself during the wrapping step, the connecting means positioned such that portions of the sheet of material adjacent the stem portion of the floral arrangement can be crimped together about the stem portion of the floral arrangement;
- a second connecting means for further crimpingly connecting portions of the sheet of material about the floral arrangement, the second connecting means comprising a pull tab attached to the sheet of material, the pull tab having a bonding material disposed on a portion thereof, the pull tab acting both to crimpingly connect portions of the sheet of material about the floral arrangement and to retain the sheet of material in a crimped condition about the floral arrangement;
- placing the floral arrangement on the sheet of material;
- wrapping the sheet of material about the floral arrangement causing a portion of the sheet of material near the first connecting means to overlap another portion of the sheet of material resulting in overlapping portions;
- bonding the overlapping portions of the sheet of material by contacting the first connecting means on the adjacent overlapping portions of the sheet of material whereby the overlapping portions of the sheet of material are bonded together, the sheet of material substantially encompassing and surrounding a substantial portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement forming a wrapper about the floral arrangement;
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- binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement by crimping portions of the wrapper together causing the first connecting means to engage portions of the wrapper adjacent the stem portion and crimpingly connecting said portions of the wrapper about the stem portion of the floral arrangement and wrapping the second connecting means comprising the pull tab about the wrapper and about the stem portion of the floral arrangement and connecting the pull tab to the wrapper via the bonding material on the pull tab, the pull tab both crimpingly connecting said portions of the wrapper about the floral arrangement and retaining the wrapper in a crimped condition, both first connecting means and second connecting means thereby firmly binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement.
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A method for wrapping a floral arrangement, comprising:
- providing a floral arrangement having a flower portion and a stem portion;
- providing a sheet of material having:
- an upper surface,
- a lower surface,
- a first connecting means disposed on a portion of the sheet of material for connecting portions of the sheet of material to itself during the wrapping step, the first connecting means positioned such that portions of the sheet of material adjacent the stem portion of the floral arrangement can be crimpingly connected together about a portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement;
- a second connecting means comprising a pull tab attached to the sheet of material for crimpingly connecting portions of the sheet of material to itself during the wrapping step, the second connecting means enabling portions of the sheet of material adjacent the stem portion of the floral arrangement to be crimpingly connected about a portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement and retaining the sheet of material adjacent the stem portion in a crimped condition;
- placing the floral arrangement on the sheet of material;
- wrapping the sheet of material about the floral arrangement causing a portion of the sheet of material near the first connecting means to overlap another portion of the sheet of material resulting in overlapping portions;
- bonding the overlapping portions of the sheet of material by contacting the first connecting means on the adjacent overlapping portions of the sheet of material whereby the overlapping portions of the sheet of material are bonded together, the sheet of material substantially encompassing and surrounding a substantial portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement forming a wrapper about the floral arrangement;
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- binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement by crimping portions of the wrapper together causing the first connecting means to engage portions of the wrapper adjacent the stem portion and crimpingly connecting said portions of the wrapper about the stem portion of the floral arrangement, and wrapping the second connecting means comprising the pull tab about the wrapper and about the stem portion of the floral arrangement and connecting the pull tab to the wrapper via the bonding material on the pull tab, the pull tab both crimpingly connecting said portion of the wrapper about the floral arrangement and retaining the wrapper in a crimped condition, both first connecting means and second connecting means thereby firmly binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.