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US 5,617,703 AGranted
Method for forming a decorative cover about a flower pot
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A plant packaging system comprising a combination of a protective sleeve portion and a decorative cover portion having a base and skirt for packaging a potted plant. The protective sleeve can be detached from the decorative portion of the package system once the protective function of the sleeve has been completed, thereby exposing the decorative cover and allowing the skirt portion to extend angularly from the base. The protective sleeve and decorative cover components may comprise a unitary construction or may comprise separate components which are attached together by various bonding materials.
Claims29
A method of wrapping a potted plant in a decorative cover, comprising:
- providing a potted plant comprising a floral grouping disposed in a pot means, the pot means having a lower end, an upper rim and an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a sleeve comprising:
- a base having an upper end, a lower end, an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, the base having a flattened state wherein the base is tapered from the upper end to the lower end in the flattened state of the base and is openable from the flattened state to an opened position wherein the inner surface of the base defines and encompasses an inner retaining space, an opening being formed through the upper end of the base in communication with the inner retaining space, the base sized and tapered to fit the outer peripheral surface of the pot means and having a portion in the lower end inwardly folded to form a gusset which is unfoldable for forming a closed bottom of the base in the opened position of the base and the base having a non-linear edge in the upper end thereof;
- opening the base into the opened position thereby exposing the inner retaining space of the base thereby providing a base sized and tapered for fitting the pot means;
- disposing the potted plant in the inner retaining space of the base of the sleeve with the lower end of the pot means positioned upon the closed bottom of the base and with the base covering at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the pot means to provide the decorative cover for the potted plant;
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- bondingly connecting the base to the outer peripheral surface of the pot means via bonding means.
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A method of wrapping a potted plant in a decorative cover, comprising:
- providing a potted plant comprising a floral grouping disposed in a pot means, the pot means having a lower end, an upper rim and an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a sleeve comprising:
- a base having an upper end, a lower end, an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, the base having a flattened state wherein the base is tapered from the upper end to the lower end in the flattened state of the base and is openable from the flattened state to an opened position wherein the inner surface of the base defines and encompasses an inner retaining space, an opening being formed through the upper end of the base in communication with the inner retaining space, the base sized and tapered to fit the outer peripheral surface of the pot means and having a portion in the lower end inwardly folded to form a gusset which is unfoldable for forming a closed bottom of the base in the opened position of the base and the base having a non-linear edge in the upper end thereof;
- opening the base into the opened position thereby exposing the inner retaining space of the base thereby providing a base sized and tapered for fitting the pot means and wherein substantially no folds are formed in the base when in the opened position;
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- disposing the potted plant in the inner retaining space of the base of the sleeve with the lower end of the pot means positioned upon the closed bottom of the base and with the base covering at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the pot means to provide the decorative cover for the potted plant and wherein at least a portion of the non-linear edge of the base is in a position adjacent the upper rim of the pot means.
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A method of wrapping a potted plant in a decorative cover, comprising:
- providing a potted plant comprising a floral grouping disposed in a pot means, the pot means having a lower end, an upper rim and an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a sleeve comprising:
- a base having an upper end, a lower end, an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, the base having a flattened state wherein the base is tapered from the upper end to the lower end in the flattened state of the base and is openable from the flattened state to an opened position wherein the inner surface of the base defines and encompasses an inner retaining space, opening being formed through the upper end of the base in communication with the inner retaining space, the base sized and tapered to fit the outer peripheral surface of the pot means and having a portion in the lower end inwardly folded to form a gusset which is unfoldable for forming a closed bottom of the base in the opened position of the base and the base having a non-linear edge in the upper end thereof;
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- opening the base into the opened position thereby exposing the inner retaining space of the base thereby providing a base sized and tapered for fitting the pot means;
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- disposing the potted plant in the inner retaining space of the base of the sleeve with the lower end of the pot means positioned upon the closed bottom of the base and with the base covering at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the pot means to provide the decorative cover for the potted plant.
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