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US 5,664,675 AGranted
Wrapping material having a cold seal adhesive for wrapping floral groupings and methods
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A wrapping material comprising a sheet of material having a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive used to wrap floral groupings and/or flower pots. Methods for using a wrapping material having a cold seal adhesive thereon.
Claims13
A plant package, comprising:
- a floral grouping comprising a bloom portion and a stem portion;
- a sheet of material comprising a sleeve having a first end, a second end, and an outer peripheral surface, an opening intersecting at least the first end forming a retaining space, the sleeve further comprising a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable,
- wherein a floral grouping is inserted into the opening in the sleeve, said floral grouping being retained in the retaining space, said sleeve being crimped, causing overlapping of at least one portion of the sleeve having bonding material thereon with at least one other portion of the sleeve having bonding material thereon, the bonding material on each overlapped portion adjacent to and in bonding engagement with the bonding material on at least one other overlapped portion to form bonded portions, said bonded portions being formed only when one bonding material contacts and connects in a bonding engagement with at least one other bonding material said bonded portions forming a wrapper about the floral grouping, the floral grouping being substantially surrounded and encompassed by the wrapper,
- wherein the bonded portions of the wrapper are substantially nonreleasable, and
- wherein the wrapper is releasable from the floral grouping only by tearing the wrapper away from the floral grouping.
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A method of wrapping a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a floral grouping having a bloom portion and a stem portion;
- providing a sleeve having an a first end, a second end, and an outer peripheral surface, an opening intersecting at least the first end forming a retaining space, the sleeve further comprising a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable;
- disposing at least a portion of the floral grouping through the opening in the first end of the sleeve and into the retaining space;
- crimping at least a portion of the sleeve about the floral grouping, thereby causing at least one portion of the sleeve having bonding material thereon to overlap at least one other portion of the sleeve having bonding material thereon, said crimping connecting the bonding material to form bonded portions by contacting and connecting the bonding material on one portion of the sleeve to the bonding material on at least one other portion of the sleeve, thereby creating a bonding engagement and bonded portions, said bonded portions being formed only when one bonding material contacts and connects in a bonding engagement with at least one other bonding material, said bonded portions forming a wrapper about the floral grouping, the floral grouping being substantially surrounded and encompassed by the wrapper;
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- tearing the wrapper away from the floral grouping thereby releasing the floral grouping.
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A wrapper for wrapping a floral grouping, comprising:
- a sleeve having an a first end, a second end, and an outer peripheral surface, an opening intersecting at least the first end forming a retaining space, the sleeve further comprising a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable;
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- wherein a floral grouping is disposable into the opening in the sleeve, said floral grouping being retained in the retaining space, said sleeve being crimpable, causing overlapping of at least one portion of the sleeve having bonding material thereon with at least one other portion of the sleeve having bonding material thereon, the bonding material on each overlapped portion adjacent to and in bonding engagement with the bonding material on at least one other overlapped portion to form bonded portions, said bonded portions being formed only when one bonding material contacts and connects in a bonding engagement with at least one other bonding material said bonded portions forming a crimped sleeve about the floral grouping, the floral grouping being substantially surrounded and encompassed by the crimped sleeve.
A method of wrapping a floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a floral grouping having a bloom portion and a stem portion;
- providing a sleeve having an a first end, a second end, and an outer peripheral surface, an opening intersecting at least the first end forming a retaining space, the sleeve further comprising a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable;
- disposing at least a portion of the floral grouping through the opening in the first end of the sleeve and into the retaining space;
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- crimping at least a portion of the sleeve about the floral grouping, thereby causing at least one portion of the sleeve having bonding material thereon to overlap at least one other portion of the sleeve having bonding material thereon forming bonded portions in the sleeve, said bonded portions being formed only when one bonding material contacts and connects in a bonding engagement with at least one other bonding material, said bonded portions forming a crimped area about the floral grouping, the floral grouping being substantially surrounded and encompassed by the sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.