Method of using a wrapping material having a pull tab and pull indicia for wrapping a floral arrangement
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
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.
Claims23
A method for wrapping a floral arrangement, comprising:
- providing a floral arrangement;
- 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 floral arrangement can be connected together about 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 and connecting the first connecting means to adjacent overlapping portions of the sheet of material whereby the overlapping portions of the sheet of material are bonded together, the sheet of material encompassing and surrounding at least a portion of the floral arrangement thereby 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 by wrapping the second connecting means comprising the pull tab about the wrapper and connecting the pull tab to the wrapper via the bonding material on the pull tab, the pull tab both crimpingly connecting the portions of the wrapper about the floral arrangement and retaining the wrapper in a crimped condition, the second connecting means thereby firmly binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement.
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 floral arrangement can be connected together about a 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 floral arrangement to be crimpingly connected about a portion of the floral arrangement and retaining the sheet of material adjacent the portion of the floral arrangement 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 and connecting the first connecting means to adjacent overlapping portions of the sheet of material whereby the overlapping portions of the sheet of material are bonded together, the sheet of material encompassing and surrounding at least a portion of the stem portion of the floral arrangement thereby 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 by wrapping the second connecting means comprising the pull tab about the wrapper and about said 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, the second connecting means thereby firmly binding the wrapper to the floral arrangement.
The method of claim 14 wherein in the step of providing a sheet of material, the first connecting means on each sheet of material is further defined as releasably connecting each sheet of material to one other sheet of material whereby one of the sheets of material can be releasably disconnected from another sheet of material by pulling the sheets of material apart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.