US 5,687,469 AGranted

Method for using a wrapping material having a cold seal adhesive for covering flower pots

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, the outer periphery of the pots having a cold seal adhesive disposed theron as well. Methods for using both a wrapping material and flower pots having a cold seal adhesive thereon comprising shaping the sheet of wrapping material to form a sleeve having an opening for disposing the flower pot such that at least on portion of the cold seal adhesive disposed on the outer surface of the pot is aligned with another portion of the cold seal adhesive of the inner surface of the sleeve, connecting the sleeve to the flower pot by pressing the aligned cold seal adhesive portions together to form a bonding connection, thereby forming a wrapper about the flower pot. A portion of the wrapper may be removed by perforations formed on the sleeve

Claims9

Dependent claims

A method of using a wrapping material to form a wrapper, comprising:

providing a pot having an outer peripheral surface and a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable;
providing a sleeve made by forming at least one flexible sheet of material into a predetermined shape for receiving a flower pot, the sleeve comprising a first end, a second end and an outer peripheral surface, an opening intersecting at least the first end forming an inner peripheral surface and a retaining space, the sleeve further comprising a bonding material on at least a portion of the inner peripheral surface, said bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable;
disposing the pot into the sleeve by inserting the pot into the open first end of the sleeve;
aligning at least one portion of the bonding material on the pot with at least one other portion of the bonding material on the sleeve by disposing at least the one portion of the bonding material on the outer peripheral surface of the pot adjacent to at least the one other portion of the bonding material on the inner peripheral surface of the sleeve;
connecting the aligned and adjacent portion of the bonding material on the sleeve with the aligned and adjacent portion bonding material on the pot by pressing the adjacent and aligned portion of the bonding material on the sleeve against the adjacent and aligned portion of the bonding material on the pot, thereby causing a bonding connection between said portions such that the sleeve is connected to the pot, wherein any portion of the bonding material on the sleeve and any portion of the bonding material on the pot which are non-aligned cannot bond the sleeve and the pot together, wherein the sleeve is connected to the pot only by the bonding connection between the aligned and connected bonding material on both the pot and the sleeve, and wherein the pot bonded to the sleeve forms a wrapper.

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A method of using a wrapping material to form a wrapper, comprising:

providing a pot having an outer peripheral surface and a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable;
providing a sleeve made by forming at least one flexible sheet of material into a predetermined shape for receiving a flower pot, the sleeve comprising a first end, a second end and an outer peripheral surface, an opening intersecting at least the first end forming an inner peripheral surface and a retaining space, at least a portion of the sleeve having removing means permitting the sleeve to be removed via the removing means, the sleeve further comprising a bonding material on at least a portion of the inner peripheral surface, said bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable;
disposing the pot into the sleeve by inserting the pot into the open first end of the sleeve;
aligning at least one portion of the bonding material on the pot with at least one other portion of the bonding material on the sleeve by disposing at least the one portion of the bonding material on the outer peripheral surface of the pot adjacent to at least the one other portion of the bonding material on the inner peripheral surface of the sleeve;
connecting the aligned and adjacent portion of the bonding material on the sleeve with the aligned and adjacent portion bonding material on the pot by pressing the adjacent and aligned portion of the bonding material on the sleeve against the adjacent and aligned portion of the bonding material on the pot, thereby causing a bonding connection between said portions such that the sleeve is connected to the pot, wherein any portion of the bonding material on the sleeve and any portion of the bonding material on the pot which are non-aligned cannot bond the sleeve and the pot together, wherein the sleeve is connected to the pot only by the bonding connection between the aligned and connected bonding material on both the pot and the sleeve, and wherein the pot bonded to the sleeve forms a wrapper;
and
removing a portion of the wrapper via the removing means such that only a selected portion of the wrapper is removed.

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A method of using a wrapping material to form a wrapper, comprising:

providing a pot having an outer peripheral surface and a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable;
providing a flexible 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 an inner peripheral surface and a retaining space, the sleeve having removing means permitting at least a portion of the sleeve to be removed via the removing means, the sleeve further comprising a bonding material disposed on at least a portion of the inner peripheral surface, said bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive, said cold seal adhesive bonding only to itself, said cold seal adhesive being substantially nonreleasable;
disposing the pot into the sleeve by inserting the pot into the open first end of the sleeve;
aligning at least one portion of the bonding material on the pot with at least one other portion of the bonding material on the sleeve by disposing at least the one portion of the bonding material on the outer peripheral surface of the pot adjacent to at least the one other portion of the bonding material on the inner peripheral surface of the sleeve;
connecting the aligned and adjacent portion of the bonding material on the sleeve with the aligned and adjacent portion of the bonding material on the pot by pressing the adjacent and aligned portion of the bonding material on the sleeve against the adjacent and aligned portion of the bonding material on the pot, thereby causing a bonding connection between said portions such that the sleeve is connected to the pot, wherein any portion of the bonding material on the sleeve and any portion of the bonding material on the pot which are non-aligned cannot bond the sleeve and the pot together, wherein the sleeve is connected to the pot only by the bonding connection between the aligned and connected bonding material on both the pot and the sleeve, and wherein the pot bonded to the sleeve forms a wrapper;
crimping at least a portion of the wrapper.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/469,937Filed 6 Jun 1995 · continuation in part
Priority: 22 May 1984
Granted: 18 Nov 1997
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

B21D 35/00
Combined processes according to or processes combined with methods covered by groups
A47G 7/085
Covers for flower-pots , e.g. ornamental pots: made of flexible sheets of non-resilient material
B65B 25/026
Packaging agricultural or horticultural products: packaging flower pots
B65B 67/08
Apparatus or devices facilitating manual packaging operations; Sack holders: wrapping of articles

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