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US 5,687,502 AGranted
Vase containing a floral grouping
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A protective wrapper about a vase containing a floral grouping. A connecting bonding material and a closure bonding material are disposed on the sheet. The sheet is wrapped about the vase causing the connecting bonding material to connect the sheet to the vase. The closure bonding material is sealed above the floral grouping to enclose the floral grouping within the sheet of material. The sheet may have a second closure bonding material for effecting a vertically sealed area in the sheet.
Claims12
A plant package, comprising:
- a vase having a top end, a bottom end, an outer surface, and an inner surface which defines and encompasses an inner space, the inner space accessible via an opening in the top end;
- a floral grouping having a bloom end and a stem end, the stem end disposed within the inner space of the vase, the bloom end of the floral grouping extending a distance from the top end of the vase;
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- a wrapper comprising a sheet of material having an inner surface and an outer surface, the sheet of material further comprising a connecting bonding material disposed upon a portion thereof for connecting to the outer surface of the vase and a closure bonding material also disposed upon a portion of the sheet of material for effecting a sealed area, wherein the sheet of material is wrapped about the vase such that the sheet of material is connected by the connecting bonding material to a portion of the outer surface of the vase and wherein the bloom end of the floral grouping is completely encompassed and surrounded by the sheet of material and wherein a portion of the sheet of material is sealed together by the closure bonding material disposed thereon forming a floral containing space within which is contained the bloom end of the floral grouping.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.