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US 5,704,108 AGranted
Method of covering a flower pot having bonding material thereon
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A sheet of material is formed about a flower pot having a bonding material thereon to provide a decorative cover. A portion of the sheet extending above the pot may be crimped. The crimped portion may be formed by way of a drawstring or ribbon or by way of reinforcing members in the sheet of material or by way of a shrinkable material formed in the sheet of material for example.
Claims12
A method for forming a decorative cover comprising:
- providing a sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface and an opening extending through the upper end providing access to a retaining space with the flower pot having an inner peripheral surface encompassing a substantial portion of the retaining space and the flower pot having a bottom formed near the lower end of the flower pot, the flower pot having a connecting bonding material disposed upon at least a portion of the inner peripheral surface and a portion of the outer peripheral surface thereof;
- forming the sheet of material about the flower pot to a position wherein the sheet of material extends about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface of the flower pot with a portion of the sheet of material disposed adjacent the connecting bonding material on the flower pot;
- and
- bondingly connecting the sheet of material to the flower pot by deforming portions of the sheet about the upper end of the pot and pressing portions of the sheet against the connecting bonding material on the inner surface and the outer surface of the flower pot for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in the form of the decorative cover extending about the flower pot.
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A method for forming a decorative cover comprising:
- providing a sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer peripheral surface;
- providing a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface and an opening extending through the upper end providing access to a retaining space with the flower pot having an inner peripheral surface encompassing a substantial portion of the retaining space and the flower pot having a bottom formed near the lower end of the flower pot, the flower pot having a connecting bonding material disposed on a portion of the inner peripheral surface of the flower pot;
- forming the sheet of material about the flower pot to a position wherein the sheet of material extends about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface of the flower pot with a portion of the sheet of material disposed adjacent the connecting bonding material on the flower pot;
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- bondingly connecting the sheet of material to the flower pot by deforming portions of the sheet about the upper end of the pot and pressing portions of the sheet against the connecting bonding material on the flower pot for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in the form of the decorative cover extending about the flower pot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.