Method for foaming a decorative cover
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A sheet of material formed about a flower pot to provide a decorative cover wherein a portion of the sheet of material near an outer peripheral surface thereof extends above an upper end of the flower pot and such portion is crimped to assist in holding the sheet of material formed about the flower pot. The crimping is accomplished by forming overlapping folds in the crimp portion of the sheet of material or by connecting the crimp portion to a portion of the flower pot by way of a bonding material or 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.
Claims15
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 and having a pot connecting bonding material disposed upon a portion of the sheet of material and having a plurality of reinforcing elements connected thereto and with said plurality of reinforcing elements extending over a substantial portion of the sheet of material;
- 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;
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- forming the sheet of material about the flower pot to a position wherein the portions of the sheet of material having the pot connecting bonding material thereon are disposed adjacent portions of a surface of the flower pot and are bondingly connected to portions of the flower pot to form a decorative cover about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface of the flower pot and forming the sheet of material about the flower pot with the plurality of reinforcing elements further cooperating with the pot connecting bonding material to hold the sheet of material in the form of the decorative cover extending about the flower pot and wherein a crimped portion is formed in the portion of the sheet of material having the reinforcing elements connected thereto.
A method of forming a decorative cover comprising:
- providing a sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer peripheral surface and having a pot connecting bonding material disposed upon a portion of the sheet of material and having a plurality of reinforcing elements connected thereto;
- providing a flower pot having an upper end with an upper rim, 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;
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- forming the sheet of material about the flower pot to a position wherein the portions of the sheet of material having the pot connecting bonding material thereon are disposed adjacent portions of a surface of the flower pot and are bondingly connected to portions of the flower pot to form a decorative cover about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface of the flower pot, and wherein the plurality of reinforcing elements are disposed above the upper end of the flower pot, and a crimped portion is formed in the portion of the sheet of material having the reinforcing elements connected thereto.
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 and having a pot connecting bonding material disposed upon a portion of the sheet of material;
- 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;
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- forming the sheet of material about the flower pot to a position wherein the portion of the sheet of material having the pot connecting bonding material thereon is disposed adjacent a portion of the inner peripheral surface of the flower pot and is bondingly connected to a portion of the inner peripheral surface of the flower pot to form a decorative cover about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface of the flower pot, wherein a portion of the sheet of material extends above the upper end of the flower pot.
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 with the sheet further defined as having a plurality of reinforcing elements connected thereto;
- 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 one of the inner peripheral surface and 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 with portions of the plurality of reinforcing elements deformed for cooperating to hold the sheet of material about the flower pot;
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- bondingly connecting the sheet of material to the flower pot by 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.
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 with the sheet further defined as having a plurality of reinforcing elements connected thereto;
- providing a flower pot having an upper end with an upper rim, 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 one of the inner peripheral surface and 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 wherein the plurality of reinforcing elements is disposed above the upper end of the flower pot, and forming a crimped portion in the portion of the sheet of material having the reinforcing means connected thereto with the reinforcing means cooperating no maintain the crimped portion in the form of the crimped portion such that a portion of the sheet of material above the upper end of the flower pot extends inwardly over the upper rim of the flower pot and another portion of the sheet of material extends upwardly and outwardly from the crimped portion to form a flared portion in the decorative cover formed from the sheet of material;
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- bondingly connecting the sheet of material to the flower pot by 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.