Plant flat-collapsible-container
AssigneeChantler Packaging, Inc.
InventorRoy G. Ferguson
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Abstract
A plant sleeve or plant bag made from a first panel of thin heat-sealable film and a second panel of thin heat-sealable film. The first panel and second panel are joined together along a first longitudinally-extending seam and a second longitudinally-extending seam. The first longitudinally-extending seam forms a first angle between 55.degree. and 65.degree. with a transverse axis of the container. The second longitudinally-extending seam forms a second angle of between 85.degree. and 90.degree. with the transverse axis. The sleeve or bag can include a protruding portion which extends beyond a transversely-extending edge of the container. The protruding portion can have perforations.
Claims2
A plant flat-collapsible-container comprising:
- a first panel made of thin, heat-sealable film;
- a second panel made of thin, heat-sealable film, said second panel adjacent to said first panel;
- a first longitudinally-extending seam and a second longitudinally-extending seam, said first and second panels joined together along said first and second longitudinally-extending seams, said first and second longitudinally-extending seams forming longitudinally-extending sides of the container;
- a first panel transversely-extending long edge forming an edge of said first panel;
- said first panel transversely-extending long edge freely separable from said second panel to form a large opening into an interior of the container;
- a short transversely-extending side defined by said container, said short transversely-extending side opposite said first panel transversely-extending long edge,
- a first portion of said container is separable from a second portion of said container along a longitudinally extending tear line, and wherein
- a separation is formed between said first and second container portions when said first and second portions are separated along said tear line, and wherein
- said separation facilitates removal of a plant from said container, and wherein
- said first longitudinally-extending seam forms a first angle between 55.degree. and 65.degree. with a transverse axis of the container;
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- said second longitudinally-extending seam forms a second angle with the transverse axis of the container, said second angle being between 85.degree. and 90.degree., and wherein said first and second angles are interior angles on the same side of the transverse axis.
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