Floral sleeve having perforations
AssigneeSouthpac Trust Internaional, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A plant package assembly, comprising a pot containing a floral grouping and a flexible sleeve having curved, circumferentially oriented detaching elements. The sleeve is positioned about the pot so that a lower portion of the sleeve closely surrounds and encompasses the pot, and an upper portion of the sleeve extends upwardly from the pot and substantially surrounds and encompasses the floral grouping contained within the pot. The upper portion of the sleeve is removable via the detaching elements, leaving a curved upper end of the lower portion which extends upwardly focusing attention on the upper portion of the floral grouping.
Claims24
A plant packaging method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a pot containing a floral grouping;
- providing a flexible tubular sleeve having perforations having a non-linear pattern, the sleeve further comprising a top and a bottom and an inner retaining space, said sleeve having a lower portion and an upper portion removable from the lower portion along the perforations;
- disposing the pot within the inner retaining space of the flexible sleeve, wherein the lower portion of the flexible sleeve is positioned about an outer surface of the pot, the upper portion of the sleeve extending upwardly from the pot, said upper portion substantially surrounding and encompassing the floral grouping;
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- wherein the lower portion is positioned about the pot such that when the upper portion is detached from the lower portion along the perforations, the lower portion of the sleeve remains disposed about the pot, and a non-linear upper end is formed on the lower portion of the sleeve with the non-linear upper end being near a lower portion of the floral grouping, and with the lower portion of the sleeve forming a decorative pot cover which substantially surrounds and encompasses the pot.
A plant packaging method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a pot containing a floral grouping;
- providing a flexible tubular sleeve having perforations having a non-linear pattern, the sleeve further comprising a top and a bottom and an inner retaining space, said sleeve having a lower portion and an upper portion removable from the lower portion along the perforations;
- disposing the pot within the flexible sleeve, wherein the lower portion of the flexible sleeve is positioned about an outer surface of the pot, the upper portion of the sleeve extending upwardly from the pot, said upper portion substantially surrounding and encompassing the floral grouping;
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- wherein the lower portion is positioned about the pot such that when the upper portion is detached from the lower portion along the non-linear perforations, the lower portion of the sleeve remains disposed about the pot, and a non-linear upper end is formed on the lower portion of the sleeve with the non-linear upper end being near a lower portion of the floral grouping for directing a viewer's eye upwardly in a direction toward an upper end of the floral grouping, the lower portion forming a decorative pot cover which substantially surrounds and encompasses the pot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.