Flat sleeve convertible to a decorative container
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Paul Fantz
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Abstract
A sleeve used to wrap items such as potted plants or comestibles. The sleeve has a closed curved bottom. The sleeve may also have an expansion element such as a gusset, pleats, random folds or elastic material for enabling the lower portion of the sleeve to conform to the outer and bottom surfaces of the pot to provide a decorative cover about the pot. The sleeve optionally has a detachable upper portion.
Claims26
A plant package, comprising:
- a pot having an outer peripheral surface and a round bottom having a curvature;
- and
- a sleeve disposed about the pot, the sleeve comprising in a flattened state:
- a first panel having an upper end, a lower end, a first side and a second side,
- a second panel having an upper end, a lower end, a first side and a second side, and
- a gusset portion, and
- wherein the first panel is positioned flatwise upon the second panel with the first side of the first panel joined with the first side of the second panel, and the second side of the first panel joined with the second side of the second panel, and with the gusset portion inwardly folded to extend a distance between the first panel and the second panel, and the flattened sleeve, when opened and disposed about the pot, having a side wall substantially surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the pot and a bottom having a shape which substantially conforms to the round bottom of the pot so that the bottom of the sleeve is left substantially without an overlapped portion therein when the round bottom of the pot rests upon the bottom of the sleeve.
A flattened sleeve for containing a pot having an outer peripheral surface and a round bottom with a circumferential curvature, the sleeve comprising:
- a first panel having an upper end, a lower end, a first side and a second side;
- a second panel having an upper end, a lower end, a first side and a second side;
- and
- a gusset portion;
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- wherein the first panel is positioned flatwise upon the second panel with the first side of the first panel joined with the first side of the second panel, and the second side of the first panel joined with the second side of the second panel, and with the gusset portion inwardly folded to extend a distance between the first panel and the second panel;
- and wherein the sleeve, when expanded to an open state
- and disposed about the pot, has a side wall which substantially surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the pot and a bottom having a shape which substantially conforms to the round bottom of the pot so that the bottom of the sleeve is left substantially without an overlapped portion therein when the round bottom of the pot rests upon the bottom of the sleeve.
A flattened sleeve having an outer peripheral surface and a bottom surface, the sleeve comprising:
- a first panel having an upper end, a lower end, a first side and a second side;
- a second panel having an upper end, a lower end, a first side and a second side;
- and
- a gusset portion;
- and
- wherein the first panel is positioned flatwise upon the second panel with the first side of the first panel joined with the first side of the second panel, and the second side of the first panel joined with the second side of the second panel, and with the gusset portion inwardly folded to extend a distance between the first panel and the second panel;
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- wherein the sleeve, when expanded to an open state has a side wall portion which may assume a generally frustoconical shape and has a bottom having a planar configuration substantially without an overlapped portion therein and the bottom having a shape which substantially conforms to a circumferential curvature of a round bottom of a pot disposed within the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.