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US 6,185,903 B1Granted
Method of covering a flower pot with a sleeve
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, William F. Straeter
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Abstract
A sleeve used to wrap items such as potted plants. The sleeve may have an open or closed bottom. When closed, the bottom may have a gusset for allowing expansion upon the depositing of the pot into the sleeve. The sleeve has a detachable upper portion. The sleeve has a bonding material disposed upon an inner and/or outer portion of the sleeve for crimping the sleeve adjacent the pot to hold the sleeve about the pot.
Claims25
A method of packaging a potted plant, comprising:
- providing a flexible sleeve, the flexible sleeve having a lower end, an upper end, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner peripheral surface surrounding an inner retaining space for enclosing a pot and an adhesive or cohesive bonding material disposed upon a portion of at least one of the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the flexible sleeve;
- disposing a pot containing a floral grouping into the inner retaining space of the flexible sleeve wherein the flexible sleeve is positioned about an outer peripheral surface of the pot;
- and
- forming folds in the portion of the flexible sleeve having the bonding material thereby forming in the flexible sleeve a crimped area having overlapping connected folds and wherein the overlapping connected folds cooperate to support the flexible sleeve in an upright position extending about at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the pot.
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A method of packaging a potted plant, comprising:
- providing a flexible sleeve, the flexible sleeve having a lower end, an upper end, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner peripheral surface surrounding an inner retaining space for enclosing a pot and an adhesive or cohesive bonding material disposed upon a portion of at least one of the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the flexible sleeve;
- disposing a pot containing a floral grouping into the inner retaining space of the flexible sleeve wherein the flexible sleeve is positioned near an outer peripheral surface of the pot;
- and
- forming folds in the portion of the flexible sleeve having the bonding material thereby forming in the flexible sleeve a crimped area having overlapping connected folds and wherein the overlapping connected folds cooperate to support the flexible sleeve in an upright position extending near at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the pot.
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A method of packaging a potted plant, comprising:
- providing a flexible sleeve, the flexible sleeve having a lower end, an upper end, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner peripheral surface surrounding an inner retaining space for enclosing a pot and an adhesive or cohesive bonding material disposed upon a portion of at least one of the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the flexible sleeve;
- disposing a pot containing a floral grouping into the inner retaining space of the flexible sleeve wherein the flexible sleeve is positioned near an outer peripheral surface of the pot;
- and
- forming folds in the portion of the flexible sleeve having the bonding material thereby forming in the flexible sleeve a crimped area having overlapping connected folds.
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A method of packaging a potted plant, comprising:
- providing a flexible sleeve, the flexible sleeve having a lower end, an upper end, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner peripheral surface surrounding an inner retaining space for enclosing a pot and an adhesive or cohesive bonding material disposed upon a portion of at least one of the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the flexible sleeve and the lower end having a gusset therein;
- disposing a pot containing a floral grouping into the inner retaining space of the flexible sleeve wherein the flexible sleeve is positioned near an outer peripheral surface of the pot;
- and
- forming folds in the portion of the flexible sleeve having the bonding material thereby forming in the flexible sleeve a crimped area having overlapping connected folds.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.