Floral wrapper having printed design with shaded and highlighted areas
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A method of forming a decorative cover, a sleeve or a preformed pot cover for a floral grouping or flower pot from a sheet of material having a printed pattern thereon wherein the printed pattern contains shaded and highlighted areas which provide the printed pattern with a visual perception of depth and thus a three-dimensional appearance.
Claims6
A preformed flower pot cover disposable about a flower pot, the preformed flower pot cover having a printed pattern thereon including shaded and highlighted areas which provides the printed pattern with a three dimensional appearance, the preformed flower pot cover being formed from a substantially flat sheet of material having the printed pattern thereon wherein the printed pattern is formed by application of various colors of ink to at least one surface of the sheet of material, the ink having a substantially uniform thickness and being applied to the sheet of material so as to create a visual perception of depth and thereby providing the three dimensional appearance of the printed pattern on the preformed flower pot cover, the preformed flower pot cover comprising:
- a preformed base having the printed pattern containing shaded and highlighted areas, the preformed base being sized to contain the flower pot and having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface and a pot opening formed through the upper end thereof for providing access to a pot receiving space;
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- a skirt connected to the upper end of the preformed base so as to extend a distance outwardly from the upper end of the base and terminating with an outer periphery.
A preformed flower pot cover disposable about a flower pot comprising:
- a preformed base sized to contain the flower pot and having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface and a pot opening formed through the upper end thereof providing access to a pot receiving space forming an inner peripheral surface of the base, the preformed pot cover formed of at least one sheet of material having a two-dimensional printed pattern thereon, the printed pattern having shaded and highlighted areas to provide the printed pattern with a three dimensional appearance produced by the shaded and highlighted areas of the printed pattern.
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