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US 6,385,905 B1Granted
Pot cover having an elastic portion
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A tubular sleeve for covering a floral container such as a flower pot, the tubular sleeve having a lower portion constructed from an elastic material which can be stretched about the bottom of a floral container, to secure the sleeve about the floral container.
Claims18
A cover for a floral container, comprising:
- a tubular sleeve initially constructed in a substantially flattened state and having an upper end, a lower end, a lower portion and an upper portion extending from the lower portion to the upper end of the tubular sleeve and openable from the flattened state, at least a portion of the lower portion of the tubular sleeve being constructed of an elastic material so that at least a portion of the lower portion of the tubular sleeve can be stretched when a floral container having an upper end, a shape, and a bottom is disposed within the tubular sleeve wherein the lower portion stretches and thereby substantially conforms to the bottom of the floral container and wherein the elastic material which comprises the lower portion is a different material than the material from which the upper portion of the tubular sleeve is constructed.
A method of covering a floral container, comprising:
- providing a tubular sleeve initially constructed in a substantially flattened state and having an upper end, a lower end, a lower portion and an upper portion extending from the lower portion to the upper end of the tubular sleeve and openable from the flattened state, the lower portion at least partially constructed from an elastic material, the elastic material comprising a different material than the material from which the upper portion of the tubular sleeve is constructed;
- to providing a floral container having an upper end, a bottom and a shape;
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- disposing the floral container into the opened tubular sleeve wherein the lower portion of the tubular sleeve stretches and thereby substantially conforms to the bottom of the floral container.
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