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US 6,385,906 B2Granted
Floral sleeve having expandable sidewalls
AssigneeSouthpac Trust Int'l, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A floral sleeve sized to fit a flower pot, the sleeve having a base with side and bottom gussets for allowing expansion from a flattened position and method of using same. The sleeve may comprise a detachable upper portion, and a skirt portion.
Claims29
A sleeve initially having a flattened condition prior to being opened for use and sized to contain a pot or a floral grouping, the sleeve comprising:
- a lower portion having a first side, a second side, a first panel and a second panel, the lower portion having a tapered shape, and having an expansion element comprising a gusset in each of the first side, and the second side, and wherein the expansion elements expand when the sleeve is opened from the flattened condition to enable deposition of the pot or the floral grouping into the opened sleeve;
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- an upper portion which is detachable from the lower portion via a detaching element.
A sleeve initially having a flattened condition prior to being opened for use and sized to contain a pot or a floral grouping, the sleeve comprising:
- an upper end, a lower end, a first side, a lower portion having a second side, a first panel and a second panel, the lower portion having an expansion element comprising a gusset in each of the first side, and the second side, and wherein the expansion elements expand when the sleeve is opened from the flattened condition to enable deposition of the pot into the sleeve, the sleeve further comprising an upper portion which is detachable from the lower portion via a detaching element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.