Method of covering a pot or floral grouping with a sleeve having a rounded lower end
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Paul Fantz
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Abstract
A floral sleeve initially having a flattened condition and openable therefrom for use in covering, containing or wrapping a floral grouping, botanical item, pot, or pot having a floral grouping or botanical item therein. The sleeve has a rounded lower end, and may have a detachable upper portion. The sleeve may have a non-linear or linear upper edge. When having a detachable upper portion, the sleeve has a detaching element which when employed to detach the upper portion, leaves a linear, or non-linear upper edge on the lower portion of the sleeve. The rounded lower end of the sleeve may have a gusset therein.
Claims21
A method of covering a pot or floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a sleeve initially having a flattened condition, the sleeve comprising:
- a body, an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having an upper edge, a rounded lower end having a rounded lower edge, and an inner space, and the body having a minimum width at a narrowest portion of the body, and the rounded lower end having a maximum width at a widest portion of the rounded lower end, and wherein the minimum width of the body is less than the maximum width of the rounded lower end, and wherein the body has a generally frustoconical or cylindrical shape when opened from the flattened condition;
- opening the sleeve to expose the inner space thereof;
- and
- disposing the pot or the floral grouping into the inner space of the sleeve.
A method of covering a pot or floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a sleeve initially constructed in a flattened condition, the sleeve comprising:
- a body, the body having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a detaching element for detaching the upper portion from the lower portion, an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having an upper edge, a rounded lower end having a rounded lower edge, and an inner space, and the body having a minimum width at a narrowest portion of the body, and the rounded lower end having a maximum width at a widest portion of the rounded lower end, and wherein the minimum width of the body is less than the maximum width of the rounded lower end and wherein the body has a generally frustoconical or cylindrical shape when opened from the flattened condition;
- opening the sleeve to expose the inner space thereof;
- and
- disposing the pot or floral grouping into the inner space of the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.