Floral sleeve with a pleated skirt
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
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Abstract
A plant packaging and covering system including a flexible floral sleeve having a base portion and a skirt portion, and optionally an upper detachable portion which may be sized to surround a plant disposed in a flower pot. The base portion is generally made from two flat panels substantially free of overlapping portions and the skirt portion has a plurality of overlapping portions which allow the skirt portion to expand outwardly from the upper end of the base portion.
Claims20
A flexible floral sleeve initially having a flattened state, comprising:
- a base portion sized to contain a flower pot, the base portion comprising a first panel and a second panel, and having an upper end and a lower end, and wherein each of the first panel and the second panel is substantially free of overlapping folds or pleats;
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- a skirt portion having an upper end and a lower end and connected near the lower end thereof to the base portion so as to extend beyond the upper end of the base portion, and the skirt portion comprising a plurality of overlapping portions which are generally parallel to one another and wherein the skirt portion can be expanded outwardly from the base portion when the flexible floral sleeve is converted from the flattened state to an opened state.
A flexible floral sleeve initially having a flattened state, comprising:
- a base portion sized to contain a flower pot, the base portion comprising a first panel and a second panel, and having an upper end and a lower end, and wherein each of the first panel and the second panel is substantially free of overlapping folds or pleats;
- a skirt portion having an upper end and a lower end and connected near the lower end thereof to the base portion so as to extend beyond the upper end of the base portion, the skirt portion comprising a plurality of overlapping portions which are generally parallel to one another and wherein the skirt portion can be expanded outwardly from the base portion when the flexible floral sleeve is converted from the flattened state to an opened state;
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- a detachable upper portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.