Method of covering a pot or floral grouping with a sleeve having a concave 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 state 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 concave lower end having an inwardly curved lower edge, 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 concave lower end of the sleeve may have a gusset therein.
Claims23
A method of covering a pot or floral grouping comprising:
- providing a sleeve initially having a flattened state, and openable to an opened state and in the flattened state comprising:
- an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having an upper edge, and a concave lower end having an inwardly curved lower edge, and the sleeve further comprising an inner space in the opened state:
- opening the sleeve to expose the inner space thereof;
- and
- disposing a pot or floral grouping into the inner space of the sleeve.
A method of covering a pot or floral grouping, comprising:
- providing a sleeve initially having a flattened state and openable to an opened state, and in the flattened state comprising:
- an outer peripheral surface, in inner peripheral surface, a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, an upper end having an upper edge, and a concave lower end having an inwardly curved lower edge, and the sleeve further comprising an inner space in the opened state, and the sleeve having a detaching element extending from the first sidewall edge to the second sidewall edge for detaching an upper portion of the sleeve from a lower portion of the sleeve;
- opening the sleeve to expose the inner space thereof;
- and
- disposing a pot or floral grouping into the inner space of the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.