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US 7,251,913 B2Granted
Method of covering a potted plant
AssigneeWanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A method of covering a flower pot with an oversized sleeve. The sleeve has an inner diameter which is greater than the maximum diameter of a pot disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion, a skirt portion, with a linear or non-linear upper end, or with or without gussets in the lower end or sides. In the method the sleeve is secured about the pot by a crimping a portion of the sleeve having a bonding material thereon, or using a securing element.
Claims25
A method of covering a pot, comprising:
- providing a pot having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface, an inner retaining space, and a maximum diameter;
- providing a decorative preformed sleeve initially having a flattened condition and comprising a body having a tapered shape and having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, an inner diameter, and having a pot containing portion, the decorative preformed sleeve having a securing element disposed on at least a portion of at least one of the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface thereof, and wherein the inner diameter of the decorative preformed sleeve exceeds the maximum diameter of the pot by at least about 10 percent;
- disposing the pot within the pot containing portion of the decorative preformed sleeve wherein the upper end of the decorative preformed sleeve is positioned adjacent a lower portion of a floral grouping disposed within the pot such that the floral grouping is not enclosed by the sleeve;
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- securing the decorative preformed sleeve about the pot via the securing element.
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A method of covering a pot, comprising:
- providing a pot having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface, an inner retaining space, and a maximum diameter;
- providing a decorative preformed sleeve initially having a flattened condition and comprising a body having a tapered shape and having an upper end, a closed, non-gusseted lower end, an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, an inner diameter, and having a pot containing portion, the decorative preformed sleeve having a securing element disposed on at least a portion of at least one of the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface thereof, and wherein the inner diameter exceeds the maximum diameter of the pot by at least about 10 percent;
- disposing the pot within the pot containing portion of the decorative preformed sleeve wherein the upper end of the decorative preformed sleeve is positioned adjacent a lower portion of a floral grouping disposed within the pot such that the floral grouping is not enclosed by the sleeve;
- and
- securing the decorative preformed sleeve about the pot via the securing element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.