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US 7,921,597 B2Granted
Flower stem bag wrap with outer plastic covering
OwnerWayne Castleberryinventor
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Abstract
A horticultural cut flower container assembly comprising a plastic bag with a folded cross shaped base member of flexible foam material secured to the bag, the cross shaped foam material being adapted to receive the stem ends of a bunch of cut flowers and a drawstring mounted to the bag encircling the bag and stem ends of a bunch of cut flowers to hold the stem ends in said bag in a secured position.
Claims4
A horticultural cut flower container assembly comprising:
- a plastic resilient waterproof bag with a cross shaped base member constructed of flexible unfilled sterile diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material secured to said bag, said cross shaped base member defining a plurality of cutouts, the cross shaped diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material being adapted to be folded into a cup shape to receive the stem ends of a bunch of cut flowers, a fastener mounted to said bag to hold said stem ends in said bag in a secured position, and a pouch filled with a plurality of foam pieces being secured to said base member.
A horticultural cut flower container assembly comprising:
- a plastic resilient waterproof bag with a cross shaped base member constructed of flexible unfilled sterile diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material secured to said bag, said cross shaped base member defining a plurality of cutouts, the cross shaped diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material being adapted to be folded into a cup shape to receive the stem ends of a bunch of cut flowers, a fastener mounted to said bag to hold said stem ends in said bag in a secured position, and a pouch filled with a plurality of foam pieces being secured to said base member, said foam pieces being shaved foam.
A horticultural cut flower container assembly comprising:
- a cross shaped member of flexible unfilled diphenylmethane diisocyanate foldable foam material taken from a group consisting of polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate, crude diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 4,4′-, 2,4′-, 2,2′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate having a thickness ranging from about ¼ inch to about 1½ inch with a plurality of angular cutouts formed in its body defining at least one central fold line in its central area, said cross shaped member being folded and mounted in a plastic resilient waterproof bag to hold the stem ends of a bunch of cut plants in said bag and closure means mounted on one end of said bag to close the end of said bag around said plant stems to hold said stems in a wrapped configuration, said folded cross shaped member mounted in said plastic resilient waterproof bag being filled with a plurality of foam pieces secured to said cross shaped member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.