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US 8,341,882 B2Granted
Plant package having a decorative covering
AssigneeWanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A plant package includes a flower pot containing a floral grouping and a flexible sleeve which may be provided with detaching elements at preselected areas. When the sleeve is positioned about the flower pot, a decorative lower portion of the sleeve contains the flower pot, and a skirt portion of the sleeve is disposed about a lower portion of the floral grouping contained within the flower pot.
Claims20
A method for covering for a pot, comprising the steps of:
- disposing a pot within a flexible sleeve, the pot having an upper rim, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface, and a shape, and the flexible sleeve having an upper portion, a lower portion, and an extension, the lower portion comprising a base portion and a decorative skirt portion, and the flexible sleeve having at least two detaching elements wherein the upper portion is detachable from the lower portion via at least one detaching element and the extension is detachable from the upper portion via at least one detaching element, wherein the detaching elements are selected from the group consisting of perforations, tear strips, zippers and combinations thereof, and wherein the extension is substantially smaller in size than the upper portion and assists in shipment, storage and/or assembly of one or more flexible sleeves, the pot being disposed within the base portion of the lower portion of the flexible sleeve whereby the base portion of the lower portion of the sleeve closely surrounds and tightly encompasses the outer peripheral surface of the pot and the decorative skirt portion extends a distance from the pot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.