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US 8,490,329 B2Granted
Wrapper with decorative extension and method
AssigneeWanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A decorative cover for a flower pot is constructed of a sheet of material having at least one extension attached to a portion of the sheet of material. The sheet of material is formed about the flower pot to provide a decorative cover having the appearance of being formed of at least two separate, unattached sheets of material.
Claims20
A decoratively covered flower pot, comprising:
- a flower pot comprising a lower end, an upper end and a sidewall;
- a decorative wrapper comprising:
- a first sheet of material having an outer peripheral edge;
- a second sheet of material sized smaller than the first sheet of material;
- a third sheet of material sized smaller than the first sheet of material;
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- wherein the second sheet of material and the third sheet of material are at least partially attached to the first sheet of material and are adjacent to at least a portion of the outer peripheral edge of the first sheet of material, and wherein the second sheet of material and the third sheet of material are unconnected to the outer peripheral edge of the first sheet of material;
- wherein the decorative wrapper is disposed about the flower pot to form a decorative cover about the flower pot such that the lower end of the flower pot is covered by the first sheet of material and the lower end of the flower pot is substantially uncovered by both the second sheet of material and the third sheet of material, thereby providing a decorative wrapper having the appearance of three unconnected sheets of material that are wrapped about the lower end of the flower pot.
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A decoratively covered flower pot, comprising:
- a flower pot comprising a lower end, an upper end and a sidewall;
- a decorative wrapper comprising:
- a sheet of material having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge and the second edge;
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- an extension constructed of a second sheet of material attached via a seal to the upper surface of the sheet of material, the extension having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge of the extension and the second edge of the extension, and the extension having a decorative pattern or decorative effect, and wherein the extension comprises a facing portion which is superposed upon the upper surface of the sheet of material and whereby along only a portion of the facing portion of the extension is attached and a majority of the facing portion of the extension is left unattached to the upper surface of the sheet of material with the first edge of the extension being completely unattached to the sheet of material, and wherein the first edge of the sheet of material is unattached to the extension whereby the extension extends separately from the sheet of material;
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- wherein the decorative wrapper is disposed about the flower pot to form a decorative cover about the flower pot, the sheet of material of the decorative cover substantially surrounding and covering the lower end of the flower pot, and the lower end of the extension being disposed above the lower end of the flower pot and does not cover the lower end of the flower pot, the decorative cover having a skirt having a first upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the sheet of material and a separate second upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the extension such that the decorative cover has an appearance of being constructed of two separate, unattached sheets of material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.