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US 9,629,486 B2Granted
Apparatus for creating decorative floral arrangements incorporating cut flowers with stems taken from living plants
OwnerRhonda Allaninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for creating floral arrangements by having a structure where the structure has specific locations such as openings in the structure with an insert having indicia including numbers on the insert with a respective number aligned with and visible through an aligned opening in the structure and the number corresponding with a flower and stem cut from a living plant so that the stem of the flower is inserted with the corresponding number visible through an opening in the structure so that different flowers and other floral items taken from living plants can be placed in the structure to provide a decorative floral arrangement.
Claims15
An apparatus to create a floral arrangement, comprising:
- a. a water retaining member including an interior chamber;
- b. a water retention and stem retaining member;
- c. a number assignment member having a top surface with a multiplicity of spaced apart numbers and a multiplicity of number markers with a respective number marker respectively encompassing a respective one of the numbers from the multiplicity of spaced apart;
- numbers;
- d. a cover having a multiplicity of spaced apart openings extending through at least a top of the cover and a bottom surface of the top of the cover, the cover having an interior chamber;
- e. the number assignment member positioned on an upper surface of the water retention and stem retaining member, a portion of the water retention and stem retaining member positioned within the chamber of the water retaining member, a portion of the water retention and stem retaining member positioned within the chamber of the cover, the number assignment member positioned within the chamber of the cover, the cover positioned on the number assignment member with the number assignment member press fit retained against the bottom surface of the top of the cover, a corresponding one of the multiplicity of spaced apart numbers on the number assignment member aligned with and visible through a respective one of the multiplicity of spaced apart openings in at least the top of the cover;
- f. the cover and the water retaining member are in direct contact and touch each other and are retained together with respective engaging members to retain the cover in a fixed manner onto the water retaining member;
- g. the apparatus used in conjunction with water and a multiplicity of live cut flowers, and water retained in the water retaining member and partially absorbed by the water retention and stem retaining member, each respective live cut flower from the multiplicity of live cut flowers including a stem obtained from a living plant, each number respectively corresponding with a respective cut flower and stem to facilitate a stem of a cut flower with a corresponding number inserted through an aligned opening in the cover and aligned visible corresponding number of the number assignment member and inserted into and retained by the water retention and stem retaining member to create the floral arrangement;
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- h. the press fit engagement of the number assignment member against the bottom surface of the top prevents the floral arrangement from moving or wiggling when the floral arrangement is transported from one location to another.
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An apparatus to create a floral arrangement, comprising:
- a. a water retaining member including an interior chamber;
- b. a water retention and stem retaining member;
- c. an number assignment member having a top surface with a multiplicity of spaced apart indicia;
- d. a cover member having a multiplicity of spaced apart openings extending through at least a top of the cover, the cover having an interior chamber;
- e. the number assignment member positioned on an upper surface of the water retention and stem retaining member, a portion of the water retention and stem retaining member positioned within the chamber of the water retaining member, a portion of the water retention and stem retaining member positioned within the chamber of the cover, the number assignment member positioned within the chamber of the cover, the cover positioned on the number assignment member with the number assignment member press fit retained against the bottom surface of the top of the cover, a corresponding one of the multiplicity of spaced apart numbers on the number assignment member aligned with and visible through a respective one of the multiplicity of spaced apart openings in at least the top of the cover;
- f. the cover and the water retaining member are in direct contact and touch each other and are retained together with respective engaging members to retain the cover in a fixed manner onto the water retaining member;
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- g. the apparatus used in conjunction with water and a multiplicity of cut flowers, water retained in the water retaining member and partially absorbed by the water retention and stem retaining member, each respective cut flower from the multiplicity of cut flowers including a stem obtained from a living plant, each indicia respectively corresponding with a respective cut flower and stem to facilitate a stem of a cut flower with a corresponding indicia inserted through an aligned opening in the cover and aligned visible corresponding indicia of the indicia assignment member and inserted into and retained by the water retention and stem retaining member to create the floral arrangement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.