Abstract: A device for keeping cut flowers in condition comprises a holder (10) for receiving the cut flowers therein in a suitable medium, in particular water. Cooling means (21, 22) comprise a cooling body (22) which is capable of heat-exchanging contact with at least a part of a wall of the holder for cooling the medium therein. The holder has a bottom with a channel (13) for releasably receiving the cooling body (22) therein. In a method for displaying cut flowers such a holder is placed together with flowers received therein on a cooling body and, when deterioration is imminent, exchanged for a similar holder with a fresh bouquet of flowers.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 9, 2006
Publication date:
August 27, 2009
Applicant:
Vital Flowers Patent B.V.
Inventors:
Gerardus Johannes Jozef Maria Meeuws, Anton Koning, Johannes Petrus Franciscus Maria Burgmans, Renier Cornelius Petrus Helena Jamers