Patents by Inventor Donald E. Weder

Donald E. Weder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD OF CONTAINING A FLORAL GROUPING OR POTTED PLANT
    Publication number: 20110173883
    Abstract: A method of containing a floral grouping or potted plant in a sleeve is disclosed. The sleeve has first and second panels, and at least a portion of at least one of the first and second panels is constructed of at least two layers of material. At least a portion of the at least two layers of material may be connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • WRAPPER WITH DECORATIVE EXTENSION AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110173929
    Abstract: A wrapper for wrapping a flower pot and/or floral grouping is disclosed. The wrapper is constructed of a sheet of material having an extension attached to a portion of the sheet of material. When the wrapper is formed about a flower pot to form a decorative cover, upper edges of the sheet of material and extension cooperate to form a skirt portion preferably having at least two separate edges providing a “two-sheet” effect in the decorative cover. The wrapper may have extensions on opposing ends of the sheet of material and may have one or more additional overlapping extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • COLLAPSIBLE FLORAL CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20110167722
    Abstract: A collapsible floral container stored and shipped in a substantially planar configuration and expanded into the form of a flower pot or flower pot cover is disclosed. The collapsible container includes a plurality of segments and a connecting member for connecting the segments such that the segments define a sidewall and such that the segments are movable between an expanded position wherein the segments cooperate with one another to form an object receiving space and to provide the sidewall with a unitary appearance and a collapsed position wherein the sidewall is substantially flattened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • COLLAPSIBLE AND/OR ERECTABLE FLORAL CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20110167725
    Abstract: A collapsible and/or erectable shape-sustaining container having a substantially erect condition and substantially collapsed condition is disclosed. The collapsible and/or erectable shape-sustaining container is provided with at least one condition modifying element to facilitate erecting and/or collapsing the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • METHOD OF COVERING A POT WITH A FLORAL SLEEVE HAVING A SIDE-SEALED BOTTOM GUSSET
    Publication number: 20110154733
    Abstract: A floral sleeve and method of using the floral sleeve to cover a pot are disclosed. The floral sleeve has an inwardly folded bottom gusset for forming a bottom in the sleeve which is concealed by the lower sidewall of the sleeve when the sleeve is opened and a pot is disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Michael R. Klemme
  • DECORATIVE COVER FOR FLOWER POT OR FLORAL GROUPING FORMED OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS HAVING A TEXTURE AND/OR APPEARANCE SIMULATING THE TEXTURE AND/OR APPEARANCE OF PAPER
    Publication number: 20110146149
    Abstract: A decorative cover positionable about a flower pot or floral grouping is formed of a polymeric material or a laminated polymeric material. The decorative cover has a texture and/or appearance simulating the texture and/or appearance of paper on at least a portion of one surface thereof while exhibiting improved durability and decreased sensitivity to water, humidity and pressure when compared to a decorative cover formed of paper. In addition to the texture and/or appearance simulating the texture and/or appearance of paper, the decorative cover may further be provided with printed and/or embossed patterns, which may be in or out of register with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • DECORATIVE ELEMENTS PROVIDED WITH A CURLED OR CRIMPED CONFIGURATION AT POINT OF SALE OR POINT OF USE
    Publication number: 20110152053
    Abstract: Decorative grass and methods of providing same are disclosed wherein the decorative grass is either maintained in flattened configuration until restraint is removed and/or the decorative grass is curled and/or crimp at the point of use and/or sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • FLORAL EASEL
    Publication number: 20110147536
    Abstract: An erectable and/or collapsible floral easel for holding a floral object is disclosed. Methods of shipping a floral easel, methods of using a floral easel, methods of storing a floral easel, and methods of placing a floral object on a floral easel are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • DECORATIVE ELEMENTS PROVIDED WITH A CIRCULAR OR CRIMPED CONFIGURATION AT POINT OF SALE OR POINT OF USE
    Publication number: 20110143904
    Abstract: Decorative elements and decorative grass provided with a substantially flat configuration which, upon activation, can assume a curled or crimped configuration at the point of sale or point of use, as well as methods for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Floral easel
    Patent number: 7958702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an erectable and/or collapsible floral easel for holding a floral object, and more particularly but not by way of limitation, to an erectable or collapsible floral easel for holding a floral object. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a floral easel for holding and/or supporting a floral object. In yet another aspect, the present invention relates to methods of shipping a floral easel, methods of using a floral easel, methods of storing a floral easel, and methods of placing a floral object on a floral easel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Wanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • PLANT PACKAGE HAVING A DECORATIVE COVERING
    Publication number: 20110131878
    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. The sleeve may be secured about the flower pot by a banding element when the flower pot is positioned within the sleeve. 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • DECORATIVE SLEEVE COVER FORMED OF A PAPER AND/OR POLYMERIC MATERIAL HAVING A TEXTURE OR APPEARANCE SIMULATING THE TEXTURE OR APPEARANCE OF CLOTH
    Publication number: 20110132528
    Abstract: Flexible materials having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth suitable for use in the formation of decorative flower pot covers and flower pots are disclosed. The flexible materials include polymeric materials, paper and laminates thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • METHOD OF CONTAINING A FLORAL GROUPING OR POTTED PLANT
    Publication number: 20110131931
    Abstract: A method of containing a floral grouping or potted plant in a sleeve is disclosed. The sleeve has first and second panels, and at least a portion of at least one of the first and second panels is constructed of at least two layers of material. At least a portion of the at least two layers of material may be connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20110126492
    Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to packaging materials for packaging articles. The packaging materials may include a substratum with a printed pattern disposed thereon that provides a grass-like appearance, and/or the packaging materials may include a plurality of individual strips, strands, or units of material bondably connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • METHOD OF COVERING A POTTED PLANT OR FLORAL GROUPING WITH A FLORAL SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20110120004
    Abstract: A method of covering a potted plant or a floral grouping with a floral sleeve. The sleeve has, in one embodiment, a plurality of randomly positioned overlapping folds disposed in a sidewall of the sleeve. The sleeve optionally has a detachable upper portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Paul Fantz
  • CONTAINER ASSEMBLIES HAVING COLLAPSIBLE AND ERECTABLE CONTAINERS CONTAINING A PACKAGING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20110120057
    Abstract: A container assembly is provided which includes a container selectively moveable between an erect condition and a collapsed or substantially flattened condition. A packaging material for support objects is disposed within an object receiving space of the container and secured thereto so that the packaging material remains in the object receiving space of the container when the container is in either the erect condition or the collapsed or substantially flattened condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • CONTAINER FOR DECORATIVE GRASS
    Publication number: 20110120061
    Abstract: A container liner comprising a backing, a porous covering, a seed carrier interposed between the backing and the covering, and a plurality of seeds embedded in the seed carrier such that upon germination the seeds will sprout through the porous covering to form a soft, natural, protective cushion for objects, such as candies or Easter eggs. The container liner is sufficiently flexible so that the container liner can be easily manipulated to substantially conform to the interior contour of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • FLORAL SLEEVE HAVING AN ARCUATE UPPER END
    Publication number: 20110120003
    Abstract: A plant packaging and covering system including a floral sleeve having a decorative pattern thereon. The sleeve may have a lower portion sized to cover a pot and an upper portion which can surround a plant disposed in the pot and which can be detached after the protective function of the upper portion is complete or which can be used to support the sleeve from a support device prior to use. The decorative pattern preferably has an arcuate upper boundary in the flattened condition which when opened gives the sleeve the appearance of having an upper edge which is parallel to the upper rim of the pot disposed within the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • METHOD FOR MAKING DISTORTED FRAGMENTS
    Publication number: 20110113735
    Abstract: Distorted fragments having a variety of configurations and methods for making such distorted fragments is provided which, because of its increased bulk, can also be used as packing materials, decorative grasses, an animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil and a media for plants. The distorted fragments can be produced by extrusion and the extrudate is distorted while in a semi-solid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • FLEXIBLE, INFLATABLE PACKAGING MATERIALS WITH DECORATIVE BORDERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20110114529
    Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to packaging materials for packaging articles, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a packaging material which includes, in one embodiment, a plurality of individual strips, strands, or units of material bondably connected to the exterior surface of a flexible, inflatable substrate to form a cohesive inflatable cushioning unit for use as a packaging material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Michael R. Klemme