Abstract: A method of covering a flower pot with an oversized sleeve. The sleeve has an inner diameter which is greater than the maximum diameter of a pot disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion, a skirt portion, with a linear or non-linear upper end, or with or without gussets in the lower end or sides. In the method the sleeve is secured about the pot by crimping a portion of the sleeve having a bonding material thereon, or using a securing element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 2003
Date of Patent:
April 4, 2006
Assignee:
Wanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter, not individually but solely as Trustees of The Family Trust U/T/A dated Dec. 8, 1995
Abstract: A sleeve used to wrap items such as potted plants. The sleeve may have an open or closed bottom. When closed, the bottom may have a gusset for allowing expansion upon the depositing of the pot into the sleeve. The sleeve has a detachable upper portion. The sleeve has a bonding material disposed upon an inner and/or outer portion of the sleeve for crimping the sleeve adjacent the pot to hold the sleeve about the pot.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 11, 2004
Date of Patent:
February 14, 2006
Assignee:
Wanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter, not individually but solely as Trustees of The Family Trust U/T/A dated 12/8/1995
Inventors:
Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, William F. Straeter
Abstract: A method of forming a decorative cover, a sleeve or a preformed pot cover for a floral grouping or flower pot from a sheet of material having a printed pattern thereon wherein the printed pattern contains shaded and highlighted areas which provide the printed pattern with a visual perception of depth and thus a three-dimensional appearance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 16, 2004
Date of Patent:
January 17, 2006
Assignee:
Wanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter, not individually but solely as Trustees of The Family Trust U/T/A dated December 8, 1995
Abstract: A band applicator for applying a band about a sheet of material disposed about a pot to provide a decorative cover for the pot. The band applicator includes a pot frame having a pot opening and a band holder configured to releasably hold a plurality of bands. The sheet of material is extended about the outer peripheral surface of the pot, and the pot with the sheet of material disposed thereabout is disposed in a pot receiving space in the pot frame. The pot frame holds the sheet of material positioned about the pot. A band is removed from the band holder and disposed about the sheet of material and pot for cooperating to hold the sheet of material positioned about the pot.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 21, 2005
Date of Patent:
January 17, 2006
Assignee:
Wanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter, not individually but solely as Trustees of The Family Trust U/T/A dated December 8, 1995
Inventors:
Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, William F. Straeter
Abstract: A floral sleeve sized to fit a flower pot, the sleeve generally having a conical shape and having a bonding material disposed thereon for connecting the sleeve to a pot disposed within the sleeve or connected via a banding element to a pot disposed within the sleeve.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2003
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2005
Assignee:
Wanda M. Weder & William F. Straeter, not individually but solely as Trustees of The Family Trust U/T/A Dec. 8, 1995.