Wet/dry gift arrangements and method for making
A Wet/Dry Gift Arrangement and Method for Making is disclosed. The assembly and combination provides an aesthetically pleasing floral arrangement that serves as a superior gift as well. The assembly includes a lower dry gift container for placing and displaying candy, lotions and/or other miscellaneous gifts in a dry environment. Furthermore, the assembly includes an upper wet assembly that has live plants and/or flowers and the like. When the wet assembly and dry assembly are combined, the resulting article appears to be a conventional floral arrangement, while at the same time having a receptacle to display other desirable gifts.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to gifts and playthings and, more specifically, to a Wet/Dry Gift Arrangements and Method for Making.
2. Description of Related Art
Flower arrangements are very popular gifts. As is well-known, typical flower arrangements are either made predominantly from live flowers and plants, or they are made predominantly from dried or silk flowers and plants. In some cases, the dried or silk flower arrangements include other gifts (e.g. candy) that are placed in the arrangement holder. Never before have live flowers and plants been combined with dry gift items.
There has been an attempt at modifying the conventional live floral arrangement; this device is depicted in
The outer vessel 12 has a top opening 18 that is sized to catch the flanged collar 24 of the inner vessel 14 when the inner vessel 14 is placed therein. The walls of the outer vessel 12 form an outer vessel chamber 16. The outer vessel chamber 16 is designed to have a solid or liquid room deodorizer placed therein; the walls of the outer vessel 12 have vent holes 20 formed therethrough to permit the fragrance created within the outer chamber vessel 16 to emanate out into the room.
Another attempt at improving upon the conventional floral arrangement is shown in
Neither Bock, nor Sanderlin permit a person to give a gift that has the pleasingly decorative features of living plants as well as the functional benefits of non-wet gifts in a single assembly. An assembly that provided these benefits would be very desirable.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn light of the aforementioned problems associated with the prior devices and methods, it is an object of the present invention to provide a Wet/Dry Gift Arrangement and Method for Making. The assembly and combination should provide an aesthetically pleasing floral arrangement that serves as a superior gift as well. The assembly should include a lower dry gift container for placing and displaying candy, lotions and/or other miscellaneous gifts in a dry environment. Furthermore, the assembly should include an upper wet assembly that has live plants and/or flowers and the like. When the wet assembly and dry assembly are combined, the resulting article should appear to be a conventional floral arrangement, while at the same time having a receptacle to display other desirable gifts.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe objects and features of the present invention, which are believed to be novel, are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The present invention, both as to its organization and manner of operation, together with further objects and advantages, may best be understood by reference to the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, of which:
The following description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention and sets forth the best modes contemplated by the inventor of carrying out her invention. Various modifications, however, will remain readily apparent to those skilled in the art, since the generic principles of the present invention have been defined herein specifically to provide a Wet/Dry Gift Arrangements and Method for Making.
The present invention can best be understood by initial consideration of
Next, the block 48 is placed into the wet chamber 52 and an arrangement of flowers and plants 42 is created by inserting the plant stems into the saturated oasis block 48. If we now turn to
The plants and oasis block are placed in the wet vessel 108 (the plants can be placed into the block either before or after placement of the block in the wet chamber 112). Liquid may be added after placement of the block in the wet chamber 114, in addition to the method discussed earlier wherein the block is wetted prior to its placement into the wet chamber.
Once the wet assembly 46 is completely assembled, it is placed into the throat of the dry assembly 116, therein completing the assembly 40 (with the exception of the optional addition of adhesive tape).
Other non-depicted examples of the present invention include: (1) a small, square shaped, see-through dry vessel having dry contents comprising shredded colored paper on the bottom of the vessel and a packaged set of baby's bib and tiny shoes, with additional shredded colored paper placed atop the baby's set. The wet assembly is then placed into the throat of the square dry vessel and fixed thereto, such as with clear tape, to retain the two assemblies together and prevent inadvertent mixing between them. In another non-depicted example, an Easter Bunny, plastic grass and Easter candy are placed into the dry chamber, with the wet assembly then placed into the throat of the dry vessel and fixed thereto. In yet another non-depicted example, a fishbowl-shaped dry vessel is filled with shredded colored paper, along with a variety of bath products (e.g. lotions, soaps, fragrances, etc.). Furthermore, Compact Discs and other wrapped gifts may be employed as the dry contents placed in the dry chamber. The dry chamber operates as a see-through gift container that also has a living plant floral arrangement extending upward from it.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various adaptations and modifications of the just-described preferred embodiment can be configured without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, it is to be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced other than as specifically described herein.
Claims
1. A plant/dry gift assembly, comprising:
- a dry assembly comprising a dry vessel defining a bottom enclosed portion extending upwardly into a throat, said throat bounded on its exterior by throat walls and said throat terminating in a top opening, said dry vessel having non-perforated bottom portion walls; and
- a wet assembly comprising a wet vessel said wet vessel defined by walls having an outer surface, said wet vessel having an enclosed bottom and an open top, said outer surface cooperating with said throat walls and not said bottom portion walls, wherby said wet vessel is insertable into said top opening but not into said bottom portion and said wet vessel top is substantially adjacent to said dry vessel top opening.
2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said dry vessel further comprises a throat adjacent to said top opening, said wet vessel and said throat cooperatively arranged whereby said wet assembly is insertible into said throat.
3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said dry vessel is further defined by a dry chamber within which dry contents are retained, said dry chamber formed by said bottom enclosed portion.
4. The assembly of claim 3, wherein the intersection of said bottom portion and said throat of said dry vessel is designed to permit said wet vessel to be placed into said throat, yet prevent said wet vessel from being placed into said dry chamber.
5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein said dry contents comprise candy.
6. The assembly of claim 5, wherein said wet assembly further comprises block of floral foam residing within said wet vessel.
7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein said wet assembly further comprises a plurality of live plants inserted into said block of floral foam.
8. The assembly of claim 3, wherein said dry contents comprise bath products.
9. The assembly of claim 3, wherein said dry contents comprise at least one stuffed figurine.
10. A combination flower arrangement and gift assembly, comprising:
- a dry assembly comprising a dry vessel defining a bottom chamber formed by a bottom wall and bottom chamber side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom chamber side walls transitioning into a throat formed by throat side walls, said throat terminating in a top opening; and
- a wet assembly comprising a wet vessel, said wet vessel configured to retain an arrangement of living plants and configured to cooperate with said dry assembly such that said wet vessel defined by an open top, said wet vessel is insertible into said dry vessel top opening, but prevented from being insertible into said bottom chamber and said wet vessel top is substantially adjacent to said dry vessel top opening.
11. The combination of claim 10, wherein said dry vessel further comprises a substantially clear vessel defined by a throat adjacent to said top opening, said wet vessel and said throat cooperatively arranged whereby said wet assembly is insertible into said throat.
12. The combination of claim 11, wherein said dry vessel is further defined by a dry chamber within which dry contents are retained.
13. The combination of claim 12, wherein said dry vessel is designed to prevent said wet vessel from being placed into said dry chamber.
14. The combination of claim 12, wherein said wet assembly further comprises block of floral foam residing within said wet vessel, and said wet vessel is made from substantially clear material.
15. The combination of claim 14, wherein said wet assembly further comprises a plurality of live plants inserted into said foam block.
16. A method for assembling a plant/dry gift assembly comprising the steps of:
- assembling a wet assembly defined by a wet vessel;
- assembling a dry assembly defined by a dry vessel having a dry chamber within which dry contents are placed; and
- inserting said wet assembly into said dry assembly.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein said wet assembly assembling step comprises inserting an oasis block means into said wet vessel prior to said inserting said wet assembly into said dry assembly.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein said wet assembly assembling step comprises inserting live plants into said oasis block means prior to said inserting said wet assembly into said dry assembly.
19. A method for assembling a plant/dry gift assembly comprising the steps of:
- assembling a wet assembly defined by a wet vessel, an oasis block means and live plants inserted into said oasis block means;
- assembling a dry assembly defined by a dry vessel having a dry chamber within which dry contents are placed; and inserting said wet assembly into said dry assembly.
20. A plant/dry gift assembly, comprising:
- a dry assembly comprising a dry vessel defining a bottom enclosed portion extending upwardly into a throat, said throat bounded on its exterior by throat walls and said throat terminating in a top opening, said dry vessel having non-perforated bottom portion walls; and
- a wet assembly comprising a wet vessel said wet vessel defined by walls having an outer surface, said wet vessel having an enclosed bottom and an open top, said outer surface cooperating with said throat walls and not said bottom portion walls, whereby said wet vessel is insertable into said top opening but not into said bottom portion and when said wet vessel is inserted into said throat, said wet vessel outer walls are in direct contact with said throat inner walls.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 19, 2003
Publication Date: Feb 24, 2005
Inventor: Jan Corona (San Diego, CA)
Application Number: 10/643,703