Flower pot cover

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a flower pot cover showing our new design, the pattern which is partially shown is understood to repeat uniformly across the inner surface.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view similar to FIG. 4, but showing the side opposite that shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof, again the pattern which is partially shown is understood to repeat uniformly across the outer surface.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged plan view of the burlap pattern which is shown in FIGS. 1 and 6.

The flower pot cover is of no substantial thickness.

Referenced Cited
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Other references
  • Sweet's Arch. Catalog File 195; sec 9.13/CAR, p. 1; burlap pattern (center of page). Scalloped pot cover; Curtis Wagner Co., Inc.; exhibit A; date unknown. Pot cover; Jacobson pot cover; exhibit B; date unknown. Platform Pot Dresser; John Raisen Corp., exhibit C; date unknown. Floral Decor Cover; John Henry Co.; exhibit D; date unknown. Pot cover; Klerk's Plastic Industrie B.V.; exhibit E; date unknown. Pot covers; all by Highland Supply Corp.; exhibit F; from 1978 on. Pot covers; unrelated and unknown; exhibits L & M; date unknown. Straw-like cover; origin unknown; exhibit N; date unknown. Basket-like cover; origin unknown; exhibit O; date unknown.
Patent History
Patent number: D296535
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 14, 1986
Date of Patent: Jul 5, 1988
Assignee: Highland Supply Corporation (Highland, IL)
Inventors: Donald E. Weder (Highland, IL), Erwin H. Weder (Highland, IL), Robert C. Abrams (Edwardsville, IL)
Primary Examiner: B. J. Bullock
Law Firm: Dunlap, Codding & Peterson
Application Number: 6/931,191
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Simulative (D11/149); Flower Or Plant Holder (18) (D11/143)