Flower pot cover

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the flower pot cover showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a typical side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof.

The flower pot cover is of no substantial thickness.

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Other references
  • "Redi-Wrap" flower pot; Curtis Wagner Co., Inc.; date unknown, exhibit A. Flower pot covers; Highland Supply Corp.; never available to public, exhibit F. Flower pot wrappings; various sources; no date known; exhibit G. Straw-like pot cover; source unknown; date unknown; exhibit H. Flower pot cover; source unknown; date unknown; item 3. Pot Cover; Jacobson Pot Cover Co.; 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; 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. "The Glass of Frederick Carder", P. V. Gardner; .COPYRGT.1971; p. 139; Basket 664. Exhibit H. "Speed Cover.RTM." brochure, published in 1983 by Applicants, showing various pot covers for sale. Exhibit I. "Speed Cover.RTM." brochure, published in 1983 by Applicants, showing various pot covers. Exhibit J. Item published in 1936 by Gellman Bros., Minneapolis, Minn. Shows an assortment of paper hats. Exhibit K. Photo of flower pot wrapping, sold in rolls or sheets and used in the floral industry for years, undated. Exhibit N. "Speed Cover.RTM." brochure, published in 1984 by Applicants, showing various pot covers.
Patent History
Patent number: D358113
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 22, 1989
Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
Assignee: Highland Supply Corporation (Highland, IL)
Inventors: Donald E. Weder (Highland, IL), Erwin H. Weder (Highland, IL), Robert C. Abrams (Edwardsville, IL)
Primary Examiner: Theodore M. Shooman
Assistant Examiner: Sandra Morris
Law Firm: Dunlap & Codding
Application Number: 7/411,249