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CA2328375C
CA2328375C CA002328375A CA2328375A CA2328375C CA 2328375 C CA2328375 C CA 2328375C CA 002328375 A CA002328375 A CA 002328375A CA 2328375 A CA2328375 A CA 2328375A CA 2328375 C CA2328375 C CA 2328375C
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47GHOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G7/00Flower holders or the like
    • A47G7/02Devices for supporting flower-pots or cut flowers
    • A47G7/08Covers for flower-pots, e.g. ornamental pots
    • A47G7/085Covers for flower-pots, e.g. ornamental pots made of flexible sheets of non-resilient material

Abstract

A wrapper for flower pots. The wrapper is a segmented sheet with each segment having a lower portion sized to surround a pot and an upper portion detachable from the lower portion via a detaching element such as perforations. The sheet can be formed about a pot and the adjacent edges of the segment joined and sealed.

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ti CA 02328375 2005-12-22 PLANT WRAPPER

BACKGROUND
This invention relates generally to flower pot wrappers and methods of their use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

A wrapper for a flower pot, comprising a segmented sheet with each segment having a lower portion sized to surround a pot and an upper portion detachable from the lower portion via a detaching element such as perforations. The segmented sheet can be formed about a pot and the adjacent edges of the segments joined and sealed.

-~-According to an aspect of the invention there is provided a segmented sheet for use as a flower pot wrapper, the sheet comprising:
at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end, and the segments sized such that when the segmented sheet is placed about a pot having a bottom end, the bottom end of the pot rests against the central base portion of the segmented sheet and the segments can be formed upwardly adjacent the pot and the first side of each segment can engage the second side of an adjacent segment such that the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments of the segmented sheet, and the upper portions of the segments extend a distance upwardly above the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon a portion thereof for bondingly sealing adjacent first and second sides of the segments of the segmented sheet.
According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a segmented sheet for use as a flower pot wrapper, the sheet comprising:
at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a la second side and an outer end, and the segments sized such that when the segmented sheet is placed about a pot having a bottom end, the bottom end of the pot rests against the central base portion of the segmented sheet and the segments can be formed upwardly adjacent the pot and the first side of each segment can engage the second side of an adjacent segment such that the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments of the segmented sheet, and the upper portions of the segments extend a distance upwardly above the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon an end portion of at least one of the segments for bondingly connecting upper ends of the segments after the segmented sheet is wrapped about the pot.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot wherein the first side of each segment overlaps and engages the second side of an adjacent segment and wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and are detachable from the lower lb portions and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapped portion of each first side and second side of the adjacent segments, and wherein the seal is formed by joining each first side and second side of the adjacent segments via a bonding material disposed upon portions of the adjacent segments.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot wherein the first side of each segment overlaps and engages the second side of an adjacent segment and wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and are detachable from the lower portions and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapped portion of each first side and second side of the adjacent segments, and wherein the seal between the adjacent segments is formed by heat sealing.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
lc providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot wherein the first side of each segment overlaps and engages the second side of an adjacent segment and wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and are detachable from the lower portions and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapped portion of each first side and second side of the adjacent segments, and wherein the seal is a fin seal.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of the first side of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the second side of an ld adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and wherein the first and second sides of the adjacent segments are joined by a bonding material disposed on a portion of the segmented sheet.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of the first side of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the second side of an adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and wherein the seal between the adjacent segments is formed by heat sealing.

le According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of the first side of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the second side of an adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion..of a f-loral grouping, and wherein the seal is a fin seal.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a segmented sheet for use as a flower pot wrapper, the sheet comprising:
at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end, and the segments sized such that when the segmented sheet is placed about a pot having a bottom end, the bottom end of the pot rests against the if central base portion of the segmented sheet and the segments can be formed upwardly adjacent the pot wherein overlapping portions of adjacent segments can engage each other such that the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments of the segmented sheet, and the upper portions of the segments extend a distance upwardly above the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon a portion thereof for bondingly sealing overlapping portions of the segments.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a segmented sheet for use as a flower pot wrapper, the sheet comprising:
at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end, and the segments sized such that when the segmented sheet is placed about a pot having a bottom end, the bottom end of the pot rests against the central base portion of the segmented sheet and the segments can be formed upwardly adjacent the pot wherein overlapping portions of adjacent segments can engage each other such that the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments of the segmented sheet, and the upper portions of the segments extend a distance upwardly above the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and lg further comprising a bonding material disposed upon an end portion of at least one of the segments for bondingly connecting upper ends of the segments after the segmented sheet is wrapped about the pot.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot and forming engaged overlapping portions of adjacent segments wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions of the segments extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein the seal is formed by joining overlapping portions of adjacent segments via a bonding material disposed upon portions of the adjacent segments.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a cbmmon central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, lh each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot and forming engaged overlapping portions of adjacent segments wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions of the segments extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapping portion of each adjacent segment, and wherein the seal between the adjacent segments is formed by heat sealing:
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot and forming engaged overlapping portions of adjacent segments wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions of the segments extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapping portion of each adjacent segment, and wherein the seal is a fin seal.
li According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein the portions of the adjacent segments are joined by a bonding material disposed on a portion of the segmented sheet.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and lj forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein the seal between the adjacent segments is formed by heat sealing.

According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of each segment overlaps and joins a portion.of the adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein the seal is a fin seal.
lk According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a wrapper for a flower pot, the wrapper comprising:
a sheet of material having a central base portion and at least two segments extending away from the central base portion, each of the at least two segments having a lower portion, an upper portion, a first side, a second side, an upper end, and a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, for detaching the upper portion from the lower portion, the central base portion being substantially sized and shaped so as to conform to a bottom end of a flower pot and the at least two segments being sized and shaped such that as the bottom end of the flower pot is disposed adjacent the central base portion of the sheet of material and the at least two segments are formed upwardly so as to be disposed substantially adjacent a sidewall of the flower pot the at least two segments overlap and engage to form at least one overlapping portion such that at least a portion of the flower pot is covered by the'lower portions of the at least two segments, and the upper portions of the at least two segments extend a distance upwardly above the flower pot and thereby form a wrapper for the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon a portion of the at least two segments for bondingly sealing the at least one overlapping portions.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a wrapper for a flower pot, the wrapper comprising:
a sheet of material having a central base portion and at least two segments extending away from the central base portion, each of the at least two segments having a lower portion, an upper portion, a first side, a second side, an upper end, and a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, for detaching the upper portion from the lower portion, the central base portion being substantially sized and shaped so as to conform to a bottom end of a flower pot and the at least two segments being sized and shaped such that as the bottom end of the flower pot is disposed adjacent the central base portion of the sheet of material and the at least two segments are formed upwardly so as to be disposed substantially adjacent a sidewall of the flower pot the at least two segments overlap and engage to form at least one overlapping portion such that at least a portion of the flower pot is covered by the lower portions of the at least two segments, and the upper portions of the at least two segments extend a distance upwardly above the flower pot and thereby form a wrapper for the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon the upper end of the at least two segments for bondingly connecting the upper end of the at least two segments.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
providing a sheet of material having a central base portion and at least two segments extending away from the central base portion, each segment having a first side, a second side, an upper end, an upper portion, a lower portion, and a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, the upper portion being lm removable from the lower portion via the detaching element;
and forming the at least two segments of the sheet of material about a flower pot such that each of the at least two segments overlap forming at least one overlapping portion and the flower pot is covered by the lower portion of the at least two segments and the upper portion of the at least two segments extends a distance above an upper end of the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed between the at least one overlapping portion, and wherein the seal is formed by joining the at least one overlapping portion via a bonding material disposed on.at least a portion of the at least two segments.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
providing a sheet of material having a central base portion and at least two segments extending away from the central base portion, each segment having a first side, a second side, an upper end, an upper portion, a lower portion, and a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion via the detaching element;
and forming the at least two segments of the sheet of material about a flower pot such that each of the at least two segments overlap forming at least one overlapping portion and the flower pot is covered by the lower portion of the at least two segments and the upper portion of the at least two segments extends a distance above an upper end ln of the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions_extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed between the at least one overlapping portion, and wherein the seal is formed by heat sealing.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a wrapper for a flower pot, the wrapper comprising:
a sheet of material having at least two segments, each of the at least two segments having a lower portion, an upper portion, a first side, a second side, and an upper end, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion, the at least two segments being sized and shaped such that the at least two segments are formable upwardly so as to be disposed about at least a portion of a sidewall of the flower pot and thereby form a wrapper for the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon a portion of the at least two segments for bondingly sealing the at least one overlapping portion formed by the at least two segments overlapping.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a wrapper for a flower pot, the wrapper comprising:
a sheet of material having at least two segments, each of the at least two segments having a lower portion, an upper portion, a first side, a second side, and an upper end, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion, the at least two segments being sized and shaped such that the at least two segments are formable upwardly so as to be disposed about at least a portion of a sidewall of the 1o flower pot and thereby form a wrapper for the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon the upper end of the at least two segments for bondingly connecting the upper end of the at least two segments.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
providing a sheet of material having at least two segments, each segment having a first side, a second side, an upper end, an upper portion, and a lower portion, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion; and forming the at least two.segments of the sheet of material about a flower pot to provide a wrapper for the flower pot such that the wrapper covers at least a portion of the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed between an at least one overlapping portion formed by the at least two segments overlapping, and wherein the seal is formed by joining the at least one overlapping portion via a bonding material disposed on at least a portion of the at least two segments.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of wrapping a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
providing a sheet of material having at least two segments, each segment having a first side, a second side, an upper end, an upper portion, and a lower portion, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion; and lp forming the at least two segments of the sheet of material about a flower pot to provide a wrapper for the flower pot such that the wrapper covers at least a portion of the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed between an at least one overlapping portion formed by the at least two segments overlapping, and wherein the seal is formed by heat sealing.
lq BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating the wrapper of the present invention prior to placement about a pot.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the wrapper partially formed about a pot.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the wrapper fully formed about a pot, the segments of the wrapper joined along their sides.
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the wrapper having fin joints along the segments of the wrapper.

l0 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, and to those embodiments of the invention here presented by way of illustration, Figure 1 shows a segmented sheet of material (also referred to herein as segmented sheet) designated by reference IS numeral 16 to be utilized to cover a pot (designated below as pot 40). As shown herein, it is contemplated that the sheet of material 16 might be substantially circular, and might further include a printed design. Furthermore, the sheet of material 16 will generally be a relatively flexible material, for example preferably a polyethylene 20 film or other polymer film described in more detail below.
Moreover, polyethylene is mentioned only by way of example, and it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that polypropylenes, polyethers, various vinyls and the like can be used equally well. While printability of the material is desirable, it will also be understood that the sheet of material 16 might be solid white and of a translucent nature, or. might be colored, either as a solid color or a marbleized, moiree or swirled pattern.

While the sheet of material 16 is illustrated as comprising segments having arcuate ends, it will be readily noted that virtually any other shape of material can be used, for the sheet of material 16, the primary requirement being to have the sheet of material 16 large enough to cover the pot 40 and to have upper detachable portions extending therefrom to surround a plant disposed in the pot 40.
The sheet of material 16 has a common central base portion 22 which corresponds approximately to the size and shape of the flower pot 40. It should be noted that the central base portion 22 can be any shape such as square, rectangle, polygon or any other shape to conform to the shape of a bottom 42 of the flower pot 40 on which the cover made from the sheet of material 16 is to be used.
The sheet of material 16 shown in Figure 1 has four segments. The four segments are designated in Figure 1 by the respective numerals 18a, 18b, 18c and 18d. Although the sheet of material 16 is shown herein as comprising four segments, the sheet of material 16 may be made from two, three, five or more separate segments in a manner similar to the four-segmented sheet of material 16 shown herein.
Each of the segments 18a-d is generally trapezoidal shaped and are joined at the central base portion 22 sized to fit the bottom 42 of the pot 40. Each segment 18a-d has a lower portion, 20a-d, respectively, and an upper portion 24a-d, respectively. Each segment 18a-d has a detaching element such as a line of perforations 26a-d, respectively, for enabling the detachment of each upper portion 24a-d from each lower portion 20a-d, respectively. Although each line of perforations 20a-d is shown as comprising an arcuate line across each segment 18a-d, the present invention contemplates that each line of perforations 20a-d (or other detaching elements) may have a different pattern, for example straight, wavy, zig-zag, crenulate, scalloped, sine wave, irregular, or other fanciful or decorative patterns. A generally triangularly shaped notch or space is formed between each pair of adjacent segments 18a-d so that a side 28a-d of each of the segments 18a-d is spaced opposite to a side 30a-d of each adjacent segment 18a-d.
For example, side 28a is opposite side 30b, side 28b is opposite side 30c, side 28c is opposite side 30d, and side 28d is opposite side 30a. Each segment 18a-d also has an end 32a-d, on each upper portion 24a-d,(also referred to herein as upper ends 32a-d) respectively.
In use, the sheet of material 16 is formed about the pot 40 as shown in Figure 2. The segments 18a-d are shaped and sized so that when the segments 18a-d are folded upwardly from the central base portion 22 about the pot 40, a portion of the side 28a-d of each of the segments 18a-d generally overlaps a portion of the adjacent side 30b-a, respectively. When formed about the pot 40, the notches between segments 18a-d provide sufficient relief so that the sheet of material 16 will not be appreciably pleated.
During the process of forming the sheet of material 16 about the pot 40, the segments 18a-d will be urged upwardly and the opposite adjacent sides 28a-d and 30a-d of adjacent segments 18a-d will be slightly overlapped and the entire outer peripheral surface of the pot 40 will be covered by the sheet material 16 with the central base portion 22 covering the bottom 42 of the flower pot 40, with the portions 20a-d covering the pot 40, and the upper portions 24a-d each extending upwardly beyond an upper rim 48 of the flower pot 40.

It will therefore be understood;by those skilled in the art that a quite different appearance can be achieved on the pot 40 since various papers, heavy plastics, metalized papers, or plastics can be utilized, and even a heavy foil can be utilized, to speed the assembly of the wrapper.
In order to enhance the sealing of sides 28a-d to sides 30b-a, respectively, a bonding material may optionally be disposed along opposing edges of the segments 18a-d. For example as shown in Figure 1, segment 18b has bonding materials 34b and 36b disposed along sides 28b and 30b, respectively. Similarly, segment 18d has bonding materials 34d and 36d disposed along sides 28d and 30d, respectively. These areas of bonding material enhance the connection between opposite and adjacent sides of pairs of segments 18a-d.

For example, ps shown in Figures 2 and 3, overlapping sides 28b and 30c of segments 18b and 18c, respectively, are sealed along a bonding material 34b on segment 18b to form a flat joint seal 44b. Overlapping sides 28c and 30d of segments 18c and 18d, respectively, are sealed along a bonding material 36d on segment 18d to form a flat joint seal 44c. Overlapping sides 28d and 30a on segments 18a and 18b, respectively, are sealed along a bonding material 34d on segment 18d to form a flat joint seal 44d.
Overlapping sides 28a and 30b on segments 18a and 18b, respectively, are sealed along a bonding material 36b on segment 18b to form a flat joint seal 44a. -As noted above bonding materials 34b and 34d and 36b and 36d are not required if sealing of the joints 44a-d may be accomplished in another manner, for example by heat sealing, sonic sealing or vibratory sealing.
Bonding materials 38a and 38c are shown as disposed along ends 32a and 32c respectively, for the purpose of closing the upper ends 32a-d of the sheet of material 16 after it has been formed about the pot 40. Bonding materials may also be disposed along ends 32b and 32d.
The material from which the sheet of material 16 is preferably constructed has a thickness in a range from about 0.1 mil to about 30 mils. Often, the thickness of the sheet of material 16, is in a range from about 0.5 mil to about 10 mils. Preferably, the sheet of material 16 has a thickness in a range from about 1.0 mil to about 5 mils.
More preferably, the sheet of material 16 is constructed from a material which is flexible, a semi-rigid, rigid, or any combination thereof. The sheet of material 16 may be constructed of a single layer of material or a plurality of layers of the same or different types of materials. Any thickness of the material may be utilized as long as the material functions in accordance with the present invention as described herein. The layers of material comprising the sheet of material 16 may be connected together or laminated or may be separate layers. Such materials used to construct the sheet of material 16 are described in U.S.
Patent No. 5,111,637 entitled "Method For Wrapping a Floral Grouping" issued to Weder et al., on May 12, 1992. Any thickness of material may be utilized in accordance with the present invention as long as the sheet of material 16 may be formed as described herein, and as long as the formed sheet of material 16 may contain at least a portion of a pot or potted plant or a floral grouping and medium, as described herein. Additionally, an insulating material such as bubble film, preferable as one of two or more layers, can be disposed on a portion of the sheet of material 16 in order to provide additional protection for the item, such as the floral grouping, contained therein.

In one embodiment, the sheet of material 16 may be constructed from two polypropylene films. The material comprising the sheet of material 16 may be connected together or laminated or may be separate layers. In an alternative embodiment, the sheet of material 16 may be constructed'from only one of the polypropylene films.
The sheet of material 16 is constructed from any suitable material that is capable of being formed into a wrapper about a pot and a floral grouping disposed therein. Preferably, the material comprises paper (untreated or treated in any manner), metal foil, polymer film, non-polymer film, fabric (woven or nonwoven or synthetic or natural), cardboard, fiber, cloth, burlap, or laminations or combinations thereof.

The term "polymer film" means a man-made polymer such as a polypropylene or a naturally occurring polymer such as cellophane.
A polymer film is relatively strong and not as subject to tearing (substantially non-tearable), as might be the case with paper or foil.

The material comprising the sheet of material 16 may vary in color and may consist of designs or decorative patterns which are printed, etched, and/or embossed thereon using inks or other printing materials. An example of an ink which may be applied to the surface of the material is described in U.S. Patent No. 5,147,706 entitled "Water Based Ink On Foil And/Or Synthetic Organic Polymer"
issued to Kingman on Sep. 15, 1992.

In addition, the material may have various colorings, coatings, flocking and/or metallic finishes, or other decorative surface ornamentation applied separately or simultaneously or may be characterized totally or partially by pearlescent, translucent, transparent, iridescent, neon, or the like, qualities. Each of the above-named characteristics may occur alone or in combination and may be applied to the upper and/or lower surface of the rnaterial comprising the sheet of material 16. Moreover, portions of the material used in constructing the sheet of material 16 may vary in the combination of such characteristics. The material utilized for the sheet of material 16 itself may be opaque, translucent, transparent, or partially clear or tinted transparent.
It will generally be desired to use the sheet of material 16 as a covering for the pot 40 having a plant disposed therein. The pot 40 preferably contains a plant. The term "pot" as used herein refers to any type of container used for holding a floral grouping or plant. Examples of pots, used in accordance with the present invention include, but not by way of limitation, clay pots, wooden pots, plastic pots, pots made from natural and/or synthetic.fibers, or any combination thereof. The pot 40 is adapted to receive a floral grouping in the retaining space thereof_ The floral grouping may be disposed within the pot 40 along with a suitable growing medium described in further detail below, or_ other retaining medium, such as a floral foam. It will also be.understood that the floral grouping,and any appropriate growing medium or other retaining medium, may be disposed in the sheet of material 16 without a pot.

The term "floral grouping" as used herein means cut fresh flowers, artificial flowers, a single flower or other fresh and/or artificial plants or other floral materials and may include other secondary plants and/or ornamentation or artificial or natural materials which add to the aesthetics of the overall floral grouping. The floral grouping generally comprises a bloom or foliage portion and a stem portion. Further, the floral grouping may comprise a growing potted plant having a root portion (not shown) as weli. However, it will be appreciated that the floral grouping may consist of only a single bloom or only foliage, or a botanical item (not shown), or a propagule (not shown). The term "floral grouping" may be used interchangeably herein with both the terms "floral arrangement" and "potted plant". The term "floral grouping" may also be used interchangeably herein with the terms "botanical item" and/or "propagule."
The term "growing medium" when used herein means any liquid, solid or gaseous material used for- plant growth or for the cultivation of propagules, including organic and inorganic materials such as soil, humus, perlite, vermiculite, sand, water, and including the nutrients, fertilizers or hormones or combinations thereof required by the plants or propagules for growth.

The term "botanical item" when used herein means a natural or artificial herbaceous or woody plant, taken singly or in combination. The term "botanical item" also means any portion or portions of natural or artificial herbaceous or woody plants including stems, leaves, flowers, blossoms, buds, blooms, cones, or roots, taken singly or in combination, or in groupings of such portions such as bouquet or floral grouping.

The term "propagule" when used herein means any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction including seeds, shoots, stems, runners, tubers, plants, leaves, roots or spores.

In accordance with the present invention, a bonding material may be disposed on a portion of the sheet of material 16 to assist in holding the sheet of material 16 to the pot 40 having the floral grouping. Further, the term "detaching element" as used generally herein, means any element or combination of elements, or features, such as, perforations, tear strips, zippers, and any other devices or elements of this nature known in the art, or any combination thereof, which enable the tearing away or detachment of one object from, another_ Therefore, while perforations are shown and described in detail herein, it will be understood that tear strips, zippers, or any other "detaching elements" known in the art, or any combination thereof, could be substituted therefore and/or used therewith. Other examples of perforation patterns which may be used herein are shown in Figures 26-31 in U.S. Patent No.
5,493,809.

In one embodiment, the lower portion 20a-d of each segment 18a-d of the sheet of material 16 further comprises a skirt portion 50 (Figs. 3 and 4) which extends above the pot 40 after the upper portions 24 a-d of the segments 18a-d are detached.
It will therefore be seen from the above that the present invention provides a very quick and easy flower pot cover/wrap system that can be used with inexpensive sheets of materials for decoration. The sheet of material can be printed with various designs, or be a solid color, and can even be transparent if such an effect is desired. As noted above, through the use of an outer floral sleeve, installation of the sheet of material 16 will be very quick, taking only a few seconds for complete covering of the pot 40 without forming joint seals.
The sheet of material 16 may be formed about the pot 40 by a user's hands, or by using a forming apparatus as shown in U.S. 5,402,601 cited above. For example, a sheet of material 16 may be positioned generally above a-female mold having a mold opening in a position wherein the central base portion 22 of the sheet of material 16 is positioned generally over the female mold opening and the segments 18a-d each extend outwardly therefrom. A male mold is connected to a cylinder rod of a hydraulic cylinder. The male mold is shaped to be matingly disposed in the female mold.

In operation, the hydraulic cylinder is actuated to moved the male die in the downward direction to a position wherein the lower end of the male die engages the central base portion 22 of the sheet of material 16. The male die further is moved in the downward direction pushing the central base portion 22 and the segments 18a-d connected thereto into the female mold. As the sheet of material 16 is pushed into the female mold the segments are formed in an upward direction extending generally upwardly from the central base portion 22. As mentioned before, the segments 18a-d are shaped so that when the segments have been moved in the upward direction and the male mold is matingly disposed in the female mold, a portion of a side of each of the segments 18a-d overlaps an,adjacent portion of a side of the adjacent segment 18a-d. The sides of each of the segrnents 18a-d are connected to form the decorative cover as shown above. The overlapping sides 28a-d and 30b-a, respectively, may be sealingly connected by heat sealing (without a bonding material) when the cover is formed from a heat sealable material such as polypropylene for example. In other instances, it may be necessary as shown above to connect the overlapping sides by adhesively or cohesively connecting the overlapping portion of the sides of each of the segments 18a-d.

Shown in Figure 4 is an alternate type of seal, a fin joint seal 46a-d which may be formed rather that the flat joint seal 44a-d, either manually, or using an apparatus such as a pair of dies in a manner known to those of ordinary skill in the art, for example as shown in U.S. Patent 5, 523, 046, : _ Changes may be made in the construction and the operation of the various components, elements and assemblies described herein or in the steps or the sequence of steps of the methods described herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention .as defined in the following claims.

Claims (83)

1. A segmented sheet for use as a flower pot wrapper, the sheet comprising:
at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end, and the segments sized such that when the segmented sheet is placed about a pot having a bottom end, the bottom end of the pot rests against the central base portion of the segmented sheet and the segments can be formed upwardly adjacent the pot and the first side of each segment can engage the second side of an adjacent segment such that the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments of the segmented sheet, and the upper portions of the segments extend a distance upwardly above the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon a portion thereof for bondingly sealing adjacent first and second sides of the segments of the segmented sheet.
2. A segmented sheet for use as a flower pot wrapper, the sheet comprising:
at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end, and the segments sized such that when the segmented sheet is placed about a pot having a bottom end, the bottom end of the pot rests against the central base portion of the segmented sheet and the segments can be formed upwardly adjacent the pot and the first side of each segment can engage the second side of an adjacent segment such that the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments of the segmented sheet, and the upper portions of the segments extend a distance upwardly above the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon an end portion of at least one of the segments for bondingly connecting upper ends of the segments after the segmented sheet is wrapped about the pot.
3. The segmented sheet of claim 1 or 2, wherein the detaching element comprises a line of perforations.
4. The segmented sheet of claim 1 or 2, wherein the line of perforations is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, or otherwise non-linear, or straight.
5. The segmented sheet of claim 1 or 2, where the number of segments is two to six.
6. The segmented sheet of claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of segments is four.
7. A method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot wherein the first side of each segment overlaps and engages the second side of an adjacent segment and wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and are detachable from the lower portions and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapped portion of each first side and second side of the adjacent segments, and wherein the seal is formed by joining each first side and second side of the adjacent segments via a bonding material disposed upon portions of the adjacent segments.
8. A method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot wherein the first side of each segment overlaps and engages the second side of an adjacent segment and wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and are detachable from the lower portions and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapped portion of each first side and second side of the adjacent segments, and wherein the seal between the adjacent segments is formed by heat sealing.
9. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the seal is a flat overlapping seal.
10. A method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot wherein the first side of each segment overlaps and engages the second side of an adjacent segment and wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and are detachable from the lower portions and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapped portion of each first side and second side of the adjacent segments, and wherein the seal is a fin seal.
11. The method of any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the detaching element comprises a line of perforations.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the line of perforations is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, or otherwise non-linear, or straight.
13. The method of any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the segmented sheet comprises two to six segments.
14. The method of any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the segmented sheet comprises four segments.
15. The method of any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the segments of the segmented sheet are manually formed about the pot.
16. The method of any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the segments of the segmented sheet are automatically formed about the pot.
17. A cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of the first side of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the second side of an adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and wherein the first and second sides of the adjacent segments are joined by a bonding material disposed on a portion of the segmented sheet.
18. A cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of the first side of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the second side of an adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and wherein the seal between the adjacent segments is formed by heat sealing.
19. The cover of claim 17 or 18, wherein the seal is a flat overlapping seal.
20. A cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of the first side of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the second side of an adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and wherein the seal is a fin seal.
21. The cover of any one of claims 17 to 20, wherein the detaching element comprises a line of perforations.
22. The cover of claim 21, wherein the line of perforations is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, or otherwise non-linear, or straight.
23. The cover of any one of claims 17 to 22, wherein the segmented sheet comprises two to six segments.
24. The cover of any one of claims 17 to 22, wherein the segmented sheet comprises four segments.
25. The cover of any one of claims 17 to 22, wherein the segments of the segmented sheet are manually formed about the pot.
26. The cover of any one of claims 17 to 22, wherein the segments of the segmented sheet are automatically formed about the pot.
27. The cover of any one of claims 17 to 22, wherein the cover formed from the joined portions further comprises a skirt portion.
28. The cover of any one of claims 17 to 22, wherein the seal is formed only in portions of the lower portions of the adjacent segments.
29. A segmented sheet for use as a flower pot wrapper, the sheet comprising:
at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end, and the segments sized such that when the segmented sheet is placed about a pot having a bottom end, the bottom end of the pot rests against the central base portion of the segmented sheet and the segments can be formed upwardly adjacent the pot wherein overlapping portions of adjacent segments can engage each other such that the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments of the segmented sheet, and the upper portions of the segments extend a distance upwardly above the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon a portion thereof for bondingly sealing overlapping portions of the segments.
30. A segmented sheet for use as a flower pot wrapper, the sheet comprising:
at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end, and the segments sized such that when the segmented sheet is placed about a pot having a bottom end, the bottom end of the pot rests against the central base portion of the segmented sheet and the segments can be formed upwardly adjacent the pot wherein overlapping portions of adjacent segments can engage each other such that the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments of the segmented sheet, and the upper portions of the segments extend a distance upwardly above the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon an end portion of at least one of the segments for bondingly connecting upper ends of the segments after the segmented sheet is wrapped about the pot.
31. The segmented sheet of claim 29 or 30, wherein the detaching element comprises a line of perforations.
32. The segmented sheet of claim 31, wherein the line of perforations is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, or otherwise non-linear, or straight.
33. The segmented sheet of any one of claims 29 to 32, where the number of segments is two to six.
34. The segmented sheet of any one of claims 29 to 32, wherein the number of segments is four.
35. A method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot and forming engaged overlapping portions of adjacent segments wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions of the segments extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein the seal is formed by joining overlapping portions of adjacent segments via a bonding material disposed upon portions of the adjacent segments.
36. A method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot and forming engaged overlapping portions of adjacent segments wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions of the segments extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapping portion of each adjacent segment, and wherein the seal between the adjacent segments is formed by heat sealing.
37. The method of claim 35, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapping portion of each adjacent segment.
38. The method of claim 37, wherein the seal is a flat overlapping seal.
39. A method of wrapping a flower pot comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion-via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about the pot and forming engaged overlapping portions of adjacent segments wherein the pot is entirely covered by the lower portions of the segments and wherein the upper portions of the segments extend a distance above the upper end of the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed in each overlapping portion of each adjacent segment, and wherein the seal is a fin seal.
40. The method of any one of claims 35 to 39, wherein the detaching element comprises a line of perforations.
41. The method of claim 40, wherein the line of perforations is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, or otherwise non-linear, or straight.
42. The method of any one of claims 35 to 39, wherein the segmented sheet comprises two to six segments.
43. The method of any one of claims 35 to 39, wherein the segmented sheet comprises four segments.
44. The method of any one of claims 35 to 39, wherein the segments of the segmented sheet are manually formed about the pot.
45. The method of claim 37, wherein the segments of the segmented sheet are automatically formed about the pot.
46. A cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein the portions of the adjacent segments are joined by a bonding material disposed on a portion of the segmented sheet.
47. A cover formed by a method comprising:

providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein the seal between the adjacent segments is formed by heat sealing.
48. The cover of claim 46 or 47, wherein the seal is a flat overlapping seal.
49. A cover formed by a method comprising:
providing a segmented sheet having at least two segments having a common central base portion, each segment extending away from the central base portion and having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion removable from the lower portion via a detaching element positioned between the lower portion and the upper portion, each segment having a first side, a second side and an outer end; and forming the segments of the segmented sheet about a mold wherein a portion of each segment overlaps and joins a portion of the adjacent segment to form a seal between the adjacent segments and wherein the joined portions of the segments form a cover sized to contain a pot and wherein the upper portions of the segments form a detachable sleeve sized to substantially enclose a plant disposed within the pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein the seal is a fin seal.
50. The cover of any one of claims 46 to 48, wherein the detaching element comprises a line of perforations.
51. The cover of claim 50, wherein the line of perforations is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, or otherwise non-linear, or straight.
52. The cover of any one of claims 46 to 51, wherein the segmented sheet comprises two to six segments.
53. The cover of any one of claims 46 to 51, wherein the segmented sheet comprises four segments.
54. The cover of any one of claims 46 to 51, wherein the segments of the segmented sheet are manually formed about the pot.
55. The cover of any one of claims 46 to 51, wherein the segments of the segmented sheet are automatically formed about the pot.
56. The cover of any one of claims 46 to 55, wherein the cover formed from the joined portions further comprises a skirt portion.
57. The cover of any one of claims 46 to 55, wherein the seal is formed only in portions of the lower portions of the adjacent segments.
58. A wrapper for a flower pot, the wrapper comprising:
a sheet of material having a central base portion and at least two segments extending away from the central base portion, each of the at least two segments having a lower portion, an upper portion, a first side, a second side, an upper end, and a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, for detaching the upper portion from the lower portion, the central base portion being substantially sized and shaped so as to conform to a bottom end of a flower pot and the at least two segments being sized and shaped such that as the bottom end of the flower pot is disposed adjacent the central base portion of the sheet of material and the at least two segments are formed upwardly so as to be disposed substantially adjacent a sidewall of the flower pot the at least two segments overlap and engage to form at least one overlapping portion such that at least a portion of the flower pot is covered by the lower portions of the at least two segments, and the upper portions of the at least two segments extend a distance upwardly above the flower pot and thereby form a wrapper for the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon a portion of the at least two segments for bondingly sealing the at least one overlapping portions.
59. A wrapper for a flower pot, the wrapper comprising:
a sheet of material having a central base portion and at least two segments extending away from the central base portion, each of the at least two segments having a lower portion, an upper portion, a first side, a second side, an upper end, and a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, for detaching the upper portion from the lower portion, the central base portion being substantially sized and shaped so as to conform to a bottom end of a flower pot and the at least two segments being sized and shaped such that as the bottom end of the flower pot is disposed adjacent the central base portion of the sheet of material and the at least two segments are formed upwardly so as to be disposed substantially adjacent a sidewall of the flower pot the at least two segments overlap and engage to form at least one overlapping portion such that at least a portion of the flower pot is covered-by the lower portions of the at least two segments, and the upper portions of the at least two segments extend a distance upwardly above the flower pot and thereby form a wrapper for the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon the upper end of the at least two segments for bondingly connecting the upper end of the at least two segments.
60. The wrapper of claim 58 or 59, wherein the detaching element is a line of perforations.
61. The wrapper of claim 60, wherein the line of perforations is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, otherwise non-linear, straight, or combinations thereof.
62. The wrapper of any one of claims 58 to 61, having four segments.
63. A method of wrapping a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
providing a sheet of material having a central base portion and at least two segments extending away from the central base portion, each segment having a first side, a second side, an upper end, an upper portion, a lower portion, and a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion via the detaching element;
and forming the at least two segments of the sheet of material about a flower pot such that each of the at least two segments overlap forming at least one overlapping portion and the flower pot is covered by the lower portion of the at least two segments and the upper portion of the at least two segments extends a distance above an upper end of the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed between the at least one overlapping portion, and wherein the seal is formed by joining the at least one overlapping portion via a bonding material disposed on at least a portion of the at least two segments.
64. A method of wrapping a flower pot, comprising the steps of:
providing a sheet of material having a central base portion and at least two segments extending away from the central base portion, each segment having a first side, a second side, an upper end, an upper portion, a lower portion, and a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion via the detaching element;
and forming the at least two segments of the sheet of material about a flower pot such that each of the at least two segments overlap forming at least one overlapping portion and the flower pot is covered by the lower portion of the at least two segments and the upper portion of the at least two segments extends a distance above an upper end of the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed between the at least one overlapping portion, and wherein the seal is formed by heat sealing.
65. The method of-claims 63.or 64, wherein the detaching element is a line of perforations.
66. The method of claim 65, wherein the line of perforations is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, otherwise non-linear, straight, or combinations thereof.
67. The method of any one of claims 63 to 66, having three segments.
68. The method of any one of claims 63 to 66, having four segments.
69. The method of any one of claims 63 to 68, wherein the sheet of material is manually formed about the flower pot.
70. The method of any one of claims 63 to 68, wherein the sheet of material is automatically formed about the flower pot.
71. A wrapper for a flower pot, the wrapper comprising:
a sheet of material having at least two segments, each of the at least two segments having a lower portion, an upper portion, a first side, a second side, and an upper end, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion, the at least two segments being sized and shaped such that the at least two segments are formable upwardly so as to be disposed about at least a portion of a sidewall of the flower pot and thereby form a wrapper for the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon a portion of the at least two segments for bondingly sealing the at least one overlapping portion formed by the at least two segments overlapping.
72. A wrapper for a flower pot, the wrapper comprising:

a sheet of material having at least two segments, each of the at least two segments having a lower portion, an upper portion, a first side, a second side, and an upper end, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion, the at least two segments being sized and shaped such that the at least two segments are formable upwardly so as to be disposed about at least a portion of a sidewall of the flower pot and thereby form a wrapper for the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, and further comprising a bonding material disposed upon the upper end of the at least two segments for bondingly connecting the upper end of the at least two segments.
73. The wrapper of claim 71 or 72, further including a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion for detaching the upper portion from the lower portion.
74. The wrapper of claim 73, wherein the detaching element is a line of perforations which is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, otherwise non-linear, straight or combinations thereof.
75. The wrapper of any one of claims 71 to 74, having four segments.
76. A method of wrapping a flower pot, comprising the steps of:

providing a sheet of material having at least two segments, each segment having a first side, a second side, an upper end, an upper portion, and a lower portion, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion; and forming the at least two segments of the sheet of material about a flower pot to provide a wrapper for the flower pot such that the wrapper covers at least a portion of the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed between an at least one overlapping portion formed by the at least two segments overlapping, and wherein the seal is formed by joining the at least one overlapping portion via a bonding material disposed on at least a portion of the at least two segments.
77. A method of wrapping a flower pot, comprising the steps of:

providing a sheet of material having at least two segments, each segment having a first side, a second side, an upper end, an upper portion, and a lower portion, the upper portion being removable from the lower portion; and forming the at least two segments of the sheet of material about a flower pot to provide a wrapper for the flower pot such that the wrapper covers at least a portion of the flower pot and wherein a portion of the upper portions extend around a substantial portion of a floral grouping, wherein a seal is formed between an at least one overlapping portion formed by the at least two segments overlapping, and wherein the seal is formed by heat sealing.
78. The method of claim 76 or 77, further including a detaching element disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion for detaching the upper portion from the lower portion.
79. The method of claim 78, wherein the detaching element is a line of perforations which is arcuate, wavy, irregular, sinusoidal, toothed, zig-zagged, otherwise non-linear, straight or combinations thereof.
80. The method of any one of claims 76 to 78, having three segments.
81. The method of any one of claims 76 to 78, having four segments.
82. The method of any one of claims 76 to 81, wherein the sheet of material is manually formed about the flower pot.
83. The method of any one of claims 76 to 81, wherein the sheet of material is automatically formed about the flower pot.
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