Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Bow – pompom or rosette
Patent
1994-04-07
1997-11-04
Ryan, Patrick
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Bow, pompom or rosette
428 23, 428 24, 47 4112, 47 4113, 47 4114, 211 131, B32B 900
Patent
active
056837623
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The specification and claims of that application are expressly incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates generally to decorative containers, display or presentation racks, stands or bases therefore, and a shipping system. The decorative containers are preferably used as table centerpieces, and more particularly as a part of or an entire centerpiece assembly which simulates a bouquet arrangement of cut flowers. The bouquet effect of the preferred embodiment is achieved by providing a plurality of floral-like elements whose stem is formed by a tubular wand or stem filled with pellets of edible candy and crowned with a flower-like pom-pom.
2. Status of Prior Art
On festive occasions, such as an engagement, wedding, Bar Mitzvah, confirmation or birthday party, it is often the practice to adorn each table where the guests gather with a centerpiece in the form of a vase or bowl containing a bouquet of cut flowers. Such centerpieces are usually distributed to the quests as a memento of this occasion. The flowers are normally distributed to only a single guest because of inherent transport limitations, e.g., that cut flowers require a vase with water. Distribution is further limited in that there is but one centerpiece typically provided per table, and also because the beauty of flowers is enhanced by their arrangement into a bouquet. Thus, if a host desires that each guest receive a party favor, a separate gift must be provided.
When the festive occasion is a birthday party for a child and many other guests are children, the tables are usually laden with candy. At the conclusion of the party, each person in attendance is given a small bag of candy as a parting gift, especially since children typically attach little value to flowers. Thus, in this case, flowers are inappropriate as a party favor, although they might still be provided as a centerpiece.
To entertain young guests at a child's party or on other festive occasions, a host may engage for this purpose a professional magician who performs feats of magic, such as card tricks, illusions, and making a live rabbit disappear from sight. A particular tool of magicians is a wand, which the magician waves to invoke "mysterious" forces while executing the magical feat. Wands have been associated with the supernatural since time immemorial, and their shape evokes particular meaning. Thus fairies, good or bad, are often shown carrying wands, and even the magic flute, whose sounds are reputed to have magical powers, is a wand-like instrument. Therefore, the wand-like shape, when also serving as a hollow elongated member to form a container or receptacle, serves the dual purpose of holding items which may be removed, as well as evoking a certain aesthetic and magical mystique.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention thus takes into account not only the decorative function of a floral centerpiece for festive occasion, but also the role of candy and wands on such occasions.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,491,926 to Rosenwald discloses a support for a bunch of cut a flowers in the form of a vase having installed therein, one above the other, two grids adapted to receive the stems of the cut flowers so as to hold these flowers at different angles.
The flower arranging vase shown in the U.S. Pat. No. 4,461,118 to Ferting serves a similar purpose. A vase is provided with a perforated wall, the performations being provided so that the stems of the flowers inserted in these apertures extend outwardly from the side of the vase, while the stems of the flowers received in the mouth of the vase stand more or less upright.
U.S. Pat. No. 877,145 to Waddell discloses a cut flower holder having a weighted base above which are supported at different levels two apertured plates to receive the stems of the cut flowers.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,468,743 to Porter shows a candy package in the form of a plant growing in a flower pot. The bulk of the candies are contained in the pot, the others being supported above the pot to represent blosso
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Bahta Abraham
Ryan Patrick
Stein Mitchell A.
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