Special receptacle or package – For a plant – flower – or tree
Patent
1997-12-05
1999-04-27
Sewell, Paul T.
Special receptacle or package
For a plant, flower, or tree
229 8701, 47 30, 47 666, B65D 8550
Patent
active
058969888
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a flower holder.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
A holder of this kind is known from NL-A-8802054. It should be understood that where reference is made in this description to bottom opening or other parts with bottom or top, a state of the holder in which the flowers of a bouquet are situated at the top side and the stalks are situated at the inderside is intended. A bunch of flowers can, of course, also be positioned inversely.
Such a holder is used to receive a bunch of flowers. On the underside an opening remains free in order to be able to place the stalks of the flowers in a bucket or the like in order to provide supply of water.
Although packaging of this kind is quite adequate it has the disadvantage that the position of the bunch of flowers with regard to the holder is not fixed so that it is quite possible that the flowers will leave the holder in an uncontrolled way.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention aims to remove this drawback. This object is achieved in the case of a holder as described above by means of the characterizing features of claim 1.
As a result, the arrangement of a bouquet is preserved and damage to the plants is prevented. Moreover, due to the presence of a tying cord, the bouquet can easily be secured.
The above-described circumferentical reinforcement may be present not only on the underside but also on the top side. Moreover, further circumferential reinforcements may be present.
Although the sleeve may have all forms known in the prior art, it is preferably designed as a truncated cone.
The sleeve may be made from all materials known in the prior art. In a preferred embodiment, the structure comprises strip parts which extend perpendicularly to the above-described circumferential reinforcement.
These strip parts, as well as the rest of the sleeve, can be made from reed-like material.
It is, however, also quite possible to construct the sleeve in a different manner. Thus it can consist of a lattice, such as gauze. With a construction of this kind, at least part of what is situated inside the sleeve remains visible, which can be attractive for certain applications.
The above-described holder can also be used in combination with pot plants. If the underside of the pots is, provided with openings, it is often undesirable for moisture to escape to the outside through these openings. In such a case, it is proposed to arrange a sheet of plastic material or other liquid-tight material in the vicinity of the opening of the holder, and such a sheet provides a liquid-tight seal at the bottom when the pot plant is placed through the opening.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be illustrated in more detail below with reference to an exemplary embodiment depicted in the drawing, in which:
FIG. 1 shows a perspective and cut-away view of the holder according to the invention;
FIG. 2 shows the holder according to the invention with a number of flowers arranged therein; and
FIG. 3 shows the holder according to the invention in combination with a pot plant.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The sleeve according to the invention is indicated in its entirety by 1 in FIGS. 1 and 2. This sleeve consists of a number of reinforcement ribs 6-8 which extend along the circumference of the sleeve 1. In this case, reinforcement rib 6 is situated in the vicinity of the bottom opening 4, reinforcement rib 7 in the vicinity of the top opening and reinforcement rib 8 between them. These reinforcement ribs are supported by strip parts 9. Tying cords 2 are fastened to the bottom reinforcement ribs 6.
All the said components can be made from a reed-like material. Conventional joining techniques, such as sewing, can be used to hold the various parts together.
Instead of the relatively fine structure shown here, it is also possible to use a coarse structure.
In FIG. 2, the use of the sleeve according to the invention in combination with a bunch of flowers 5 is shown. It can be seen from this that stalks of the bunc
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