Special receptacle or package – For a plant – flower – or tree
Patent
1989-06-02
1991-08-13
Price, William I.
Special receptacle or package
For a plant, flower, or tree
47 72, 206813, B65D 8550, B65D 8552, A01G 902
Patent
active
050389335
ABSTRACT:
A wrapping material for providing a decorative covering for an item wherein the wrapping material has a width and at least a first end. The first end of the wrapping material is positioned on the outer peripheral surface of the item to be wrapped and the wrapping material is wrapped about the outer peripheral surface of the item while moving the wrapping material generally over the outer peripheral surface of the item until the wrapping material covers at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the item.
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Exhibit A. Curtis Wagner Co., Inc., Houston, TX, shows thick, stiff shiny red plastic pot cover with large scalloped border. (Photograph).
Exhibit B. Jacobson Pot Cover Company of Scranton, PA, advertising literature.
Exhibit C. Photograph of pot cover, manufacturer unknown, but very similar to #C21 on Exhibit B (Jacobson literature).
Exhibit D. Photocopy of photo of pot cover ("Platform Pot Dresser") made by John Raisen Corp., San Francisco, CA.
Exhibit E. Photograph of 2-part pot cover system made by Floral Decor, subsidiary of John Henry Co., Lansing MI.
Exhibit F. Photo of pot cover made by a Holland company (K.P.I.). Date of first public use believed to be late 1984.
Exhibit G. "The Glass of Frederick Carder", copyright 1971 by P. V. Gardner, showing various styles of glass basket-like vases or containers.
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 for sale.
Exhibit J. Item published in 1936 by Gellman Bros., Minneapolis, MN. Shows an assortment of paper hats.
Exhibit K. Photo of various other flower pot wrappings, sold in rolls or sheets and used in the floral industry for years.
Exhibit L. Photo of pot cover made of woven straw-like material.
Exhibit M. Photo of basket-type pot cover used in the floral industry.
Exhibit N. "Speed Cover.RTM." brochure, published in 1984 by Applicants, showing various pot covers for sale.
It is also known to shape a sheet of shape-sustaining wrapping material, such as foil, to a pot using a board with a central hole, the diameter being greater than the diameter of the pot, by pushing the pot through the hole pulling the wrapping through the hole so that the wrapping is gathered around the pot.
Highland Supply Corporation
Price William I.
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