Patent ID: 6226853
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A01G,A01M,A47G,B29C,B31B,B31F,B65B,B65D,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming a decorative cover comprising:providing a flat sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer peripheral edge and having an adhesive or cohesive pot connecting bonding material disposed upon a portion of the flat sheet of material;providing a drawstring or ribbon;providing a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface and an opening extending through the upper end providing access to a retaining space; andforming the flat sheet of material about the flower pot to a position wherein the portions of the sheet of material are bondingly connected directly to portions of the flower pot via the connecting bonding material to form a decorative cover about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface of the flower pot, and forming a crimped portion in the sheet of material after the sheet of material has been placed about the flower pot and wherein the step of forming the crimped portion is defined further as drawing the drawstring or forming the ribbon about the sheet of material to crimp a portion of the sheet of material and wherein the flat sheet of material is not formed into a decorative cover until after the flat sheet is placed about the flower pot.