Patent ID: 6647695
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A method of forming a decorative cover about a flower pot, comprising:providing a support platform having a pot receiving opening formed therethrough and a plurality of forming members arranged radially around the pot receiving opening, the forming members being downwardly pivoting and upwardly biased; placing a sheet of material on the support platform such that the sheet of material is positioned over the pot receiving opening; placing the flower pot over the sheet of material and the pot receiving opening; moving the flower pot and the sheet of material into the pot receiving opening such that the forming members are caused to pivot downwardly and press the sheet of material against an outer peripheral surface of the flower pot so as to form a decorative cover about the flower pot; and removing the flower pot having the decorative cover formed thereabout from the pot receiving opening whereby the upwardly biased forming members cooperate in the removal of the flower pot having the decorative cover formed thereabout from the pot receiving opening.