Patent ID: 6161332
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: A47G,B65D

Abstract:
A protective container for a potlike or boxlike container capable of receiving plants, flowers, bulbs, fruits and the like and provided with a substantially closed tubular wall ending in a free upper edge having an outwardly extending flange and with a lower wall having openings, wherein the protective container is provided with a substantially closed circumferential wall ending in a free circumferential edge and a bottom wall without openings and is manufactured from a resilient plastics material, wherein locking means are provided capable of coupling the protective container and the container relative to each other, characterized in that at the free circumferential edge, an outwardly extending collar edge is provided which can be brought into abutting contact with the flange of the container, and the locking means comprise an annular element manufactured from a resilient material and comprising an annular wall which can be slid connectingly around at least the area of the circumferential wall adjacent the free circumferential edge, wherein at least two circumferentially extending slots are provided in the annular wall, each slot serving to receive a part of both the collar edge and the flange lying thereon.