Patent ID: 6568153
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A01G,B65B

Abstract:
A cover forming apparatus for forming and securing a sheet ofmaterial about a flower pot having an outer peripheral surface, comprising: a former having a bowl shaped configuration with an open upper end, a lower end, a sidewall extending from the open upper end to the lower end, a pot opening, and a pair of oppositely disposed slots, the sidewall having an outer surface and an inner surface with the outer surface having an upper inwardly tapered portion, the pot opening sized to receive at least a portion of the flower pot together with the sheet of material such that upon disposing the flower pot into the pot opening with the sheet of material positioned between the upper end of the former and the flower pot the sheet of material is formed about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot, the lower end of the former adapted to receive at least one stretch loop so that the stretch loop is disposable on the upper inwardly tapered portion of the outer surface of the former by an operator such that the stretch loop slides off the upper end of the former into engagement with the sheet of material thereby securing the sheet of material about the flower pot upon the stretch loop being released by the operator, the pair of oppositely disposed slots extending through the sidewall and extending from near the lower end of the former toward the upper end so as to intersect the upper inwardly tapered portion of the outer surface of the former to facilitate moving the stretch loop to the upper inwardly tapered surface by the operator by providing a space sized to accommodate a finger of the operator.