Patent ID: 6745514
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A container for shipping and/or display of flora comprising:a. a holding unit having circumferential holding unit sides extending about a holding unit top opening from which flora may protrude; b. an outer sleeve, separate from the holding unit, including outer sleeve sidewalls having an outer sleeve interior passage extending between an outer sleeve bottom and an outer sleeve top, wherein the outer sleeve sidewalls are readily separated into: (1) a lower sidewall portion wherein the entirety of the holding unit may be fit, and (2) an upper sidewall portion extending above the lower sidewall portion, and further wherein: (1) the outer sleeve interior passage is sized to closely and complementarily receive the holding unit sides therein in the lower sidewall portion, (2) the outer sleeve sidewalls include engaging tabs defined thereon on the lower sidewall portion, the engaging tabs being foldable into the outer sleeve interior passage to alternatively: i. support the holding unit within the interior passage in the lower sidewall portion below the engaging tabs, and between the engaging tabs and the outer sleeve bottom, and ii. support the holding unit in the lower sidewall portion above the engaging tabs to extend upwardly from the lower sidewall portion.