Patent ID: 6131735
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A packaging arrangement for a plant having a root extending into a growing medium and a stalk projecting out of the growing medium, the packaging arrangement comprising:a pot adapted to contain the growing medium, the pot having a frustoconical portion, an end portion substantially occluding the smaller end of the frustoconical portion, and a lip portion projecting outwardly from a larger end of the frustoconical portion;an impermeable barrier adapted to retain the growing medium in the pot, the barrier includes a flexible and substantially inelastic sheet defining an aperture configured to correspond to the larger end of the frustoconical portion; andan annular elastic member adapted to gather a peripheral portion of the sheet around the stalk, the elastic member defining a constricted portion of the barrier between the aperture and the peripheral portion.