Patent ID: 6098336
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A01G,B31B,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A plant flat-collapsible-container comprising:a first panel made of thin, heat-sealable film;a second panel made of thin, heat-sealable film, said second panel adjacent to said first panel;a first longitudinally-extending seam and a second longitudinally-extending seam, said first and second panels joined together along said first and second longitudinally-extending seams, said first and second longitudinally-extending seams forming longitudinally-extending sides of the container;a first panel transversely-extending long edge forming an edge of said first panel;said first panel transversely-extending long edge freely separable from said second panel to form a large opening into an interior of the container;a short transversely-extending side defined by said container, said short transversely-extending side opposite said first panel transversely-extending long edge,a first portion of said container is separable from a second portion of said container along a longitudinally extending tear line, and whereina separation is formed between said first and second container portions when said first and second portions are separated along said tear line, and whereinsaid separation facilitates removal of a plant from said container, and whereinsaid first longitudinally-extending seam forms a first angle between 55.degree. and 65.degree. with a transverse axis of the container; andsaid second longitudinally-extending seam forms a second angle with the transverse axis of the container, said second angle being between 85.degree. and 90.degree., and wherein said first and second angles are interior angles on the same side of the transverse axis.