Patent ID: 6463717
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A01G,A41G,A47G,B32B,B44C,B44F,B65B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for providing a decorative cover having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth wherein the decorative cover extends about at least a portion of a flower pot, the method comprising the steps of:providing a sleeve formed of an expanded core polymeric film having at least one surface thereof modified to provide the sleeve formed therefrom with a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth, the sleeve having an upper end, a closed lower end, an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface and an inner retaining space; providing the flower pot having an upper end and an outer peripheral surface; and disposing the flower pot in the inner retaining space of the sleeve whereby the sleeve substantially surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot and provides the decorative cover having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of cloth for the flower pot.