Patent ID: 6581328
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A47G,Y10T

Abstract:
A vase assembly for housing and displaying floral and plant arrangements, said vase assembly comprising:a) an outer containing structure having a base member, transparent outer side walls extending upwardly from said base member, and non-transparent outer end walls extending upwardly from said base member, and, made of an end wall material which is dissimilar to a side wall material from which the side walls are made, said side walls, said end walls, and said base being connected to one another and forming a first outer chamber with a first top access opening; b) said assembly having a lateral axis extending horizontally between said end walls, a transverse axis extending between said side walls, and a vertical axis; c) an insert which is removably positioned in said first chamber and which is comprised of an integral, watertight, and transparent plastic material having inner side walls, inner end walls, and a bottom wall, and which form a second inner chamber with a second top access opening; d) each of said first and second chambers having vertical and lateral dimensions substantially greater the transverse dimension; e) said inner side walls having lateral and vertical dimensions only moderately smaller than corresponding lateral and vertical dimensions of said outer side walls, so that said second chamber has an overall configuration and dimension, relative to a view looking toward one of the outer side walls, similar to the first chamber, f) said vase assembly being characterized in that with said insert being positioned in said outer containing structure, said inner end walls are closely adjacent to said outer end walls, said inner side walls are closely adjacent to said outer side walls, and upper perimeter portions of said insert and said outer containing structures are at approximately the same height, so that vase assembly has an overall appearance of an unitary structure having two single transparent side walls and two single end walls of a material different from the side walls; g) whereby, with the insert being positioned in the first chamber, upper end portions of the inner side walls are adjacent to upper end portion of the outer side walls for easy removal and replacing of the insert, and with floral arrangements being positioned in the second chamber, there is the appearance of the flowers being positioned in a chamber having a containing area having width and height commensurate with a containing area of the first chamber.