Patent ID: 6374540
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A47G,B65D

Abstract:
A method of forming a covering for a flower pot having a bottom, the method comprising:providing an inner sleeve having an opening sized to receive at least the lower end of the flower pot and configured to cover at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot, the inner sleeve having a closed bottom portion adapted to cover the bottom of the flower pot when the flower pot is disposed in the inner sleeve; providing an outer sleeve having an opening sized to receive the inner sleeve; placing a sheet of material having a base and at least two spaced apart segments between the closed bottom portion of the inner sleeve and the opening of the outer sleeve, a notch being formed between each pair of adjacent segments when the sheet of material is in an unfolded condition, each segment having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first side and a second side, the first end of each segment being connected to the base; and pressing the inner sleeve into the opening of the outer sleeve so that the sheet of material is disposed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve with the segments of the sheet of material urged upwardly such that a portion of the segments extends from the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve and the portion of the sheet of material extending upwardly from the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve are adapted to receive and cover the flower pot.