Patent ID: 8033051

Claim:
A method of wrapping a flower pot, the method comprising the steps of: providing a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface; providing a decorative wrapper comprising: a sheet of material having a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first surface and a second surface; and a first extension constructed of a second sheet of material and having a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, and the first extension having a decorative pattern or decorative effect, and wherein the first extension comprises a facing portion which is superposed upon the first surface of the sheet of material; a second extension which at least partially overlaps the first extension and is sealed to at least one of the sheet of material and the first extension and wherein the second extension has a first edge which forms an additional upper peripheral edge in a skirt of the decorative wrapper; and, wherein the first extension is attached via a seal to the first surface of the sheet of material along only a portion of the facing portion of the first extension whereby a majority of the facing portion of the first extension is left unattached to the first surface of the sheet of material and wherein the first edge of the first extension is completely unattached to the sheet of material and the first edge of the sheet of material is unattached to the first extension, and wherein the first edge of the first extension extends beyond the first edge of the sheet of material; and wrapping the decorative wrapper about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot such that the lower end of the flower pot is covered by the sheet of material, and the lower end of the flower pot is substantially uncovered by the first and second extensions, thereby forming a decorative cover for the flower pot wherein the first and second extensions extend separately from the sheet of material such that the decorative cover comprises a skirt having a first upper peripheral edge formed of the first edge of the sheet of material, a second upper peripheral edge formed of the second edge of the sheet of material, a third upper peripheral edge formed of the first edge of the first extension and a fourth upper peripheral edge formed of the first edge of the second extension, thereby providing the decorative cover with an appearance of being constructed of three unconnected sheets of material that are wrapped about the lower end of the flower pot.