Patent ID: 8091324

Claim:
A method of shipping a floral easel, comprising the steps of: providing a floral easel for holding a floral object, the floral easel having a substantially erect condition and a substantially collapsed condition, the floral easel comprising: at least three legs, each of the at least three legs having a first end and a second end; a joining member having a plurality of openings for receiving the first ends of the at least three legs and being capable of supporting the at least three legs in a substantially erect condition and in a substantially collapsed condition, the joining member having at least three interior openings and at least three exterior openings, wherein in the substantially collapsed position the first ends of the at least three legs are placed into the at least three interior openings disposed substantially adjacent one another, and wherein in the substantially erect condition the first ends of the at least three legs are placed into the at least three exterior openings spaced a distance from each other; and whereby the at least three legs form a pyramidal configuration when the at least three legs are in the substantially erect condition with the second ends of each of the at least three legs capable of engaging a substrate; placing the at least three legs in the substantially collapsed condition; placing the floral easel into a shipping container; and shipping the container containing the floral easel to a predetermined location.