Patent ID: 7426813

Claim:
A method of shipping a floral easel for holding a floral object comprising the steps of: providing a floral easel for holding a floral object, the floral easel comprising: at least three legs, each of the at least three legs having a first end and a second end, the first end of each of the at least three legs being associated with one another at an apex, whereby the at least three legs are moveable with respect to one another about the apex such that the at least three legs are moveable from a collapsed position to an opened position and from an opened position to a collapsed position and wherein each of the at least three legs are disposed substantially adjacent one another in the collapsed position and wherein each of the at least three legs are spaced a distance away from each other in the opened position whereby the at least three legs form an upright pyramidal configuration when the at least three legs are in the opened position with the second end of each of the at least three legs engaging a substrate; a splay assembly capable of holding the at least three legs in the opened position; a support member capable of holding the floral object adjacent the floral easel; and means for retaining the at least three legs in the collapsed condition; collapsing the at least three legs of the floral easel into the collapsed position; placing the floral easel into a shipping container; and shipping the container containing the floral easel to a predetermined location.