Patent ID: 8381440

Claim:
A method for covering a flower pot, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plant and soil; planting the plant in the soil within the flower pot; providing a pair of cover elements that are removably interlockable to together form a pot cover body, the pot cover body comprising: a plurality of annular cover elements that are concentrically arranged on a horizontal plane to together provide a top surface, an opposed bottom surface, an inner perimeter edge, and an outer perimeter edge, with the inner perimeter edge having an inner diameter and the outer perimeter edge having an outer diameter; a plurality of elongate ventilation slots disposed radially through each of the plurality of annular cover elements; a plurality of concentric spaces formed between each of the plurality of annular cover elements; a plurality of radially extending connector strips that interconnect the plurality of annular cover elements to hold the plurality of annular cover elements in the horizontal plane; a plurality of legs that extend downwardly from each of the connector strips for supporting the pot cover body over the soil; and each of the plurality of annular cover elements having a locking tab extending outwardly and downwardly from one end and a locking slot at the other end, the locking slot being formed between two of the plurality of legs and beneath one of the plurality of annular cover elements; cutting the radially extending connector strips between two of the annular cover elements to remove at least one of the annular cover elements for the purposes of selectively increasing the inner diameter and/or reducing the outer diameter of the pot cover body, to adjust the pot cover to accommodate different sized plants and different sizes of flower pots; positioning the pair of cover elements on either side of the plant so that the plant extends through the inner perimeter edge of the pot cover, and such that the pot cover fits within the flower pot and covers substantially all of the soil, and such that the pair of cover elements are not parallel; and inserting each of the locking tabs into one of the locking slots so that the pair of cover elements become engaged with one another; and pivoting the pair of cover elements so that they are in a planar configuration, thereby locking the locking tabs within the locking slots so that the pair of cover elements are locked together.