Patent ID: 8353128

Claim:
A decoratively covered item, comprising: an item comprising a lower end, an upper end and a sidewall; a decorative wrapper comprising: a sheet of material having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge and the second edge; and an extension constructed of a second sheet of material and having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge of the extension and the second edge of the extension, and the extension having a decorative pattern or decorative effect, and wherein the width of the extension is between about 2% and about 35% of the width of the sheet of material, and wherein the extension comprises a facing portion which is superposed upon the upper surface of the sheet of material; and wherein the extension is attached via a seal to the upper surface of the sheet of material along only a portion of the facing portion of the extension whereby a majority of the facing portion of the extension is left unattached to the upper surface of the sheet of material and wherein the first edge of the extension is completely unattached to the sheet of material, wherein the first edge of the extension is below or substantially flush with the first edge of the sheet of material, and wherein the first side of the extension is adjacent to the first side of the sheet of material and the second side of the extension is adjacent to the second side of the sheet of material, and wherein the first edge of the sheet of material is unattached to the extension whereby the extension extends separately from the sheet of material; and wherein the decorative wrapper is disposed about the item to form a decorative cover about the item, wherein the sheet of material of the decorative cover substantially surrounds and covers the lower end of the item, and wherein the lower end of the extension is disposed above the lower end of the item and does not cover the lower end of the item, and wherein the upper end of the item is substantially uncovered, the decorative cover having a skirt having a first upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the sheet of material and a separate second upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the extension such that the decorative cover has an appearance of being constructed of two separate, unattached sheets of material.