Patent ID: 7958702

Claim:
A method of using a floral easel, comprising the steps of: providing a floral easel for holding a floral object, the floral easel comprising: at least three legs intersected with one another to define a vertex, each of the at least three legs moveable with respect to one another about the vertex 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, in the collapsed position at least a portion of each of the at least three legs disposed substantially adjacent one another, in the opened position at least a portion of each of the at least three legs spaced a distance from each other, and wherein at least two of the at least three legs have a first side and a second side, the second side of the at least two of the at least three legs capable of engaging a substrate; a bracing assembly capable of holding the at least three legs in the opened position; a retaining member capable of holding the at least three legs in the collapsed position, the retaining member attached to the bracing assembly; and a floral object support member capable of holding the floral object on the floral easel, the floral object support member connected to a portion of one of the at least three legs so as to be disposed a distance from the substrate; disengaging the retaining member from engagement with the at least three legs; erecting the floral easel to the opened position whereby the second side of the at least two of the at least three legs engage the substrate; attaching the floral object to the floral object support member; and displaying the floral object on the floral easel.