Patent ID: 8056283

Claim:
A method for forming a flower pot cover, comprising: positioning a sheet of material between a female die and a male die, the female die having an inner peripheral female die surface defining an opening intersecting one end of the female die and the male die shaped such that at least a portion of the male die is positionable in the opening of the female die; inserting the male die into the opening of the female die so as to form the flower pot cover from the sheet of material, the flower pot cover comprising a base and a skirt, the base having an open upper end, a lower end and an object opening shaped and sized to receive a flower pot, the skirt extending at an angle upwardly and outwardly from the open upper end of the base; and moving a plurality of fingers radially into the opening of the female die so as to cause the fingers to be received in a recess formed in the male die and form at least one indented portion in the upper end of the base of the flower pot cover, the at least one indented portion extending inwardly into a portion of the object opening of the base a distance sufficient to extend over an upper rim of a flower pot when the flower pot is disposed in the flower pot cover, thereby retaining the flower pot cover on the flower pot.