Patent ID: 8567119

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a support structure configured to be pierced by stems of flowers to hold the flowers in place and to retain moisture, and having front and rear surfaces and two opposite side surfaces, the side surfaces extending along a longitudinal path; a backplate underlying the support structure's rear surface; a frame overlying the support structure and attached to the backplate to hold the support structure against the backplate, the frame including longitudinal bands that extend continuously along the entire longitudinal path and overlie the support structure and cross bands that extend about the support structure's front and side surfaces, each cross band crossing each longitudinal band at a crossing point at which the cross band is adjoined to and underlying the respective longitudinal band; and a plurality of tie devices, wherein the longitudinal bands include a front longitudinal band that overlies the front surface between the two opposite side surfaces of the support structure and a non-base longitudinal band that overlies one of the two opposite side surfaces between the front and rear surfaces of the support structure, wherein the backplate comprises a plurality of attachment holes, and wherein each respective tie device in the plurality of tie devices is engaged with a corresponding attachment hole in the plurality of attachment holes to tie the frame to the backplate.