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Method of covering a potted plant or floral grouping with a floral sleeveRelated Patent Categories: Plant Husbandry, Receptacle For Growing Medium, Jardiniere (e.g., Decorative Wrapper)Method of covering a potted plant or floral grouping with a floral sleeve description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070163174, Method of covering a potted plant or floral grouping with a floral sleeve. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10/676,475, filed Oct. 1, 2003, now abandoned, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10/303,373, filed Nov. 22, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,655,086, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10/190,278, filed Jul. 3, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,523,305, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10/004,991, filed Dec. 4, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,477,804, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/747,227, filed Dec. 22, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,341,446, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/080,771, filed May 18, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,182,395, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/606,957, filed Feb. 26, 1996, now abandoned. The specification of each of the applications listed above is hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention generally relates to sleeves to be used as containers and, more particularly, sleeves used to wrap flower pots containing floral groupings and/or media containing floral groupings, and methods of using same. BACKGROUND [0003] It is well known in the floral packaging industry to apply floral sleeves about potted plants for the purpose of erecting a protective sheath about the blooms and foliage of the potted plant for preventing damage to them and entanglement with adjacent plants. Such sleeves generally have an open bottom through which the inserted pot is exposed. U.S. Pat. No. 4,333,267 issued to Witte and U.S. Pat. No. 4,413,725 issued to Bruno, and Australian Patent 42319/78 show examples of such open-bottom sleeves. [0004] Other sleeves have closed bottoms upon which the bottom of the pot can rest. However, in such closed sleeves, the lower portion does not have a shape which conforms to the shape of the bottom and outer sides of the pot. For example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,235,782 issued to Landau, an unattractive void space is formed about the pot when the pot is inserted into the sleeve. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,388,695, issued to Gilbert, when a pot is inserted into the sleeve, the outer sides of the pot fit within the taper of the sleeve but an empty void space is left underneath the pot which must then be tucked below the bottom of the pot to conceal it. The basic problem in applying a closed-bottom flat sleeve to a pot is that in going from a two-dimensional flat sleeve to a three-dimensional open sleeve, the shape of the opened sleeve does not conform to the shape of the pot. [0005] There are no sleeves currently available which can be erected so that the sleeve closely conforms to the curvature of both the outer sidewall of the pot and to the bottom surface of the pot, whereby the lower portion of the sleeve forms an attractive decorative cover about the pot reminiscent of a preformed pot cover when the upper portion of the sleeve is detached. The object of the present invention is, therefore, to provide a flat, two-dimensional sleeve which is erectable into a three-dimensional wherein the erected sleeve has a shape which conforms to the shape of the pot without revealing unsightly extra material. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0006] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a flattened gusseted sleeve constructed in accordance with the present invention. [0007] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the sleeve of FIG. 1 taken along line 2-2. [0008] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the sleeve of FIG. 1 in an open state with a pot disposed therein. [0009] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the sleeve of FIG. 3 after a flower pot has been disposed therein and an upper portion of the sleeve has been removed. [0010] FIG. 5A is a fragmented perspective view of the sleeve of FIG. 1 with particular reference to a straight fold in the gusset. [0011] FIG. 5B is a bottom view of the sleeve of FIG. 5A when opened. [0012] FIG. 5C is a perspective view of the sleeve of FIG. 5A when opened. [0013] FIG. 6A is a fragmented perspective view of a sleeve like the sleeve of FIG. 5A but with a curved fold in the gusset. [0014] FIG. 6B is a bottom view of the sleeve of FIG. 6A when opened. [0015] FIG. 6C is a perspective view of the sleeve of FIG. 6A when opened. [0016] FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway, elevational view of a sleeve wherein a bonding material is disposed upon a portion of an upper end of the sleeve for sealing the sleeve. [0017] FIG. 8 is an elevational view of a sleeve having a folding flap for sealing the sleeve. [0018] FIG. 9 is an elevational view of a sleeve having a bonding material disposed on an inner portion of the sleeve for bonding the sleeve to a pot. [0019] FIG. 10 is an elevational view of a sleeve having an extended portion serving as a support extension. [0020] FIG. 11 is an elevational view of a sleeve having an extended portion serving as a handle. Continue reading about Method of covering a potted plant or floral grouping with a floral sleeve... Full patent description for Method of covering a potted plant or floral grouping with a floral sleeve Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Method of covering a potted plant or floral grouping with a floral sleeve patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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