Plant husbandry inventions 03/08

20080072484 - Flower bouquet holder and display stand: A flower bouquet holder is cone shaped and has a support bracket for attaching the holder to a shopping cart. The holder can have a water-tight bottom portion for holding water supplied to the flowers while in the holder. The holder can also have an open bottom, with a removable... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080072488 - Plant sheet and manufacturing method for plant sheet: A light-weight plant sheet including plant pieces between a base sheet and a top sheet is able to make growth by tearing the base sheet and top sheet, each having a mesh structure. The top sheet contains a paste to adhere the top sheet to the base sheet and to... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080072490 - Collapsible and/or erectable floral containers: A plant package having a collapsible and/or erectable shape-sustaining container and at least one of a flower pot, a floral grouping, a plant, a propagule, growing medium and a floral holding material disposed in the container. The container having a substantially erect condition and substantially collapsed condition. The collapsible and/or... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080072491 - Collapsible and/or erectable floral containers: A plant package having a collapsible and/or erectable shape-sustaining container and at least one of a flower pot, a floral grouping, a plant, a propagule, growing medium and a floral holding material disposed in the container. The container having a substantially erect condition and substantially collapsed condition and provided with... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080066378 - Continuous assemblage of pots for raising and transplanting seedlings and method of manufacturing the same: A link piece 3 is formed by folding back both ends of a strip-shaped thin film in the length direction, such that approximately one-fourth of the length of the thin film is folded back onto the same face of the in film at each end, then attaching the folded-back portions... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080066380 - Method of covering a pot with a floral sleeve having a skirt insert or skirt extension: A floral sleeve and method of using the floral sleeve to cover a floral grouping and/or potted plant are disclosed herein. The floral sleeve has a skirt insert or skirt extension attached to first and/or second panels of the sleeve.... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080060260 - Method of containing a floral grouping or potted plant: A method of containing a floral grouping or potted plant in a sleeve is disclosed. The sleeve has first and second panels, and at least a portion of at least one of the first and second panels is constructed of at least two layers of material. At least a portion... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080060261 - Herbicide application apparatuses and application methods: Portable herbicide application apparatuses are provided that can include an application mechanism operatively coupled to opposing platforms supporting an application member, with the application mechanism configured to move the opposing platforms from a first position apart from one another to a second position proximate one another, and the surfaces of... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080060262 - Suspended cover: The present invention relates to a system for promoting the growth of plants under less than optimal climatic and lighting conditions, the system comprising a device which contributes to the formation of an enclosed space over the plants, and at least one source of light. A special characteristic of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080060263 - Collapsible and/or erectable floral containers: A plant package having a collapsible and/or erectable shape-sustaining container and at least one of a flower pot, a flower grouping, a plant, a propagule, growing medium and a floral holding material disposed in the container. The container having a substantially erect condition and substantially collapsed condition. The collapsible and/or... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080060264 - Floral sleeve with construction element: A plant packaging and covering system comprising a floral sleeve having a base portion. The sleeve may have an upper sleeve portion which can surround a plant disposed in a pot and which can be detached once the function of the sleeve has been completed. The sleeve has a plurality... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080060269 - Cover for decorating a flower pot: The present invention relates to methods for providing decorative covers, decorative collars and decorative cover-collar combinations for covering a flower pot. The decorative covers and/or collars are formed from a variety of configurations of heat shrinkable sheet of material placed over all or a portion of a peripheral surface of... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080060268 - Covering for flower pot and floral grouping: A cover for use with a flower pot having a floral grouping disposed therein. The cover includes a sheet of material having a sheet extension connected to an outer peripheral surface thereof. The sheet of material is formed into a pot cover for covering the flower pot and the sheet... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080060266 - Method of covering a pot with a floral sleeve having a side-sealed bottom gusset: A floral sleeve and method of using the floral sleeve to cover a pot. The floral sleeve has an inwardly folded bottom gusset for forming a bottom in the sleeve which is concealed by the lower sidewall of the sleeve when the sleeve is opened and a pot is disposed... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080060265 - Method of covering a potted plant or floral grouping with a floral sleeve: A method of covering a potted plant or a floral grouping with a floral sleeve. The sleeve has, in one embodiment, a plurality of randomly positioned overlapping folds disposed in a sidewall of the sleeve. The sleeve optionally has a detachable upper portion.... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080060267 - Method of using a conical floral sleeve: A method of using a floral sleeve sized to fit a flower pot, or a floral grouping, the sleeve generally having a conical shape and having a bonding material disposed thereon for connecting the sleeve to a pot disposed within the sleeve or connected via a banding element to a... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080060270 - Preformed pot cover formed of polymeric materials having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of paper: A decorative preformed flower pot cover is formed of at least one sheet of polymeric material and has a base and a decorative border and is provided with at least a portion of one surface thereof having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of paper. The texture... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080052986 - Grass protection mat and mat assembly having the same: A grass protection mat and a mat assembly having the same are provided. The grass protection mat of the invention includes a body made of polygonal portions, pillars protruded upward from the body, buffer wings protruded upward from the body between the pillars for distributing weights, an outer frame at... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080052987 - Hydroponic growing enclosure and method for growing, harvesting, processing and distributing algae, related microrganisms and their by products: Systems and methods for hydroponically growing microorganisms within a self-contained air-supported structure, in which microorganisms are grown in an organic slurry, harvested, and processed to obtain and process and distribute molecules useful for biofuel or other purposes.... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20080052988 - Plant package and methods of forming same using a thermoplastic flower pot: A flower pot cover in combination with a retaining medium for holding and retaining a floral grouping. The flower pot cover includes a base portion defining a receiving space receiving at least a portion of the retaining medium so as to hold and retain the retaining medium. The base portion... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080052989 - Floral wrapper with decorative portion and method: A wrapper for wrapping a flower pot and/or floral grouping or other item. The wrapper is constructed of a sheet of material or sleeve having at least one bend which separates the sheet or sleeve into at least two portions having different decorative effects. When the wrapper is formed about... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080052992 - Optical effect material and methods: A substantially flexible, shape-sustaining flower pot cover made by forming at least one sheet of flexible, substantially non-shape sustaining material having a holographic image or design on at least a portion thereof into the substantially flexible, shape-sustaining flower pot cover such that the holographic image or design constitutes at least... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080052991 - Plant package having a decorative covering: A plant package includes a flower pot containing a floral grouping and a flexible sleeve which may be provided with detaching elements at preselected areas. The sleeve may be secured about the flower pot by a banding element when the flower pot is positioned within the sleeve. When the sleeve... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080052990 - Wrapper with decorative extension and method: A wrapper for wrapping a flower pot and/or floral grouping or another item such as a basket. The wrapper is constructed of a sheet of material having an extension attached to a portion of the sheet of material. When the wrapper is formed about a flower pot, floral grouping, or... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.