Flower pot transport and display container

Abstract

A unified transport and display mechanism is particularly suited for transporting and displaying buckets and items within buckets. The items include, but are not limited to, flowers or other plant specimens. The mechanism includes a container and a lid for covering the container. The lid includes one or more perforated areas, the removal of which forms one or more corresponding apertures. Each aperture is sized and adapted for receiving an item such as a bucket in a display mode. When received, the bucket extends into the aperture at a level below a top surface of the lid, and partially extends above the lid top surface to allow visual access to the items.

1 . An item transport and display system, comprising: 
 a container configured to hold one or more items in a transport mode; and    a lid for covering an open top side of the container, the lid including a top surface with one or more perforated areas formed therein.    
   
   
       2 . A system in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the one or more perforated areas are configurable to form one or more apertures, wherein each aperture is sized to receive one of the items in a display mode.  
   
   
       3 . A system in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the container is a squared box.  
   
   
       4 . A system in accordance with  claim 3 , wherein the lid includes a four sides connected to the top side for engaging around a top edge of the box.  
   
   
       5 . A system in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the one or more apertures are circular.  
   
   
       6 . A system in accordance with  claim 5 , wherein the one or more items include a round pot.  
   
   
       7 . A system in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the container and lid are formed of corrugated cardboard.  
   
   
       8 . A system in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the container and lid are formed of plastic.  
   
   
       9 . A system for transporting and displaying items, comprising: 
 a container sized to contain the items;    a lid sized and adapted to cover an open top end of the container; and    one or more apertures formed in a top surface of the lid for receiving and holding one of the items in a position at least partially extending above the top surface.    
   
   
       10 . A system in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the one or more apertures are formed by removing a perforated area from the top surface of the lid.  
   
   
       11 . A system in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein at least one aperture is circular.  
   
   
       12 . A system in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the container is a squared box.  
   
   
       13 . A system in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the container includes three or more side walls connected to a closed bottom end.  
   
   
       14 . A system in accordance with  claim 13 , wherein the container includes four side walls.  
   
   
       15 . A system in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the container is formed of corrugated cardboard.  
   
   
       16 . A system in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the lid includes one or more areas defining the apertures each connected to the lid by a biased latch, and wherein the areas are biased to conform to the top surface of the lid in a transport mode, and extend away perpendicularly from the top surface of the lid in a display mode.  
   
   
       17 . A method of transporting and displaying one or more items in a container having an open top end that is closable by a lid, comprising: 
 forming one or more apertures in the lid;    placing at least one item into one of the apertures until the item extends at least partially above a top surface of the lid; and    placing the lid and at least one item onto the open top end of the container.    
   
   
       18 . A method in accordance with  claim 17 , further comprising: 
 placing the one or more items into the container; and    closing the container with the lid.    
   
   
       19 . A method in accordance with  claim 18 , further comprising transporting the one or more items in the container closed by the lid.  
   
   
       20 . A method in accordance with  claim 17 , wherein forming one or more apertures includes removing an area defined by a perforation from the lid.