US2005241227A1PendingUtilityA1

Wrapper with decorative extension and method

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Apr 25, 2002Filed: Apr 26, 2005Published: Nov 3, 2005
Est. expiryApr 25, 2022(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Donald E. Weder
B65D 85/505B65D 65/10Y10T428/24777B65B 25/026A47G 7/085B65D 2203/00B65D 85/52
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Claims

Abstract

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 other item such as a basket to form a decorative cover, upper edges of the sheet of material and extension cooperate to form a skirt portion preferably having at least two separate edges providing a “two-sheet” effect in the decorative cover. The wrapper may have extensions on opposing ends of the sheet of material and may having one or more additional overlapping extensions.

Claims

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1 . A decorative wrapper, comprising: 
 a sheet of material having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge and the second edge; and    an extension constructed of a second sheet of material and having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge of the extension and the second edge of the extension, and the extension having a decorative pattern or decorative effect, and wherein the width of the extension is substantially less than the width of the sheet of material, and wherein the extension comprises a facing portion which is superposed upon the upper surface of the sheet of material; and    wherein the extension is attached via a seal to the upper surface of the first sheet of material along only a portion of the facing portion of the extension whereby a majority of the facing portion of the extension is left unattached to the upper surface of the sheet of material and wherein the first edge of the extension is completely unattached to the sheet of material, and wherein the first edge of the extension extends beyond the first edge of the sheet of material, and wherein the first side of the extension is adjacent to the first side of the sheet of material and the second side of the extension is adjacent to the second side of the sheet of material, and wherein the extension extends separately from the sheet of material such that when the decorative wrapper is formed about an item to form a decorative cover thereabout, the decorative cover has a skirt having a first upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the sheet of material and a separate second upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the extension such that the decorative cover has an appearance of being constructed of two separate sheets of material.    
   
   
       2 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  wherein the first edge of the extension is straight.  
   
   
       3 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  wherein the first edge of the extension has a non-linear, irregular, biomorphic, or geometric shape.  
   
   
       4 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  wherein the first edge of the sheet of material is straight.  
   
   
       5 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  wherein the first edge of the sheet of material has a non-linear, irregular, biomorphic, or geometric shape.  
   
   
       6 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  wherein the width of the extension is between 2% and 35% of the width of the sheet of material.  
   
   
       7 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  wherein the seal connecting the extension and the first sheet of material comprises one or more discrete areas of connection.  
   
   
       8 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  wherein the seal connecting the extension and the sheet of material comprises a strip extending substantially entirely between the first side and the second side of the sheet of material.  
   
   
       9 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  further comprising at least one additional extension which at least partially overlaps the first-mentioned extension and is sealed to at least one of the sheet of material and the first-mentioned extension and wherein the at least one additional extension has a width which is substantially less than the width of the sheet of material and wherein the at least one additional extension has a first edge which forms an additional upper peripheral edge in the skirt of the decorative cover.  
   
   
       10 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  further comprising an adhesive bonding material or non-slip material disposed upon a portion thereof.  
   
   
       11 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 1  wherein the sheet of material is constructed of an opaque material and wherein the extension is constructed of a transparent material having a decorative pattern or effect or having a coloration.  
   
   
       12 . A decorative wrapper, comprising: 
 a sheet of material having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge and the second edge; and    an extension constructed of a second sheet of material and having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge of the extension and the second edge of the extension, and the extension having a decorative pattern or decorative effect, and wherein the width of the extension is substantially less than the width of the sheet of material, and wherein the extension comprises a facing portion which is superposed upon the upper surface of the sheet of material; and    wherein the extension is substantially completely attached via a seal to the upper surface of the sheet of material along substantially the entire facing portion of the extension and wherein the first edge of the extension extends beyond the first edge of the sheet of material, and wherein the first edge of the extension is completely unattached to the sheet of material, and wherein the first side of the extension is adjacent to the first side of the sheet of material and the second side of the extension is adjacent to the second side of the sheet of material, and wherein the extension extends separately from the sheet of material such that when the decorative wrapper is formed about an item to form a decorative cover thereabout, the decorative cover has a skirt and has the appearance of being constructed of at least two separate sheets of material.    
   
   
       13 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 12  wherein the first edge of the extension is straight.  
   
   
       14 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 12  wherein the first edge of the extension has a non-linear, irregular, biomorphic, or geometric shape.  
   
   
       15 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 12  wherein the first edge of the sheet of material is straight.  
   
   
       16 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 12  wherein the first edge of the sheet of material has a non-linear, irregular, biomorphic, or geometric shape.  
   
   
       17 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 12  wherein the width of the extension is between 2% and 35% of the width of the first sheet of material.  
   
   
       18 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 12  further comprising at least one additional extension which overlaps the first-mentioned extension and is sealed to at least one of the sheet of material and the first-mentioned extension and wherein the at least one additional extension has a width which is substantially less than the width of the sheet of material and wherein the at least one additional extension has a first edge which forms an additional upper peripheral edge in the skirt of the decorative cover.  
   
   
       19 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 12  further comprising an adhesive bonding material or non-slip material disposed upon a portion thereof.  
   
   
       20 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 12  wherein the sheet of material is constructed of an opaque material and wherein the extension is constructed of a transparent material having a decorative pattern or effect or having a coloration.  
   
   
       21 . A decorative wrapper, comprising: 
 a sheet of material having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge and the second edge; and    an extension constructed of a second sheet of material and having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge of the extension and the second edge of the extension, and the extension having a decorative pattern or decorative effect, and wherein the width of the extension is substantially less than the width of the sheet of material, and wherein the extension comprises a facing portion which is superposed upon the upper surface of the sheet of material; and    wherein the extension is attached via a seal to the upper surface of the sheet of material along only a portion of the facing portion of the extension whereby a majority of the facing portion of the extension is left unattached to the upper surface of the sheet of material and wherein the first edge of the extension is completely unattached to the sheet of material, wherein the first edge of the extension is below or substantially flush with the first edge of the first sheet of material, and wherein the first side of the extension is adjacent to the first side of the sheet of material and the second side of the extension is adjacent to the second side of the sheet of material, and wherein the extension extends separately from the sheet of material such that when the decorative wrapper is formed about an item to form a decorative cover thereabout, the decorative cover has a skirt having a first upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the sheet of material and a separate second upper peripheral edge comprising the first edge of the extension such that the decorative cover has an appearance of being constructed of two separate sheets of material.    
   
   
       22 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  wherein the first edge of the extension is straight.  
   
   
       23 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  wherein the first edge of the extension has a non-linear, irregular, biomorphic, or geometric shape.  
   
   
       24 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  wherein the first edge of the sheet of material is straight.  
   
   
       25 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  wherein the edge of the first sheet of material has a non-linear, irregular, biomorphic, or geometric shape.  
   
   
       26 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  wherein the width of the extension is between 2% and 35% of the width of the sheet of material.  
   
   
       27 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  wherein the seal connecting the extension and the sheet of material comprises one or more discrete areas of connection.  
   
   
       28 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  wherein the seal connecting the extension and the sheet of material comprises a strip extending substantially entirely between the first side and the second side of the sheet of material.  
   
   
       29 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  further comprising at least one additional extension which overlaps the first-mentioned extension and is sealed to at least one of the first sheet of material and the first-mentioned extension and wherein the at least one additional extension has a width which is substantially less than the width of the sheet of material and wherein the at least one additional extension has a first edge which forms an additional upper peripheral edge in the skirt of the decorative cover.  
   
   
       30 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  further comprising an adhesive bonding material or non-slip material disposed upon a portion thereof.  
   
   
       31 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 21  wherein the sheet of material is constructed of an opaque material and wherein the extension is constructed of a transparent material having a decorative pattern or effect or having a coloration.  
   
   
       32 . A decorative wrapper, comprising: 
 a sheet of material having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge and the second edge; and    an extension constructed of a second sheet of material and having a first edge, a second edge, a first side, a second side, and a width comprising the maximum distance between the first edge of the extension and the second edge of the extension, and the extension having a decorative pattern or decorative effect, and wherein the width of the extension is substantially less than the width of the sheet of material, and wherein the extension comprises a facing portion which is superposed upon the upper surface of the sheet of material; and    wherein the extension is substantially completely attached via a seal to the upper surface of the sheet of material along substantially the entire facing portion of the extension, and wherein the first edge of the extension is below or substantially flush with first edge of the first sheet of material, and wherein the first side of the extension is adjacent to the first side of the sheet of material and the second side of the extension is adjacent to the second side of the sheet of material, and wherein when the decorative wrapper is formed about an item to form a decorative cover thereabout, the decorative cover has a skirt and has the appearance of being constructed of at least two separate sheets of material.    
   
   
       33 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 32  wherein the first edge of the extension is straight.  
   
   
       34 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 32  wherein the first edge of the extension has a non-linear, irregular, biomorphic, or geometric shape.  
   
   
       35 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 32  wherein the first edge of the sheet of material is straight.  
   
   
       36 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 32  wherein the first edge of the sheet of material has a non-linear, irregular, biomorphic, or geometric shape.  
   
   
       37 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 32  wherein the width of the extension is between 2% and 35% of the width of the sheet of material.  
   
   
       38 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 32  further comprising at least one additional extension which overlaps the first-mentioned extension and is sealed to at least one of the sheet of material and the first-mentioned extension and wherein the at least one additional extension has a width which is substantially less than the width of the sheet of material and wherein the at least one additional extension has a first edge which forms an additional upper peripheral edge in the skirt of the decorative cover.  
   
   
       39 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 32  further comprising an adhesive bonding material or non-slip materail disposed upon a portion thereof.  
   
   
       40 . The decorative wrapper of  claim 32  wherein the sheet of material is constructed of an opaque material and wherein the extension is constructed of a transparent material having a decorative pattern or effect or having a coloration.  
   
   
       41 . A decorative wrapper comprising: 
 a first sheet of material having an outer peripheral edge; and    a second sheet of material sized smaller than the first sheet of material, wherein the second sheet of material is at least partially attached to the first sheet of material and is adjacent to at least a portion of the outer peripheral edge of the first sheet of material such that when the decorative wrapper is formed about a flower pot having a top edge and a bottom, the bottom of the flower pot is covered by the first sheet of material and the bottom of the flower pot is substantially uncovered by the second sheet of material and the outer peripheral edge of the first sheet of material is adjacent to the top edge of the flower pot thereby providing a decorative wrapper having the appearance of two unconnected sheets of material that are both wrapped about the bottom of the flower pot.

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