Cut flowers display window gift box with interlocked hydration cup base

Abstract

Disclosed is a tapered cut flowers gift box having a display window around a corner and on two sides of the box the box is combined with a tapered square cup which is perforated in the bottom to allow water to pass readily through the bottom into the interior of the cup. Flowers are disposed in the gift box for display purposes in a bucket of water. The bottoms of the flower stems are placed in the perforated cup. The perforated cup is interlocked into the bottom of the tapered box in a position so that most of its height is exposed beneath the bottom edges of the sides of the tapered box. The exposed height is sufficient to keep the bottom edges of the sides of the tapered box above the water line in the bucket. Interlocking of the perforated cup with the gift box is accomplished with four horizontal tabs placed on the lip of the four sides of the cup which are disposed within four slots cut into the four sides of the tapered gift box near its bottom. When a bouquet is picked up for purchase, the water in the perforated cup runs out into the bucket through the perforation, and the tapered box then becomes an attractive dry pack gift box in which the flowers are transported and delivered to the recipient.

1 . A cut flower gift box which doubles as a display apparatus in a bucket of water comprising: 
 a plurality of elongated walls to form an interior enclosure in which is selectively disposed a bouquet of cut flowers with stems bound together;    a hydration cup having a cross section similar to that formed by the plurality of elongated walls near their bottoms, the cup being perforated in its bottom with a diameter smaller than the bound together stems and disposed at the bottom of the interior enclosure such that an interior of the cup is exposed to the water in the bucket, a height of which water remains beneath the elongated walls of the gift box when it doubles as the display apparatus thereby protecting the elongated walls of the gift box from the water when the hyration cup is in the water; and    interlocking means to attach the hydration cup to the elongated walls.    
   
   
       2 . The box and display apparatus of  claim 1  in which the interlocking means comprises: 
 a plurality of tabs on the upper peripheral edge of the hydration cup; and    mating slots formed in the elongated walls near their bottoms into which the tabs are inserted.    
   
   
       3 . The box of  claim 1  which further comprises a display window formed in at least one of the elongated walls so that cut flowers selectively disposed in the box can be viewed in the box by prospective purchasers.  
   
   
       4 . The box of  claim 3  in which the display window is disposed around a corner and on two walls of the box.  
   
   
       5 . The box of  claim 1  in which the box is tapered.  
   
   
       6 . The box of  claim 1  in which the cup is tapered.  
   
   
       7 . The box of  claim 1  in which the elongated walls form a tapered square cross section and the cup is formed with a mating tapered square cross section, such that the cup forms a perforated bottom of the box.  
   
   
       8 . (canceled)  
   
   
       9 . The box and display apparatus of  claim 1  in which stems of flowers are disposed in the box and the hydration cup down to the bottom of the hydration cup and by the water in the hydration cup when the box and display apparatus are disposed in the bucket of water, the box constituting a dry pack gift box for delivery to a recipient when the box and display apparatus are disposed outside of the bucket of water.  
   
   
       10 . A cut flower tapered gift box which doubles as a display apparatus in a bucket of water comprising: 
 four elongated walls to form a tapered substantially square cross section interior enclosure in which is selectively disposed a bouquet of cut flowers bound together, the four walls having substantially horizontal slots near their bottoms; and    a hydration cup having a tapered cross section similar to that formed by the plurality of elongated walls near their bottoms, the hydration cup being perforated in its bottom with a diameter smaller than the bound together stems, disposed at the bottom of the interior enclosure such that an interior of the hydration cup is exposed to the water in the bucket, a height of which water remains beneath the elongated walls of the gift box when it doubles as the display apparatus thereby protecting the four elongated walls of the gift box from the water when the hydration cup is in the water; and    the gift box having horizontal tabs on each of its four sides, the tabs being inserted into the slots to interlock the hydration cup to the four elongated walls, such that the hydration cup forms a perforated bottom of the box.    
   
   
       11 . The box of  claim 10  which further comprises a display window formed in at least one of the elongated walls so that cut flowers selectively disposed in the box can be viewed in the box by prospective purchasers.  
   
   
       12 . The box of  claim 11  in which the display window is disposed around a corner and on two walls of the box.  
   
   
       13 . (canceled)  
   
   
       14 . The box and display apparatus of  claim 10  in which stems of flowers are disposed in the box and the hydration cup down to the bottom of the hydration cup and the water in the hydration cup when the box and display apparatus are disposed in the bucket of water, the box constituting a dry pack gift box for delivery to a recipient when the box and display apparatus are disposed out of the bucket of water.