Flower arrangement accessories

Abstract

An accessory for providing an aperture through a container, including two interconnecting parts, a socket part and an insert part insertable into said socket part, at least one of said parts having a wall portion circumscribing a central bore and arranged such that an insert portion of the insert part is sized to engage with a receiving portion of the socket part such that the parts may be operatively connected to one another with their respective bores in substantial alignment, and remote from said insert and receiving portions, each said part having container engagement means for engaging with respective walls in each of a base and a lid of the container when an orifice is cut therein.

1 . An accessory for a flower arrangement including a container for containing one or more items and one or more penetrations through said container and remote from the perimeter of said container, one of said penetrations being adapted to receive therethrough a flower arrangement; wherein said penetration includes
 engagement means for engaging a flower holding disc for arranging a bunch of flowers comprising a sheet of substantially flexible material;   a plurality of penetrations through the sheet adapted to receive therethrough elongate items of the bunch of flowers to be arranged;   gripping means operatively associated with each penetration whereby one or more elongate items may be passed through one or more of the penetrations and gripped thereby with a predetermined force, the penetrations being reinforced against failure of the flexible material about the penetration by one or more round apertures operatively associated with said container, and   said container includes a wall formed to provide an annular interior substantially surrounding said flower holding disc and separated from said main penetration by a part of said wall.   
   
   
       2 . An accessory for providing an aperture through a container, including two interconnecting parts, a socket part and an insert part insertable into said socket part, at least one of said parts having a wall portion circumscribing a central bore and arranged such that an insert portion of the insert part is sized to engage with a receiving portion of the socket part such that the parts may be operatively connected to one another with their respective bores in substantial alignment, and remote from said insert and receiving portions, each said part having container engagement means for engaging with respective walls in each of a base and a lid of the container when an orifice is cut therein for assembly to form the annular cavity surrounding said main penetration. 
   
   
       3 . An accessory according to  claim 2 , wherein the container engagement means is in the form of a flange adapted to be adhesively attached to the inner face of the walls of the lid and base, and the insert and receiving portions are arranged to accommodate various lengths of bore to suit a range of different sized containers. 
   
   
       4 . An accessory for a flower arrangement including:
 an elongate rod of a length and cross-section selected for incorporation in the flower arrangement, said rod having two ends, one of said ends including attachment means;   embellishment means for embellishing said flower arrangement, said embellishment means including complementary attachment means for operative attachment of said embellishment means to the end of said rod having said attachment means, and wherein:   said attachment means comprises a ball-and-socket joint which includes   a ball connected to one end of the rod by a neck extending from a shoulder which extends from a flat abutment face;   a socket in the other end of the rod, the socket including two snap locations inwardly from two pinches;   the ball being sized to fit into the socket with an interference fit through the pinches, and said complementary attachment means comprises either   a ball half complementary to the socket of the ball-and-socket joint or a socket half including two snap locations inwardly from two pinches and complementary to the ball of the ball-and-socket joint.   
   
   
       5 . An accessory according to  claim 4 , wherein the length of the rod is selected such that a single length is suitable for a posy, two lengths are suitable for a bunch, and three lengths are suitable for bouquet. 
   
   
       6 . An accessory according to  claim 4 , wherein said embellishment means includes a token in the form of a message and/or greeting. 
   
   
       7 . An accessory according to  claim 4 , wherein said embellishment means includes a token in the form of a gift box. 
   
   
       8 . An accessory according to  claim 8 , wherein said embellishment means includes an adhesive pad for the attachment of said gift box. 
   
   
       9 . A flower arrangement including a plurality of cut flowers formed into a bunch and inserted through the main penetration of an accessory according to  claim 1 . 
   
   
       10 . A method of forming a flower arrangement including:
 providing a flower holding disc;   selecting one or more flower arranging accessories;   selecting cut flowers, foliage and/or decorative items to make up the flower arrangement; inserting the cut flowers, foliage and/or decorative items one or more at time through one or more penetrations in the flexible sheet until the flower arrangement is completed; and   passing the flower arrangement through a main penetration of the accessory for operative association with bunch of flowers.   
   
   
       11 . A flower arrangement accessory including:
 a sheet of substantially flat, water permeable material;   one or more penetrations through said sheet and remote from the perimeter of said sheet, one of said penetrations being adapted to receive therethrough a flower arrangement; and   wherein in that said sheet includes on one face thereof a water resistant coating.   
   
   
       12 . A flower arrangement accessory including:
 a sheet of substantially flat, water permeable material;   a penetration through said sheet and remote from the perimeter of said sheet and adapted to receive therethrough a flower arrangement;   a water resistant coating applied to said sheet includes on one face thereof, and   an extension portion extending in one or more directions away from said penetration a distance sufficient and being of a size sufficient to bear or receive on one face thereof a token.   
   
   
       13 . A flower arrangement accessory according to  claim 12 , wherein the token is in the form of a message and/or greeting. 
   
   
       14 . A flower arrangement accessory according to  claim 13 , wherein the token includes a small gift box or the like or an adhesive pad for the attachment of same. 
   
   
       15 . A flower arrangement accessory according to  claim 11 , wherein the sheet includes further penetrations about the adapted to receive therethrough the flower arrangement, said further penetrations being adapted to receive therethrough a ribbon or similar strip of textile material to form a decoration about the main penetration.