Triangular shaped flower stem wrap with outer plastic cover

Abstract

A horticultural cut flower container assembly having a triangular shaped piece of flexible foam material with the ends of the triangular shaped foam material being adapted to be folded over the stem ends of a bunch of cut flowers. An elastic band is placed over the folded foam material to hold foam material in a folded configuration and an outer plastic bag is placed over the folded foam material and stem ends.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A horticultural cut flower container assembly comprising:
 a triangular shaped wrap member of flexible diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material, the ends of the triangular shaped foam material being adapted to be folded over the stem ends of a bunch of piece of cut flowers and a band encircling said folded foam material to hold said foam material in a wrapped configuration and an outer plastic bag placed over said folded foam material, wherein the wrap member is triangularly shaped and wherein the flexible diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material contains no fillers. 
 
     
     
       2. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material is taken from a group consisting of polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate, crude diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 4,4′-, 2,4′-, 2,2′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate. 
     
     
       3. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material is includes at least one or a mixture of 2,2′-, 2,4′- and 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), polymeric MDI, crude MDT MDI, namely, and products of crude diaminodiphenyl methaneor a mixture of the same. 
     
     
       4. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said foam material has at least 50% of its pores by foam volume ranging in size between 10 and 200 microns. 
     
     
       5. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said foam material has a porosity ranging from about 85% to about 95% by foam volume with the pores ranging in size from 40 to about 90 microns. 
     
     
       6. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said triangular foam wrap member has an integral fastening strap secured thereto. 
     
     
       7. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 6  wherein said fastening strap has VELCRO® fastening means includes a hook and loop-type fastener. 
     
     
       8. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 6  wherein said fastening strap has ends with an adhesive material secured thereto. 
     
     
       9. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said outer plastic bag is polyethylene. 
     
     
       10. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said triangularly shaped wrap member is in the form of a right isosceles triangle. 
     
     
       11. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said triangular shaped wrap member is a right isosceles triangle having sides ranging from 9 inches to 12 inches in length and a thickness ranging from ⅛ inch to ½ inch. 
     
     
       12. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 11  wherein two of said sides are about 10 inches in length with an hypotenuse of about 14 inches. 
     
     
       13. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 11  wherein said triangular shaped wrap member has a thickness of about ⅛ inch. 
     
     
       14. A horticultural cut flower container, assembly comprising:
 an isosceles triangle shaped member of flexible foldable unfilled diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material having a thickness ranging from ⅛ inch to ½ inch with the length of the equal sides of the isosceles triangle ranging from 9 inches to 12 inches, the ends of the triangle shaped foam material being adapted to be folded over the stem ends of a bunch of piece plurality of cut flowers and an elastic band encircling said folded foam material to hold said foam material in a wrapped configuration and an outer plastic bag placed over said folded foam material. 
 
     
     
       15. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said foam material elastic band is replaced with an integral fastening strap secured thereto. 
     
     
       16. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 15  wherein said fastening strap has ends with an adhesive material secured thereto. 
     
     
       17. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material is taken from a group consisting of polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate, crude diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 4,4′-, 2,4′-, 2,2′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate. 
     
     
       18. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in  claim 14  wherein said diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material is includes at least one or a mixture of 2,2′-, 2,4′- and 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), polymeric MDI, crude MDI, namely, and products of crude diaminodiphenyl methaneor a mixture of the same. 
     
     
       19. A horticultural cut flower container assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the flexible diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam material has a neutral pH.