Claims
- 1. A method of covering a potted plant comprising the steps of:
providing a first preformed cover having an interior space; removing a second preformed cover from a set of nested preformed covers, the second preformed cover having a frustoconical shape and having an interior space; disposing the second preformed cover into the interior space of the first preformed cover; providing a potted plant; and disposing the potted plant into the interior space of the second preformed cover after the second preformed cover has been disposed within the interior space of the first preformed cover.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of bondingly connecting the potted plant to the second preformed cover via a bonding material.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein, in the step of providing the first preformed cover, the first preformed cover is composed of a material selected from a group of materials consisting of paper (untreated or treated in any manner), cellophane, foil, synthetic organic polymeric film, fiber (woven or nonwoven or synthetic or natural), cloth (woven or nonwoven or natural or synthetic), or burlap.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein, in the step of providing the second preformed cover, the second preformed cover is composed of a material selected from a group of materials consisting of paper (untreated or treated in any manner), cellophane, foil, synthetic organic polymeric film, fiber (woven or nonwoven or synthetic or natural), cloth (woven or nonwoven or natural or synthetic), or burlap.
- 5. A method of covering a potted plant comprising the steps of:
providing a first preformed cover having an interior space; removing a second preformed cover from a set of vested preformed covers, the second preformed cover having a frustoconical shape and having an interior space; disposing the second preformed cover into the interior space of the first preformed cover; providing a potted plant; disposing the potted plant into the interior space of the second preformed cover after the second preformed cover has been disposed within the interior space of the first preformed cover; and bondingly connecting the potted plant to the second preformed cover.
- 6. A method of covering a potted plant comprising the steps of:
providing a first preformed cover having an interior space; removing a second preformed cover from a set of nested preformed covers, the second preformed cover having a frustoconical shape and having an interior space; disposing the second preformed cover into the interior space of the first preformed cover; providing a potted plant; disposing the potted plant into the interior space of the second preformed cover after the second preformed cover has been disposed within the interior space of the first preformed cover; and bondingly connecting the potted plant to the second preformed cover via a bonding material selected from the group consisting of adhesive or cohesive materials, heat sealable materials, sonic sealable material, vibratory sealable materials, ties, labels, bands, ribbons, string, tape, staples, or combinations thereof.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/866,401, filed May 25, 2001, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/785,891, filed Feb. 16, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,311,461, issued Nov. 6, 2001, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/393,041 filed Sep. 8, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,189,295, issued on Feb. 20, 2001, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/005,630, filed Jan. 9, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,006,500, issued on Dec. 28, 1999, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/720,961, filed Oct. 10, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,706,628, issued on Jan. 13, 1998 which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/462,332, filed on Jun. 5, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,605,029, issued on Feb. 25, 1997 which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 08/417,477, filed Apr. 5, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,586,425, issued on Dec. 24, 1996 which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 954,635, filed on Sep. 30, 1992, now abandoned. of U.S. Ser. No. 07/954,635, filed Sep. 30, 1992, now abandoned.
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