Claims
- 1. A method for wrapping a floral grouping, comprising:providing a floral grouping having an upper end and a stem portion; providing a tubular sleeve having an upper end and a lower end and having: an inner surface surrounding an interior space and having an outer surface, a closure element comprising a bonding material for enclosing the upper end, the lower end, or both the upper end and lower end of the tubular sleeve, a detaching element for detaching a portion of the tubular sleeve after the tubular sleeve has been disposed about the floral grouping, and a label bonding material disposed upon a surface of the tubular sleeve for affixing a label to a portion of the tubular sleeve; placing the floral grouping into the interior space of the tubular sleeve; closing a portion of the tubular sleeve about the floral grouping by bonding portions of the closure element; and affixing a label to the label bonding material on the tubular sleeve.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein in the step of providing the tubular sleeve, the closure element further comprises the bonding material disposed upon a portion of the outer surface or inner surface of the tubular sleeve.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein in the step of providing a tubular sleeve, the closure element comprises a flap extending from the tubular sleeve for enclosing the upper end, the lower end or both the upper end and lower end of the tubular sleeve.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of providing a tubular sleeve further comprises providing a pad of tubular sleeves, the pad having a top tubular sleeve and wherein each tubular sleeve is bondingly connected to a portion of an adjacent tubular sleeve for cooperating to connect the tubular sleeves into the pad.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein in the step of providing a tubular sleeve, the bonding material of the closure element is selected from the group consisting of a pressure sensitive adhesive or cohesive, a heat sensitive adhesive or cohesive, a cold seal adhesive or cohesive, a sonically sealable adhesive or cohesive, a vibratingly sealing adhesive or cohesive, or a chemically sealing adhesive or cohesive.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein in the step of providing a tubular sleeve, the inner surface of the tubular sleeve has a reservoir attached thereto.
- 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the reservoir contains water, preservatives, nutrients, gels, foams, or decorative materials.
- 8. A method for wrapping a floral grouping, comprising:providing a floral grouping having an upper end and a stem portion; providing a tubular sleeve having an upper end and a lower end and having; an outer surface and an inner surface surrounding an interior space, a closure element comprising a bonding material for enclosing the upper end, the lower end, or both the upper end and lower end of the tubular sleeve, and a detaching element for detaching a portion of the tubular sleeve after the tubular sleeve has been disposed about the floral grouping; placing the floral grouping into the interior space of the tubular sleeve; and closing a portion of the tubular sleeve about the floral grouping by bonding portions of the closure element.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein in the step of providing the tubular sleeve, the closure element further comprises the bonding material disposed upon a portion of the outer surface or inner surface of the tubular sleeve.
- 10. The method of claim 8 wherein in the step of providing a tubular sleeve, the closure element comprises a flap extending from the tubular sleeve for enclosing the upper end, the lower end or both the upper end and lower end of the tubular sleeve.
- 11. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of providing a tubular sleeve further comprises providing a pad of tubular sleeves, the pad having a top tubular sleeve and wherein each tubular sleeve is bondingly connected to a portion of an adjacent tubular sleeve for cooperating to connect the tubular sleeves into the pad.
- 12. The method of claim 8 wherein in the step of providing the wrapper the bonding material of the closure element is selected from the group consisting of a pressure sensitive adhesive or cohesive, a heat sensitive adhesive or cohesive, a cold seal adhesive or cohesive, a sonically sealable adhesive or cohesive, a vibratingly sealing adhesive or cohesive, or a chemically sealing adhesive or cohesive.
- 13. The method of claim 8 wherein in the step of providing a tubular sleeve, the inner surface of the tubular sleeve has a reservoir attached thereto.
- 14. The method of claim 13 wherein the reservoir contains water, preservatives, nutrients, gels, foams, or decorative materials.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/464,684 filed Dec. 16, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,195,962, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/136,438, filed Aug. 18, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,023,912, issued Feb. 15, 2000; which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/862,659, filed May 23, 1997, entitled METHOD OF WRAPPING A FLORAL GROUPING, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,832,695, issued Nov. 10, 1998; which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/452,905, filed May 30, 1995, entitled METHOD OF WRAPPING A FLORAL GROUPING, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,651,233, issued Jul. 29, 1997; which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 08/218,952, filed Mar. 25, 1994, entitled FLORAL GROUPING WRAPPER HAVING A DETACHABLE PORTION, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,595,048, issued Jan. 21, 1997; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/095,331, filed Jul. 21, 1993, entitled “METHOD FOR CRIMPING A WRAPPER ABOUT A FLORAL GROUPING”, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,428,939, issued Jul. 4, 1995; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/963,882, filed Oct. 20, 1992, entitled WRAPPING MATERIAL HAVING A PULL TAB AND PULL INDICIA FOR WRAPPING A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,408,803, issued Apr. 25, 1995.
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