Claims
- 1. A method for covering a flower pot comprising:providing a covering comprising a sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surface, an outer peripheral edge, and a sheet extension connected to the outer peripheral edge of the sheet of material prior to the application of the sheet of material about a flower pot, and the sheet extension extending a distance outwardly therefrom and the covering having perforations between the sheet of material and the sheet extension for detaching the sheet extension from the outer peripheral edge of the sheet of material and the sheet of material and sheet extension lacking a preattached band for engaging the flower pot; providing a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface and having a floral grouping disposed in the flower pot; forming the covering about the flower pot to a position wherein the sheet of material extends about a substantial portion of the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot and the sheet extension extends about at least a portion of the floral grouping; and placing a band about a portion of the covering after the covering has been formed about the flower pot with the band engaging a portion of the covering extending about or above the flower pot, the band forming a crimped portion in a portion of the covering disposed about the flower pot.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the method comprises the additional step of:tearing along the perforations to separate the sheet extension from the sheet of material.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the sheet extension extends about substantially the entire outer peripheral edge of the sheet of material, the sheet extension extending the distance outwardly from the outer peripheral edge of the sheet of material terminating with an outer peripheral edge of the sheet extension, the sheet extension having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface of the sheet extension being disposed in a plane about coplanar with the upper surface of the sheet of material and the lower surface of the sheet extension being disposed in a plane about coplanar with the lower surface of the sheet of material.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:closing an open upper end of the covering.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the covering further comprises a reinforcing element connected to the sheet extension, and wherein the step of closing the open upper end of the covering further comprises:crimping the portion of the sheet extension with the reinforcing element disposed therein together to close the open upper end of the covering.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of forming the crimped portion is defined further as forming the crimped portion in the covering with the crimped portion extending a distance radially inwardly toward a central portion of the flower pot forming a ridge portion.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein during the step of forming the crimped portion a portion of the covering is caused to form a ridge portion.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of forming the crimped portion is defined further as forming the crimped portion in covering with the crimped portion extending a distance radially inwardly toward a central portion of the flower pot forming a ridge portion, the crimped portion and the ridge portion extending circumferentially about the upper end of the flower pot.
- 9. The method of claim 1 wherein during the step of forming the crimped portion a portion of the covering is caused to form a ridge portion, the crimped portion and the ridge portion extending circumferentially about the upper end of the flower pot.
- 10. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of forming the crimped portion is defined further as forming a plurality of overlapping folds in a portion of the covering with the overlapping folds cooperating to form the crimped portion.
- 11. The method of claim wherein the step of forming the overlapping folds is defined further as forming the overlapping folds with the portion of the covering having the overlapping folds therein extending circumferentially about the upper end of the
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/451,642, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,321,435 filed Nov. 30, 1999; which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/818,619, filed Mar. 14, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,991,999, issued Nov. 30, 1999; which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/468,112, filed Jun. 6, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,625,936, issued May 6, 1997; which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/037,067, filed Mar. 25, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,542,169, issued Aug. 6, 1996; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/926,098, filed Aug. 5, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,809,629, issued Sep. 22, 1998.
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