Claims
- 1. An article for covering a flower pot, comprising:
- a base formed into a predetermined shape having a closed lower end, an open upper end, and an object opening dimensioned to receive the flower pot, the base formed of a flexible sheet of material and having a plurality of pleats spaced circumferentially about the base formed by overlapping portions of the sheet of material, each of the pleats extending from the upper end to the lower end and each pleat having a predetermined shape which is reversely shaped relative to the adjacent pleats in the base such that the base is provided with alternating reversely shaped pleats, the sheet of material having an upper surface and a lower surface with at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface being a bondably connectable surface such that the overlapping portions of one of the upper surface and the lower surface are bondingly connected to retain the base in the predetermined shape; and
- a skirt extending from the open upper end of the base, the skirt having a plurality of pleats spaced circumferentially about the skirt formed by overlapping portions of the skirt, each pleat having a predetermined shape which is reversely shaped relative to the adjacent pleats in the skirt such that the skirt is provided with alternating reversely shaped pleats, each of the pleats in the skirt are aligned with a corresponding one of the pleats in the base and the overlapping portions of the skirt are substantially unconnected to one another.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/054,929, filed Apr. 28, 1993, which is a divisional of application U.S. Ser. No. 737,752, filed Jul. 30, 1991 entitled FLOWER POT OR FLOWER POT COVER WITH CONTROLLED PLEATS amended to A METHOD OF FORMING A FLOWER POT OR FLOWER POT COVER WITH CONTROLLED PLEATS, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,228,934, which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 422,653, filed Oct. 17, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,073,161 issued Dec. 17, 1991, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 366,588, filed Jun. 15, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,111,613 issued May 12, 1992 and a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 397,114, filed Aug. 22, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,029,412 issued Jul 9, 1991, and a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 367,098, filed Jun. 15, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 0,318,030 issued Jul. 9, 1991, and a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 219,083, filed Jul. 13, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,897,031 issued Jan. 30, 1990 which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 07/004,275, filed Jan. 5, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,773,182, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 06/613,080, field May 22, 1984, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (80)
Foreign Referenced Citations (11)
Number |
Date |
Country |
163453 |
Apr 1985 |
EPX |
2036163 |
Dec 1970 |
FRX |
2272914 |
Jan 1976 |
FRX |
2489126 |
Mar 1982 |
FRX |
2948265 |
May 1981 |
DEX |
226548 |
Sep 1989 |
JPX |
8101464 |
Oct 1982 |
NLX |
274167 |
Jul 1949 |
CHX |
560532 |
Apr 1975 |
CHX |
28130 |
Sep 1907 |
GBX |
1204647 |
Sep 1970 |
GBX |
Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
Entry |
The Condensed Chemical Dictionary (Eighth Edition) copy in 3506 p. 789. |
Related Publications (3)
|
Number |
Date |
Country |
|
397114 |
Aug 1989 |
|
|
367098 |
Jun 1989 |
|
|
219083 |
Jul 1988 |
|
Divisions (2)
|
Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
737752 |
Jul 1991 |
|
Parent |
422653 |
Oct 1989 |
|
Continuations (3)
|
Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
54929 |
Apr 1993 |
|
Parent |
4275 |
Jan 1987 |
|
Parent |
613080 |
May 1984 |
|
Continuation in Parts (1)
|
Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
366588 |
Jun 1989 |
|