Claims
- 1. A blank of cardboard or paperboard for use in forming a holder for items such as flower vases comprising, in combination: a generally planar panel having a plurality of angularly oriented tabs, with each of said tabs having at least first and second edges, an inwardly located weakened fold line, and at least a first tab hole located in the tab remote from the weakened fold line and the first and second edges, and in which certain of said tabs have slits extending from the first edge to the tab hole for the forceable passage of portions of a ribbon or cord through the slits for insertion into said tab holes.
- 2. A blank in accordance with claim 1 in which each tab has two tab holes located remotely from their weakened fold line and their first and second edges.
- 3. A blank in accordance with claim 1 further comprising, in combination: an entrance notch located on the edge of the tab and associated with each of the slits for initially positioning the portions of ribbon or cord for passage through the slit.
- 4. A blank in accordance with claim 3 in which said panel has first and second panel holes spaced outwardly from said tabs and spaced from each other.
- 5. A blank in accordance with claim 4 in which the planar panel has at least first and second edges, and in which each of said first and second panel holes has a panel slit extending from one of the edges of the planar panel to the panel hole for the forceable passage of the portion of ribbon or cord into said first and second panel holes.
- 6. A blank in accordance with claim 5 further comprising, in combination: an entrance notch located on one of the edges of the planar panel and associated with each of said first and second panel holes for initially positioning and portions of ribbon or cord for passage through the panel slits.
- 7. A blank in accordance with claim 6 in which said panel is rectangular, providing four corners, two of said corners each having an additional pair of holes formed in the corners spaced from the edges of the panel.
- 8. The blank of claim 7 in which each of said additional pair of holes has a slit extending from the edge of the panel to the hole for the passage of the portion of ribbon or cord into said additional pairs of holes.
- 9. A blank in accordance with claim 8 in which each of said last-mentioned slits has an entrance notch located at the edge of the panel.
- 10. A blank of paperboard or cardboard for use in forming a holder for holding items in a stabilized vertical position, with the item having a base and sides upstanding from the base, comprising, in combination: a rectangular panel having a plurality of tabs located quandrantally around a central portion, each tab having at least first and second die cut edges and a weakened fold line, said respective fold lines residing inwardly of said die cut edges and defining the central portion, with the central portion being planar and of a size for acception the base of the item, said tabs being flexible upwardly about the weakened fold lines to engage the sides of the item above the base of the item, with said tabs each having a pair of laterally spaced holes located outwardly with respect to their fold lines of said tabs, and a marginal portion extending from the central portion and intermediate the tabs providing a large supporting surface; and ribbon means passing through the pairs of holes in said tabs to hold the tabs against the sides of the item.
- 11. A blank in accordance with claim 10 in which said marginal portion of said panel has first and second holes spaced outwardly from said tabs and from the central portion and spaced from each other, said ribbon means also passing through said outwardly spaced first and second holes.
- 12. A blank in accordance with claim 11 in which the marginal portion has edges and in which said first and second holes each have a slit extending from the edge of the marginal portion to the hole and through which said ribbon means can be forceably passed for insertion into the hole.
- 13. A blank in accordance with claim 12 in which each of said slits has a notch at the edge of the marginal portion for facilitating the forceable passage of said ribbon means through said slits into the holes of said first and second outwardly spaced holes.
- 14. A blank in accordance with claim 13 in which first, second, third, and fourth tabs are provided and in which said ribbon means includes first and second ribbons, said first ribbon having one end tied to said first tab via said one hole, said second ribbon having one end tied to said first tab via the other of the holes in said first tab, said first ribbon passing through the pairs of holes of the second tab, said second ribbon passing through the pair of holes of the third tab, said ribbons then passing through the holes in the fourth tab.
- 15. A holder of paperboard or cardboard for holding an item in a stabilized vertical position, with the item having a bottom and sides upstanding from the bottom, comprising, in combination: a planar panel; a central portion of said panel underlying the bottom of said item in the plane of the planar panel; a number of angularly disposed upwardly extending tabs formed in the planar panel and hingedly connected to said central portion, with the tabs having upper end portions spaced from the central portion, with the tabs being flexible upwardly at an angle to the plane of the planar panel to engage the upper end portions of said tabs against the sides of the item spaced above the bottom of the item; a marginal portion extending from the central portion in the plane of the planar panel and intermediate the tabs providing a large supporting surface; and means for holding the upper end portions of said tabs against said sides of the item.
- 16. The holder of claim 15 in which the upper end portion of each of said tabs has a hole therein, and in which said holding means comprises a ribbon extending through said holes of said tabs.
- 17. The holder of claim 16 in which first, second, third and fourth tabs are provided, with the first tab located at a 12:00 o'clock position, the second tab located at a 3:00 o'clock position, the third tab located at a 6:00 o'clock position, and the fourth tab located at a 9:00 o'clock position, said ribbon being anchored to the third tab via its hole, said ribbon passing through the holes in the second and fourth tabs, said ribbon passing through said hole in said first tab.
- 18. The holder of claim 17 including means for anchoring said ribbon to said marginal portion of said panel spaced from the central portion and said tabs.
- 19. The combination holder of claim 18 in which said anchoring means includes a pair of holes spaced outwardly from said tabs, said ribbon passing through said outwardly spaced holes.
- 20. The holder of claim 19 in which said marginal portion of said panel is rectangular having four corners, two of said corners each having still another pair of holes, and said ribbon passing through the holes in said two corners.
- 21. The holder of claim 20 in which each tab includes an edge, with the second, third, and fourth tabs each having a slit extending from the edge of the tab to the hole in the tab for the forceable passage of the ribbon into the hole and a notch associated with each slit located at the edge of the tab for facilitating the insertion of the ribbon into the slit.
- 22. The blank in accordance with claim 10 wherein at least first and second tabs are provided; and wherein the ribboned means includes a central portion anchored to the first tab and first and second free ends, with the first free end of the ribbon means passing through one of the pair of holes of the second tab and the second free end of the ribbon means passing through the other of the pair of holes of the second tab.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 557,722, filed on July 25, 1990, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (20)
Continuations (1)
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