Claims
- 1. A wrapping, comprising:
- a flower pot having an outer periphery;
- a sheet of material having an upper surface and a lower surface, the sheet of material sized to wrap at least a portion of the flower pot; and
- a single cling material having both an insubstantial portion and a substantial portion, the insubstantial portion of the cling material overlapping and connected to a small portion of the sheet of material, the substantial portion of the cling material extending away from the sheet of material, both the cling material and sheet of material forming a wrapping material,
- wherein the wrapping material is wrapped about at least a portion of the flower pot thereby forming the wrapping,
- wherein the sheet of material substantially wraps about at least a portion of the outer periphery of the flower pot, and
- wherein the substantial portion of the cling material both overlaps and connects to the sheet of material when the sheet of material is wrapped about the flower pot, the substantial portion of the cling material overlapping only a limited portion of the sheet of material to secure the sheet of material about the flower pot.
- 2. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein the sheet of material is at least partially wrapped about a flower pot having a floral arrangement therein.
- 3. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein the sheet of material is selected from the group consisting of cloth, paper, cellophane, metal foil, man-made organic polymer film and combinations thereof.
- 4. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein the cling material comprises polyethylene.
- 5. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein a portion of at least one surface of the cling material overlaps and is connected to a portion of at least one surface of the sheet of material.
- 6. The wrapping material of claim 5 wherein the cling material is secured to at least a portion of the upper surface of the sheet of material.
- 7. The wrapping material of claim 5 wherein the cling material is secured to at least a portion of the lower surface of the sheet of material.
- 8. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein the cling material comprises a thickness in a range of about 0.2 mils to about 10 mils.
- 9. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein the cling material comprises a thickness in a range of about 0.6 mils to about 2 mils.
- 10. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein the sheet of material comprises a thickness in a range of about 0.2 mils to about 10 mils.
- 11. The wrapping material of claim 1 wherein the sheet of material comprises a thickness in a range of about 0.5 mils to about 2.5 mils.
- 12. A wrapping, comprising:
- an object having an outer periphery;
- a sheet of material having an upper surface and a lower surface, the sheet of material sized to wrap at least a portion of the object; and
- a single cling material having both an insubstantial portion and a substantial portion, the insubstantial portion of the cling material overlapping and connected to a small portion of the sheet of material, the substantial portion of the cling material extending away from the sheet of material, both the cling material and sheet of material forming a wrapping material,
- wherein the wrapping material is wrapped about at least a portion of the object thereby forming the wrapping,
- wherein the sheet of material substantially wraps about at least a portion of the outer periphery of the object, and
- wherein the substantial portion of the cling material both overlaps and connects to the sheet of material when the sheet of material is wrapped about the object, the substantial portion of the cling material overlapping only a limited portion of the sheet of material to secure the sheet of material about the object.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 07/889,654, filed May 27, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,308,672 and entitled "SELF ADHERING WRAPPING MATERIAL FOR WRAPPING FLOWER POTS AND METHOD OF USING SAME;" which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 07/677,225, filed Mar. 29, 1991, entitled "METHOD FOR WRAPPING FLOWER POTS USING A SELF-ADHERING WRAPPING MATERIAL," now U.S. Pat. No. 5,199,242; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/368,597, filed Jun. 20, 1989, entitled "METHOD OF WRAPPING UTILIZING A SELF ADHERING WRAPPING MATERIAL," now U.S. Pat. No. 5,007,229; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 249,761, filed Sep. 26, 1988, entitled "METHOD FOR WRAPPING AN OBJECT WITH A MATERIAL HAVING PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE THEREON, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 219,083, filed Jul. 13, 1988, entitled "ARTICLE FORMING SYSTEM," now U.S. Pat. No. 4,897,031; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 004,275, filed Jan. 5, 1987, entitled "ARTICLE FORMING SYSTEM," now U.S. Pat. No. 4,773,182; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 613,080, filed May 22, 1984, entitled ARTICLE FORMING SYSTEM, now abandoned.
Said application Ser. No. 07/677,225 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/232,541, filed Aug. 11, 1988, entitled "METHOD OF SHAPING AND HOLDING A SHEET OF MATERIAL ABOUT A FLOWER POT WITH A COLLAR," now U.S. Pat. No. 4,835,834; which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 06/876,405, filed Jun. 20, 1986, entitled "FLOWER POT ACCESSORY," now abandoned. Application U.S. Ser. Nos. 249,761, 219,083 (U.S. Pat. No. 4,897,031), 004,275 (U.S. Pat. No. 4,773,182), and 232,541 (U.S. Pat. No. 4,835,834), described above, are hereby incorporated by reference.
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