Claims
- 1. A method for forming and fastening a cover about a flower pot, comprising:providing a platform having a support surface formed thereon and an opening extending through the support surface, the opening sized to receive the flower pot; placing a sheet of material in a cover forming position over the opening and on the support surface wherein the sheet of material, in the cover forming position, is positioned over the opening; positioning the flower pot in a position over the sheet of material and in a position wherein the lower end of the flower pot is disposed generally above and near the portion of the sheet of material which is above the opening; forming a covered flower pot by moving the flower pot in a direction which causes the lower end of the flower pot to engage a portion of the sheet of material, the flower pot and portions of the sheet of material passing through the opening causing the sheet of material to contact or nearly contact both the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot and the platform as the flower pot is moved wherein the sheet of material is pressed about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot to form a cover about the flower pot, the cover having an inner surface facing the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot and an exposed outer surface; automatically applying a fastener about a portion of the outer surface of the cover of the flower pot for fastening the cover about the flower pot; and removing the covered flower pot from the platform.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein in the step of placing the sheet of material, the sheet of material comprises a material selected from a group of materials consisting of paper, metal foil, cloth (natural or synthetic), denim, burlap or polymer film or combinations thereof.
- 3. The method of claim 1 further comprising moving the platform to a site where the flower pot is provided.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein in the step of automatically applying a fastener, the fastener is selected from a group consisting of elastic or non-elastic string, wire, thread, elastic, ribbon, wire and tape.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the fastener is applied about the cover of the flower pot to a portion of the cover which is above the platform.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the fastener is applied about the cover of the flower pot to a portion of the cover which is below the platform.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/491,003 filed Jan. 25, 2000, U.S. Pat. No. 6,178,727 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/088,692, filed on Jul. 7, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,481,850 entitled “ROTARY COVERING AND FASTENING SYSTEM”.
This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/088,976, filed on Jul. 8, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,450,707 entitled “CONVEYABLE COVER FORMER AND FASTENING SYSTEM”.
This application is also a continuation-in-part of pending prior application Ser. No. 07/979,389, now abandoned, filed Nov. 19, 1992, entitled “MEANS FOR SECURING A DECORATIVE COVER ABOUT A FLOWER POT” which is a continuation of pending prior application Ser. No. 07/832,096, filed Feb. 6, 1992, now abandoned, entitled “MEANS FOR SECURING A DECORATIVE COVER ABOUT A FLOWER POT”, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/765,416, filed on Sep. 26, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,105,599, entitled “MEANS FOR SECURING A DECORATIVE COVER ABOUT A FLOWER POT”, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/530,491, filed May 29, 1990, now ABANDONED, which was a continuation of Ser. No. 07/315,169 filed Feb. 24, 1989, now ABANDONED.
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