DE20100954U1 - Core body for fresh flower arrangements - Google Patents

Description

Core body for fresh flower arrangements

The present invention relates to a core body for fresh flower arrangements, in the form of a wreath, a cushion or the like, consisting of a base plate made of compostable material and a receiving body made of fresh flower arrangement foam connected thereto, wherein the receiving body is covered by a supporting wire mesh.

Nuclear bodies of the generic type are known per se.

In the core bodies of the generic type known to date, a base plate made of hard fiber or similarly compostable materials is used. A filling foam made of compostable material is used between the base plate made of hard fiber material, for example, and the receiving body to connect the base plate and the receiving body. The circumferential ends of the supporting wire mesh protrude slightly into the area of the filling foam and are fixed there.

Such core bodies have proven themselves well in practice.

LOESENBECK · STRACKE · SPECHT · D*aVtZ -iATENTWJWALTE - EUftftPE^ffi PATENT AND TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS

Registration text dated 18.01.2001 Page 2

Since the known core bodies require a base plate made of hard fiber material or the like for stabilization, the manufacturing costs for such core bodies are somewhat high.

The present invention is based on the object of creating a core body of the generic type which is, on the one hand, sufficiently stable and, on the other hand, inexpensive to produce.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the base plate consists of a compostable filling foam and that the circumferential ends of the support wire mesh are embedded in the filling foam in an overlapping manner, so that the ends of the support wire mesh are held in the filling foam and, moreover, form a stabilizing reinforcement for the filling foam.

Surprisingly, it has been shown that such reinforcement of the filling foam achieves stabilization, so that an additional base plate, for example made of hard fiber material, can be dispensed with.

The manufacturing costs for a core body are considerably lower due to this simplified design, without this ultimately resulting in any handling disadvantages in practice.

In particular, in the case of core bodies with a larger base area or core bodies in ring form with a large diameter, it is expedient if at least one corrugated wire or at least one corrugated wire strip is embedded in order to increase the stability of the base plate consisting of filling foam - depending on its base area.

In addition to the overlapping ends of the support wire mesh, this provides additional reinforcement and thus stabilization of the base plate made of filling foam.

Particularly from the point of view of compostability, it is expedient if both the supporting wire mesh and the corrugated wire ring or the corrugated wire strip have a maximum thickness of about 0.8 mm.

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Registration text dated 18.01.2001 Page 3

Further features of the invention are the subject of further subclaims.

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and are described in more detail below.
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Show it:

Figure 1 is a plan view of an annular core body according to the present

invention
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Figure 2 shows a cross-section through the

Core body according to Figure 1

Figure 3 is a schematic plan view of a corrugated wire ring as used for the manufacture of the core body according to Figures 1 and 2

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Figure 4 is a perspective view of a core body according to another

Embodiment of the invention.
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Figures 1 and 2 show a core body for fresh flower arrangements, designated overall by the reference numeral 1, which has the shape of a ring-shaped wreath.

Figure 2 in particular makes it clear that this core body 1 essentially consists of a base plate 2 made of a compostable material and of a receiving body 3 made of a fresh flower foam connected to it, and that the receiving body 3 is covered by a supporting wire mesh 4.

The base plate 2 is made of a compostable filling foam and the circumferential ends 4a and 4b of the supporting wire mesh 4 are embedded in the filling foam of the base plate 2 in an overlapping manner, so that the ends 4a and 4b of the supporting wire mesh 4 are held on the one hand in the base plate 2 made of filling foam and on the other hand form a stabilizing reinforcement for the filling foam of the base plate 2.

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Registration text dated 18.01.2001 Page 4

In particular in the case of ring-shaped core bodies 1 with a large diameter, it may be useful to embed at least one corrugated wire ring in the filling foam of the base plate 2 for further stabilization of the base plate 2, wherein in the case of using only one corrugated wire ring 5, as shown in Figure 2, it is expedient to arrange this corrugated wire ring 5 between the overlapping ends 4a and 4b of the support wire mesh 4.

The shape of the corrugated wire ring 5 is shown in the schematic plan view according to Figure 3.
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Of course, several corrugated wire rings 5 of different diameters can also be arranged in the base plate 2 if this appears necessary for sufficient stability of the base plate 2 made of a filling foam.

As can also be seen from Figure 2, the base plate 2 made of filling foam is designed in such a way that it completely encloses the receiving body 3 with peripheral edge webs 2a projecting in the direction of the receiving body 3. The edge webs 2a projecting in the direction of the receiving body 3 give the base plate 2 an overall approximately bowl-shaped shape and can thus form a water reservoir for the receiving body 3, which is known to be intended for holding fresh flowers.

Advantageously, a supporting wire mesh 4 is used, the maximum thickness of which is approximately 0.8 mm.
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Even when using corrugated wire rings 5, a maximum thickness of 0.8 mm is preferred for this corrugated wire ring 5.

The height of the corrugated wire ring 5 is advantageously approximately in the range of 4 to 5 mm.

Figure 4 shows a core body 1 in the shape of a cross. Here too, the receiving body 3 is made of fresh flower foam and is covered by a supporting wire mesh 4.

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Registration text dated 18.01.2001 Page 5

The base plate 2 is in turn made of a filling foam and, analogous to the construction as shown in Figure 2, is stabilized by the ends of the support wire mesh 4 which protrude into the filling foam of the base plate 2 and overlap each other.
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In the case of large base areas of non-ring-shaped core bodies 1, corrugated wire strips can also be embedded in the filling foam of the base plate 2 for further stabilization.

Even in the case of non-annular core bodies 1, support wire braids 4 and corrugated wire strips 5 in the dimensions specified in the description of the annular core body are preferred.

Claims (6)

1. Core body for fresh flower arrangements in the form of a wreath, a cushion or the like, consisting of a base plate made of a compostable material and of a receiving body made of fresh flower arrangement foam connected thereto, the receiving body being covered by a supporting wire mesh, characterized in that the base plate ( 2 ) consists of a compostable filling foam and that the circumferential ends ( 4a , 4b ) of the supporting wire mesh ( 4 ) are embedded in the filling foam so as to overlap one another, so that the ends ( 4a , 4b ) of the supporting wire mesh ( 4 ) are held in the filling foam and, moreover, form a stabilizing reinforcement for the filling foam. 2. Core body according to claim 1, characterized in that to increase the stability of the base plate ( 2 ) consisting of filling foam - depending on its base area - at least one corrugated wire ring ( 5 ) or at least one corrugated wire strip is embedded. 3. Core body according to claim 2, characterized in that both the supporting wire mesh ( 4 ) and the corrugated wire ring ( 5 ) or the corrugated wire strip have a maximum thickness of about 0.8 mm. 4. Core body according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that when using only one corrugated wire ring ( 5 ) for additional stabilization of the base plate ( 2 ), this corrugated wire ring ( 5 ) is arranged between the overlapping ends ( 4a , 4b ) of the support wire mesh ( 4 ). 5. Core body according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the base plate ( 2 ) made of filling foam completely encloses the receiving body ( 3 ) with circumferential edge webs ( 2a ) projecting in the direction thereof. 6. Core body according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the height of the corrugated wire ring ( 5 ) or the corrugated wire strip is approximately 4 to 5 mm.