EP1849716A2 - Flowerpot and pot cover, blank therefor and corresponding packaging - Google Patents

Abstract

The unit (11) is assembled of two circular sheets (21,22) of different materials to be combined in order to form a decorative wrapper. The inner sheet (21) is transparent and made of plastic foil. The outer layer (22) can be made of paper, card or cardboard and decorated with a printed pattern. The upper edge comprises a row of curved segments forming a pleated border after folding. Both sheets (21, 22) are connected at one spot (12) but can easily be separated for recycling.

Description

The invention relates to flower pot and ostrich cuffs, a blank for it and an associated sales container.

Plant pot cuffs have been used for many decades. Flower pots are usually aesthetically unattractive. They often show signs of use, are dirty on the outside or stained, therefore also unpleasant to touch and aligned to a practical use. Therefore flower pot cuffs are often used especially for gift purposes, which surround the outside and cover the flower pots and make them more attractive.

Such, known flowerpot cuffs usually consist of a pleated PVC film, so a mutually kinked and stacked film, which is then assembled into a ring. This ring is slightly stretched and can then be placed around the flower pot. An example of such a flowerpot cuff is approximately from the DE 88 12 917 U1 known.

Other flowerpot cuffs are made of cardboard and may be formed, for example, in the shape of a truncated pyramid, as shown in FIG DE 70 46 666 U1 is proposed.

Also known is the use of crepe paper and also for example from the DE 89 05 250 U1 the use of flexible sheet material, which can be converted by means of a drawstring in a three-dimensional shape to a flowerpot cuff.

Nevertheless, there is still the need for further flowerpot cuffs, which on the one hand are practical for the florist in packaging and sales and on the other hand offer the buyer of a suitably packed flowerpot an attractive and pleasant appearance, especially since the direct buyer usually has the intention of give him a bought product, so that he also looks for a corresponding aesthetic external design.

Object of the present invention is therefore to propose a flowerpot cuff that meets these requirements. Furthermore, a blank for a flowerpot cuff and a sales container for it are proposed.

These objects are achieved by the features of claims 1, 2 and 6.

Such a conception is simple, practical, very functional, cost-effective and, moreover, also environmentally friendly.

Namely, for the provision of flower pot cuffs, it is to be noted that flower pots are often wet or even wet during transportation, because the plants and the soil in them need such moisture and are discharged outside. If this moisture now leaks out of the flowerpots or over its edge and reaches the flowerpot cuff, then when it is used, for example, only ordinary paper becomes instantly moist and unsightly; Not only can it not fulfill its purpose, but it also disturbs the aesthetic demands more than the damp or polluted flowerpot itself would do.

Although known from the prior art pleated PVC material is water resistant and thus solves this problem, but it is on the one hand relatively expensive for a mass and disposable items and on the other hand from concerns about its environmental compatibility from consumers increasingly less welcome. If you take paper as an alternative and equip it with appropriate additives water-repellent, so are also mostly chemicals needed, which in turn raise concerns or limit the printing or dyeing of the paper or exclude certain possibilities altogether. Also, the use of laminated paper does not solve the problem, since it in turn must be made relatively expensive and in the disposal about about the paper waste in turn leads to problems, as well as a disposal of the organic waste, which could also be close in the context of flower pots.

According to the invention, however, a two-layered embodiment of a flowerpot collar is proposed, wherein these two layers are designed separately, ie not glued together, welded, laminated on one another or connected in another way.

The florist thus takes the double sheet consisting of a water-repellent plastic film and an aesthetically pleasing film of printed paper or fleece, possibly also from other, freely available materials, puts the flowerpot on this double sheet and manually leads the transfer of the double sheet in one Through pot cuff shape. The attachment can be made by adhesive tape, rubber bands or in any other form.

In order to make this possible, it is preferred if the double layer, ie the blank for the flowerpot cuff, is circular. This greatly facilitates the high folding and trimming of the flowerpot cuff.

It is further preferred if the edge of the circular blank is provided in waves or with regular bulges or prongs. This allows a shapely design of the upper edge of the folded flowerpot cuff, which emphasizes the aesthetic claim.

There is a great deal of freedom in choosing the materials for the two layers. Since the two layers no longer need to be laminated, as in the prior art glued together or otherwise connected, for example, now materials can be used that otherwise do not allow this togetherness. In choosing the colors and printing inks for the paper or nonwoven, therefore, no more needs to be paid to adhesive compatibility; the question of any water-repellent properties also does not arise, since this area of responsibility is taken over by the water-repellent film, in particular made of plastic, and thus the paper or non-woven must not be water-repellent.

This water-repellent film is in particular made of a transparent, clear plastic so as not to affect the color of the other layer when used as a flowerpot cuff and in case of any inaccuracies during the manual unfolding process, so for example projecting passages of the water-repellent layer, not to fall into the picture ,

A very great advantage of the flowerpot cuff according to the invention results from its disposal. The two layers or layers can now easily be disposed of separately, since they are currently not firmly connected. A paper or nonwoven layer can be placed in the paper waste, if necessary, in the organic waste, while the water-repellent and very thin to be held second layer can be disposed of with the plastic waste and low in it due to their small volume.

Another advantage arises from the fact that now according to the invention also below the flowerpot a water-repellent layer is provided, which prevents the liquid from the flower pot down-leaking liquid or dirt adhering directly to a table or other surface passes, which in conventional flowerpot cuffs about pleated PVC material can be done easily. These are known to be open at the bottom and a shield must be done there by underlaid saucers and the like, which is problematic, for example, in a transport of such flowerpots.

In addition, as well as the printed or colored, visually attractive paper or nonwoven layer runs below the flowerpot, a further increase in the aesthetically pleasing overall impression is achieved.

For the user, initially so usually the florist in the florist, it is obvious that he uses the water-repellent, transparent plastic layer facing the flowerpot, so that the paper or nonwoven layer comes to rest outside and from the outset from the flowerpot leaking liquid not into this Paper or nonwoven layer can penetrate.

A sales container for the blanks according to the invention for the flower pot collars is particularly preferably characterized in that the first layers of a flexible water repellent material and the second layers of a flexible colored or printed material, both layers are not firmly connected.

In this way, layers of one type and of the other type are alternately arranged one above the other, for example alternately for every 25 layers. These can be torn off in a suitable form tear-off from a perforated or stamped in another form mounting strap. These holding areas can be hung with a pendant, so that the florist at any time a large number of such flowerpot cuffs in front of him and must always access; They take on the only limited space on the table no place away, but can be hung on a wall, even in, for example, several colors or other types in a row, if you can still access the desired blank or the desired sales package ,

The sales containers according to the invention as well as the blanks or the flower pot or Ostrich cuffs as such can be offered in various shapes, sizes and colors. The different size may be provided so that attachment to different sizes of flower pots or bouquets is possible.

The different colors of the finished flowerpot cuff or ostrich cuff can be easily achieved by using another nonwoven material or a nonwoven material of a different color. The strength of the paper or the fleece is variable and can thus provide for a different feel behavior by the end user.

The amount of blanks per sales package or per tear-off block can be designed very differently. The number 25 is a very practical example, but by no means compelling.

The blanks according to the invention are also suitable as cuffs for bouquets. For this purpose, the florist can also cut them with the scissors or cut out certain parts or segments in order to achieve or emphasize a desired shape. In these cases, too, a water-repellent inner layer and a shapely and suitably formable outer layer are created.

Figur 1

eine Ansicht eines Verkaufsgebindes mit Zuschnitten für Blumentopfmanschetten;

Figur 2

eine Blumentopfmanschette an einem Blumentopf; und

Figur 3

die Ansicht einer anderen Ausführungsform eines Verkaufsgebildes gemäß Figur 1.

In the following an embodiment of the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawing. Show it:

FIG. 1

a view of a sales container with blanks for flowerpot cuffs;

FIG. 2

a flowerpot cuff on a flower pot; and

FIG. 3

the view of another embodiment of a sales structure according to FIG. 1

A blank 10 for a flowerpot collar 11 is circular in a first approximation. The circumference of the blank 10 can be wavy or bulged or jagged, as can be seen in FIG. 1, in particular.

Each individual blank 10 and thus at the same time each flower pot cuff 11 formed therefrom consists of two layers 21 and 22. One of these layers is an example transparent, water-repellent plastic film; the other layer 22 is a non-water repellent, aesthetically pleasing printed or dyed layer of non-woven or paper.

In the sales container 1 with the blanks 10 for the flower pot collars 11, the layers 21 and 22 alternate several times, for example in the form of 25 superimposed blanks, each consisting of two layers 21 and 22. FIG. 1 shows a holder 12, on which Layers 21 and 22 are alternately attached, shown here in the exfoliated state, in order to distinguish the layers 21 and 22 well. In the sales container, the holder 12 is folded or folded in the longitudinal direction so that the layers 21, 22 lie on each other.

In use, the florist grasps a blank 10 consisting of two plies 21 and 22, releases them from the holder 12, places the plies in front of him on the table, places a flowerpot 30 thereon, folds the two plies 21 and 22 upwardly and accordingly fastened there by means of an adhesive strip, rubber bands or other form. This process is shown schematically in FIG. It is also conceivable folding the layers 21, 22 corresponding projections provided or recesses of the edge of the blanks into each other.

FIG. 3 shows a blank 10 for a sales container 1 with a multiplicity of flower pot collars 11 made up of parallel and alternately arranged layers 21, 22.

As in Figure 1, one of the plies 21, 22 of the flowerpot cuff 11 is formed as a water repellent film 21 and the other ply 22 as an aesthetically pleasing film of nonwoven, paper or the like. For better illustration, the layers 21, 22 of a flowerpot collar 11 are folded in perspective. All layers 21, 22 of a sales container 1, for example for 25 flowerpot collars 11, are stacked alternately. At the upper edge 23 of the blanks 10, the smooth, wavy or serrated edges 24 with the punched part 25 by connections 26 are still partially, torn off.

These stamped parts 25 are connected to the holder 12 so that the layers 21, 22 of the flowerpot sleeve 11 are easily peeled off, and thus the use as in Figure 2 prepared are. The layers 21, 22 are then loosely parallel to each other and can be used for wrapping the flowerpot. After use, the unconnected layers 21, 22 of different material can be easily separated and disposed of separately.

The holder 12 is folded in Figure 3 about the upper edges 23 of the plurality of flower pot cuffs 11, or their presorted layers 21, 22 and the corresponding plurality of stampings 25 and connected by a staple 27 or the like with these stampings 25. One of the staples 27 can also serve for fixing a hacking 28. To increase the lubricity of the layers 21, 22 can be arranged between the inside of the holder 12 and the stamped part 25 a punched part 25 and the upper edge 23 U-shaped film 29 and fastened by the staples 27.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

sales packaging

10

cut

11

Flowerpot cuff

12

bracket

21

first location

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second location

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upper edge of the layers 21, 22

24

Edges of the layers 21, 22

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stamping

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Connections between stamped part 25 and layers 21, 22

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Heft terminals

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Chop

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smooth film on the inside of the holder 12th

30

plant pot

Claims (7)

Flower pot or ostrich cuff (11),
with a first layer (21) of a flexible water-repellent material, and a second layer (22) of a flexible colored or printed material, both layers (21, 22) are not firmly connected to each other and are disposable separately after use. Blank (10) for a flower pot or ostrich cuff (11),
with a first layer (21) of a flexible water-repellent material, with a second layer (22) of a flexible colored or printed material, wherein both layers (21, 22) are not firmly connected to each other and wherein the two layers (21, 22 ) are arranged parallel to each other and laid flat on each other. Blank according to claim 1,
characterized,
that the first layer (21) and the second layer (22) are each of circular shape having two circles of the same diameter, and the centers of the two circles are placed on one another. Blank according to claim 2 or 3,
characterized,
that the edge of the blank is undulating or provided with regular bulges or prongs. Blank according to one of claims 2 to 4,
characterized,
in that the first layer (21) consists of a water-repellent plastic film and the second layer (22) consists of a flexible, colored or printed layer of paper or nonwoven material. Sales container for a flower pot or ostrich cuff (11) for two or more cuffs (11),
in which alternating first layers (21) and second layers (22) are placed on top of each other,
wherein the first layers (21) of a flexible water-repellent material and the second layers (22) made of a flexible colored or printed material, wherein both layers (21, 22) are not firmly connected to each other. Sales container according to claim 3 to 6,
characterized,
that an upper edge (23) of the layers (21, 22) with a portion of an outer punched part (25) by links (25) and hung around the punched part (25) and the upper edge (23) a holder (12) folded and connected to the stamped part (25), in particular by clips (27) is attached.

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