GB2507110A - Postal Packaging System for Live Plants - Google Patents

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GB2507110A
GB2507110A GB201218833A GB201218833A GB2507110A GB 2507110 A GB2507110 A GB 2507110A GB 201218833 A GB201218833 A GB 201218833A GB 201218833 A GB201218833 A GB 201218833A GB 2507110 A GB2507110 A GB 2507110A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
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Abstract

A postal package 10 for live plants 14 comprises a tray with a plug containment area 22 for holding plugs 16 of live plants; a stem passageway area 24; and a foliage containment area 28, all located between upper and lower faces 32, 30 of the package. The plug containment area comprises a support surface to support a side wall of a plug such that the live plants are supported on their side within the package. In a first embodiment the plug containment area also comprises plug raising means (not pictured) in order to support a base surface of a plug in a raised position from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of a plug. In a second embodiment each plug has a central longitudinal axis 66 extending through a central point on the base surface and a central point on the upper surface and the plug containment area is arranged to support the plug with the central longitudinal axis parallel with the lower face. Also claimed are assemblies comprising the packages along with plant plugs, and methods of packing live plants in the packages.

Description

Postal Packaging System for Live Plants
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a postal packaging system for live plants, an assembly comprising a postal packaging system for live plants containing a plurality of live plants and a method of posting live plants.
Background of the Invention
Live plants are now frequently delivered through the postal system as a way of customers being able to conveniently select and purchase plants from a wide variety of plants. Live plants, including young plants and seedlings etc., may be preferred by customers rather than seeds. However, these live plants must be able to survive the postal system and, therefore, the plant itself and the packaging must be enhanced to ensure that the live plants arrive in a good condition.
Live plants generally comprise a small plant projecting from a plug of a growing medium (for example, compost). The plug may comprise a growing medium incorporating a glue/adhesive (a glue plug). These glue plugs keep the plug of the growing medium intact and surrounding the roots of the live plants. Such plugs can minimise the disturbance around the roots on planting the plant. Alternatively, and in particular for larger young plants requiring a self supporting plug of a growing medium, the plug may be encapsulated by an outer barrier such that the growing medium may be largely contained by a Jiffy grow bag, peat pot or within a coir pellet bag, polymeric netting etc. Postal systems generally have a pricing structure which is dependent on the size of the postal package. Accordingly, postal packages containing live plants can be expensive once packaged to protect the live plants therein. In addition, domestic letter boxes may prevent large postal packages from being delivered and customers may then have to collect the package from a postal depot after a failed delivery. This can significantly delay the delivery of the live plants and in this time the condition of the live plants can deteriorate. In addition, the collection of the live plants may also be inconvenient for the customer and requires time and expense which may deter customers from initially ordering live plants to be delivered through the postal system.
It is an aim of the present invention to overcome at least one problem associated with the prior art, whether referred to herein or otherwise.
Summary of the Invention
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided an assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants, the postal package comprising a tray, each live plant comprising: a plug of a growing medium, each plug being defined by a base surface, one or more side walls and an upper surface; and a stem and associated foliage; the tray comprising; a plug containment area in which the plugs are located; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the plug containment area comprises a support surface to support a side wall of the plug such that the live plants are supported on their side within the postal package, the plug containment area also comprising plug raising means in order to raise the base surface of the plug away from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of the plug.
Preferably each plug has a central longitudinal axis extending through a central point on the base surface and a central point on the upper surface and the plug containment area is arranged to support the plug with the central longitudinal axis parallel with the lower face of the postal package.
Preferably the plug raising means raises the base surface of the plug towards the upper surface of the postal package (relative to the upper surface of the plug).
Preferably the plug raising means raises the base surface of the plug such that a central point on the base is located midway between the lower face and the upper face of the postal package.
Preferably the plug raising means raises the base surface of the plug such that a central point (or mid point) on the base is located at the same height as a central point (or mid point) on the upper surface ot the plug. The central point (or mid point) is defined as the point equally spaced from an upper edge of the base surface/upper surface and a lower edge of the base surface/upper surface when the plug is supported on one side.
Preferably the plug has a central longitudinal axis which locates within a (horizontal) plane of symmetry through the plug (when the plug is supported on one side). Preferably the support surface supports the plug with the plane of symmetry substantially parallel and co-planar with the lower face and/or upper face of the postal package.
Preferably the postal package comprises a base which is arranged to support the postal package on a supporting surface.
Preferably when the postal package is supported on a planar surface the central longitudinal axis of each plug extends parallel with the plane of the planar supporting surface.
Preferably the plug containment area comprises a plug support surface for each plug.
Preferably the plug support surface is provided by a shaped portion. The shaped portion may comprise a concave portion. The shaped portion may comprise a shaped indentation within the plug support area. Preferably the shaped portion comprises a surrounding wall which is arranged to surround the plug when the plug is placed in the plug containment area. Preferably the surrounding wall only partially extends up the vertical height of the plug when the plug is located in the plug support area.
Preferably the plug support surface comprises an angled surface. Preferably the plug support surface is angled relative to a supporting base of the postal package.
The plug support surface may comprise one or more ribs projecting upwardly from a base of the tray.
Preferably the postal package comprises an outer sleeve. Preferably the outer sleeve at least partially surrounds the tray. Preferably a lower surface of the outer sleeve provides a supporting base for the postal package.
Preferably the outer sleeve is sealed to the tray. Preferably the outer sleeve is adhered to the tray. The outer sleeve may be bonded to the tray.
Preferably the outer sleeve is secured to the tray. Preferably an upper peripheral flange or an upper part of the tray is secured to an inner surface of the sleeve.
The outer sleeve may be secured to the tray by adhesive means, for example, heat activated adhesive means.
The outer sleeve may comprise an outer cardboard sleeve and more preferably comprises a folded outer cardboard sleeve.
The outer sleeve may encompass an upper face, a lower face and two side faces of the tray.
The stem passageway area may comprise a plurality of individual passageways defined between a stem supporting surface and the outer sleeve.
The stem passageway area may provide a plurality of stem supporting surfaces.
Each stem supporting surface may be arranged in use, to support a stem or stems of a plant within a plug.
The stem supporting surface may comprise a concave surface. The stem supporting surface may be provided on an upper surface of a partition member.
The partition member may partition the plug containment area from the foliage containment area. The upper surface of the partition member may comprise a waveform and preferably comprises a sinusoidal waveform.
Preferably the plug containment area is arranged to contain a row of plugs.
Preferably the live plants in a row are arranged to extend in the same (parallel) direction.
The postal package may comprise a plurality of plug containment areas. Each plug containment area may be arranged to contain a row of plugs.
The live plants in a first row may be arranged to extend directly towards or away from the live plants in a second row.
The postal package may comprise a plurality of stem passageway areas. Each stem passageway area may be arranged to support the stems extending from the plug containment area to the foliage containment area. Each stem passageway area may be arranged to contain a row of stems.
The foliage containment area may be arranged to contain the foliage from a row of live plants. The foliage containment area may be arranged, in use, to contain the foliage from two rows of live plants.
The postal package may comprise a plurality of foliage containment areas.
The foliage containment area may be defined between an inner surface of the outer sleeve and a base surface of the tray. The partition members may form side walls for the foliage containment area. The tray may comprise side walls which also form the side wall for the foliage containment area.
The tray may comprise an open tray.
The tray may comprise a base surface, two side walls and two end walls.
The postal package may comprise an upper surface, a lower surface, two side Preferably the height of the postal package is defined between the upper surface and the lower surface.
The height of the postal package may be less than 50mm and preferably is less than 35mm and more preferably is less than 25mm.
The height of the postal package may be in the region of 20mm to 25mm.
The live plants may comprise a self supporting plug. The live plants may be individual and unconnected. The live plants may include a plug of a growing medium encapsulated by a barrier material.
The live plants may be provided in a tray. The tray may comprise a single row or array of plug containers. The tray may be supported on one side thereof within the plug containment area.
The tray may comprise identification means to identify the live plants in the postal package. The identification means may comprise a display area located adjacent to a live plant. The display area may be located on an upper flange of the tray and preferably on an upper peripheral flange of the tray. Preferably the display area is located adjacent to the plug containment area.
According to a second aspect of the present invention there is provided a postal package for live plants, the postal package comprising a tray comprising; a plug containment area in which plugs of live plants are locatable; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the plug containment area comprises a support surface to support, in use, a side wall of a plug such that the live plants are supported, in use, on their side within the postal package, the plug containment area also comprising plug raising means in order to support a base surface of a plug in a raised position from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of a plug.
According to a third aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of packaging live plants in a postal package, the postal package comprising a tray, each live plant comprising: a plug of a growing medium, each plug being defined by a base surface, one or more side walls and an upper surface; and a stem and associated foliage; the tray comprising; a plug containment area in which the plugs are located; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the method comprises supporting a side wall of the plug such that the live plants are supported on their side within the postal package, the method further comprising raising the base surface of the plug away from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of the plug and retaining the base surface in this raised position.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention there is provided an assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants, the postal package comprising a tray, each live plant comprising: a plug of a growing medium, each plug being defined by a base surface, one or more side walls and an upper surface; and a stem and associated foliage; the tray comprising; a plug containment area in which the plugs are located; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the plug containment area comprises a support surface to support a side wall of the plug such that the live plants are supported on their side within the postal package, and wherein each plug has a central longitudinal axis extending through a central point on the base surface and a central point on the upper surface and the plug containment area is arranged to support the plug with the central longitudinal axis parallel with the lower face of the postal package.
The sidewall(s) of a plug may be un-tapered.
The sidewall(s) of a plug may be parallel with the lower face of the postal package.
Preferably, in use, the central longitudinal axis of a plug is substantially parallel with the plane of the lower face of the postal package.
The plugs may be cuboid.
The plugs may be cylindrical.
The plug containment area may also comprise plug raising means in order to raise the base surface of the plug away from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of the plug.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention there is provided a postal package for live plants, the postal package comprising a tray comprising; a plug containment area in which plugs of live plants are locatable; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the plug containment area comprises a support surface to support, in use, a side wall of a plug such that the live plants are supported, in use, on their side within the postal package, and wherein each plug has a central longitudinal axis extending through a central point on the base surface and a central point on the upper surface and the plug containment area is arranged to support the plug with the central longitudinal axis parallel with the lower face The plug containment area may also comprise plug raising means in order to support a base surface of a plug in a raised position from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of a plug.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of packaging live plants in a postal package, the postal package comprising a tray, each live plant comprising a plug of a growing medium, each plug being defined by a base surface, one or more side walls and an upper surface; and a stem and associated foliage; the tray comprising; a plug containment area in which the plugs are located; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the method comprises supporting a side wall of the plug such that the live plants are supported on their side within the postal package, and wherein the method comprises supporting each plug with a central longitudinal axis parallel with the lower face of the postal package wherein the central longitudinal axis extends through a central point on the base surface and a central point on the upper surface.
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The present invention will now be described by way of example only, with reference to the drawings that follow, in which: Figure la is a plan view of a tray of a first preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants; Figure lb is a cross section through a stem passageway area 1 a of a tray of a first preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants; Figure lc is a cross section through a foliage containment area of a tray of a first preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants; Figure id is a cross section through a plug containment area a tray of a first preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants: Figure le is a longitudinal cross section through a tray of a first preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants: Figure 2a is a plan view of a live plant in a plug containment area of a first preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 2b is a perspective schematic view of a first preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 3a is a plan view of a tray of a second preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 3b is a cross section through a stem passageway area of a tray of a second preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 3c is a cross section through a foliage containment area of a tray of a second preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 3d is a cross section through a plug containment area of a tray of a second preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 3e is a longitudinal cross section of a tray of a second preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 4a is a plan view of a tray of a third preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 4b is a cross section through a tray of a third preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 4c is a cross section through a stem passageway area of a tray of a third preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 4d is a cross section through a foliage containment area of a tray of a third preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 5a is a plan view of a tray of a fourth preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 5b is a cross section through a stem passageway area of a tray of a fourth preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 5c is a cross section through a tray of a fourth preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 6a is a plan view of a tray of a fifth preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 6b is a cross section through a stem passageway area of a tray of a fifth preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 6c is a cross section through a tray of a fifth preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 7a is a plan view of a tray of a sixth preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 7b is a cross section through a tray of a sixth preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 7c is a cross section through a stem passageway area of a tray of a sixth preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 8a is a plan view of a tray of a seventh preferred embodiment of a postal package of live plants.
Figure 8b is a cross section through a stem passageway area of a tray of a seventh preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Figure 8c is a cross section through a tray of a seventh preferred embodiment of a postal package for live plants.
Description of the Preferred Embodiments
The present invention provides a postal packaging system for live plants 14 such that small and delicate live plants 14 (for example, seedlings or young plants) can be sent through a standard postal network. In particular, the postal packaging system comprises a postal package 10 which has dimensions that enable the postal package 10 containing the live plants 14 to pass through a letterbox. The arrangement of the packing system also enables the postal package 10 to avoid unnecessary postal costs which may be set as a function of the height (or other dimensions) of the postal package.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, the postal package 10 comprises a tray 12 which is arranged to contain and restrain a number of live plants 14 during delivery. The live plants 14 are restrained to protect the live plants 14 being damaged during the transit. The postal package 10 is arranged to support the live plants 14 on their side such that they are effectively lying down. In this respect the height of the postal package 10 is determined by the effective width of the live plants 14 rather than the height of the live plants 14.
The live plants 14 each comprise a plug 16 of a growing medium from which the stem 18 (or stems) of the live plant 14 projects and the live plant 14 may also include delicate foliage 20 branching out from the main stem(s) 18.
The plug 16 is self contained and surrounds/contains the roots of the live plant 14.
The growing medium is restrained in order to encapsulate and protect the roots.
The growing medium may include an adhesive and, for example, the growing medium may include a glue which binds the growing medium around the root system. Alternatively, the growing medium may be contained within a barrier layer which encapsulates the outer surface of the growing medium such that the growing medium is retained around the roots system. In the present invention, it is preferred that a glue plug is used with small seedlings whereas a barrier layer is used with larger young plants. These larger young plants may be contained within a Jiffy bag system and/or a coir pellet system and/or a barrier netting surrounding the growing medium.
As shown in Figure 2b, the postal package 10 comprises the tray 12 which is contained within an outer sleeve 26. In particular, the tray 12 may comprise a thermally formed plastic tray 12 and the outer sleeve comprises a folded cardboard sleeve 26. The outer cardboard sleeve 26 encloses the upper face, lower face, and two side faces (or two end faces) of the tray 12. In addition, the cardboard sleeve 26 has opening means (not shown) comprising a cut strip including a tab at one end such that a user can grip the tab and rip the tear strip across the full length (of the cardboard sleeve in order to obtain excess to the inner tray 12).
Overall, the postal package 10 has a lower face 30 and upper face 32, a first side face 34, a second side face 36, a first end face 38 and a second end face 40. As further shown in Figure 2b, the postal package has a height 50, a width 52 and a length 54. These dimensions are critical for the cost to send the postal package through a typical postal network. In particular, the height 50 may define the eventual cost to send the postal package 10. Furthermore, the dimensions of the postal package 10 are critical in enabling the postal package 10 to pass through a typical domestic letterbox. In this respect, the height 50 is again critical and is set to enable the postal package 10 to pass through a standard letterbox. In addition, either the width 52 or the length 54 must be less than the width ot a typical standard letterbox to enable the total package 10 to be delivered without the addressee having to suffer the inconvenience of a missed or tailed delivery and to subsequently have to let the postal package 10 trom a regional postal depot.
In one embodiment, the postal package 10 has a height 50 of approximately 20- 25mm, a width 52 of approximately 250-260mm and a length 54 of approximately 225-235mm.
The outer cardboard sleeve 26 fits securely around the tray 12 such that the outer cardboard sleeve 26 does not significantly increase the dimensions ot the postal package 10 and, therefore, the majority of the dimensions of the postal package are dictated by the dimensions of the tray 12.
The outer sleeve 26 is adhered to the tray and, in particular is adhered though a heat adhering method to an upper peripheral tlange on the tray 12.
The tray 12 has an upper face which may be open and a lower face which torms the base of the tray 12. The tray 12 has tour side walls (or two side walls and two end walls) which complete the main structure of the tray 12. The tour side walls together with the base define the interior of the tray 12 and the upper open face is closed, in use, by the outer cardboard sleeve 26.
The tray does not have a dedicated lid and the upper tace of the tray will be open once the tray is removed form the cardboard sleeve. The tray is secured either by a sleeve or a wrap. The plastic tray is kept from slipping out ot the cardboard sleeve since it is banded using standard banding tape, heat sealed.
The interior of the tray 12 is essentially divided into different regions or areas within which the live plants 14 are stored and retained. The tray 12 is arranged to contain a number of individual live plants 14 wherein each live plant 14 includes a plug 16, one or more stems 18 and any associated foliage 20.
The tray 12 includes a plug containment area 22 which is arranged to contain and support the plugs 16 of the live plants 14. The plug containment area 22 may be shaped to provide individual plug indentations 23 which are dimensioned to be slightly larger than the footprint of a plug 16 such that the plug 16 rests on the tray 12 and is supported thereby. The indentation provides a relatively small containing wall which surrounds the periphery of the plug (or the footprint of the plug) when the plug is placed into the indentation area.
Typically, a side wall of the plug 16 is arranged to be supported by the tray 12 such that the stem 18 and foliage 20 are supported from the plug 16. However, it is appreciated that the foliage 20 and/or the stem(s) 18 may touch either the base of the tray 12 or the cover (cardboard sleeve 26).
As shown in Figure 2a, the plug 16 is tapered from a base surface/lower end 60 to an upper surface 62 such that the width of the upper surface 62 is greater than the base surface 60. The containers within which the live plant 14 and plugs 16 are initially contained in (prior to being placed in the postal package 10) are tapered and this effectively dictates and forms the shape of the plug 16. Accordingly, a producer of live plants can use growing containers which can be stacked into each other and this stacking capability saves on space, particularly during the delivery of such growing containers.
The plug 16 of each live plant is defined by the lower surface 60, the upper surface 62 and one or more side walls 64. In the preferred embodiments the horizontal cross-section of the plugs 14 is primarily square and the plugs therefore have four side walls 64. However, the horizontal cross-section of the plugs may be circular such that the plug effectively has a single continuous side wall 64. The plug may, therefore be of any suitable shape but preferably the plug is tapered and the specific examples of the plugs described in the present invention are either inverted frusto-conical or inverted frusto-pyramidal (square pyramidal frustrum).
The plug 16 has a central longitudinal axis 66 which passes through the centre of the plug 16. In particular, this central longitudinal axis 66 passes through a central point on the upper surface 62 of the plug 16 and a central point on the base surface 60 of the plug 16.
The use of tapered plugs 16 presents a particular problem when such plugs 16 are then placed on a flat surface of horizontal surface since this will force the stem 18 to be angled upwardly relative to the horizontal support surface. Accordingly, a tray with a horizontal or flat base will naturally support the live plants 14 with the stem 18 and the associated foliage 20 projecting upwardly from the base. In this situation, the postal package could be made higher in order to safely accommodate the stems 18 and foliage 20 without damage, or the stems 18 and foliage 20 could be densely packaged but this would cause damage or the live plants 14 could be sent at an earlier stage when they are smaller but they may have a significantly reduced chance of success when planted by the end user.
Accordingly, the present invention is arranged to support the live plants 14 with the stems 18 projecting horizontally and parallel with both the lower surface 30 and the upper surface 32 of the package 10 such that the available space between the upper surface 32 and the lower surface 30 is maximised for the storage volume for the stems(s) 18 and the associated foliage 20.
This is achieved in the preferred embodiment of the present invention by the base of the tray 12 having a support surface for the plugs 16 which means that the lower end! base surface 60 of the tapered plug 16 is raised to a greater extent than the upper end 62 of the tapered plug 16 when the plug is resting and being supported on a side wall 64. In particular, the tray 12 is adapted to raise the lower end/base surface 60 of the tapered plugs 16 such that a longitudinal axis 66 of the tapered plugs 16 (and hopefully the stem 18 of the live plant 14) is horizontal and parallel with the lower face 30 and the upper face 32 of the postal package 10.
As shown in Figure 1 e, the support surface 25 in the plug containment area 22 are angled relative to the horizontal such that the support surface 25 supports the whole lower facing side wall 64 face of the plug 16. The angle of the support surface 25 is arranged to match the angle of the taper of the plug 16 in order for the stem 18 to project substantially horizontally therefrom. In other words, the tapered plug 16 is supported by the support surface 25 such that the central longitudinal axis 66 is horizontal when the postal package 10 is resting on a horizontal support surface. In this arrangement, the central longitudinal axis 66 is parallel with both the upper surface 32 and the lower surface 30 of the postal package 10.
The base of the plugs could be raised by a separate raising member placed into a tray or the plugs themselves (or plug container) may include or incorporate a suitable raising portion.
The tray 12 also comprises a foliage containment area 28 which is arranged to contain the foliage 20 of the live plants 14. In addition, the tray 12 includes stem passageways 44 located between the plug containment 22 area and the foliage containment area 28 through which the stems 20 of the live plants 14 are arranged to pass.
The stem passageways 44 comprise troughs which may provide an upper support surface which at least partially supports the stem 18 of a live plant 14 and helps to retain the live plants 14 within the correct position in the tray 12.
The stem passageways 44 are formed from a partition member 45 which has a regular waveform shaped upper surface. In particular, the upper surface comprises a sinusoidal waveform to provide identical and regular troughs to act as supporting surfaces. The partition member 45 forms a partition between the plug containment area and an adjacent foliage containment area.
The foliage 20 of the live plants 14 may overlap in the foliage containment area 28 and the foliage containment area 28 is largely an open space defined between the lower face or base of the tray 12 and the cover surface provided by the outer cardboard sleeve 26.
In the embodiment shown in Figure la to le, the live plant 14 comprises a young plant which includes a plug 16 of a growing medium which is contained within a barrier in order to retain the growing medium around the root system of the young plant (as shown in Figure 2a). These young plants are individually handled and placed into discrete sections provided by the tray 12. In later embodiments as shown in Figure 5 to Figure 8, the live plants 14 may comprise seedlings which are smaller and the plugs 16 of these live plants are at least partially contained within an outer container. In particular, the live plants 14 are contained within an array of containers which are all secured together such that the seedlings are provided in a strip and the strip of the seedlings is placed as one into the tray 12 of the postal package 10.
The present invention can easily be adapted to contain a different number of rows of live plants, as demonstrated in Figure 3 and Figure 4. In the present invention, the live plants 14 are retained in rows across a width or length of the tray. In particular, the plug containment areas 22 and the associated stem passageway areas 24 and the foliage containment areas 28 are all arranged in rows. A single foliage containment area(s) 28 may be located to contain the foliage from two rows of opposing plants such that the foliage containment area is shared.
As shown in Figure 3a to Figure 3e, the postal package 10 may be adapted to contain a single row of up to six live plants 14. Each of these live plants 14 is contained in the postal package 10 through the plugs 16 of the live plants 14 being supported in individual plug indentations 23 provide across the width of the tray 12 and towards one end of the tray 12. The stem(s) 20 from each plant projects through a stem passageway 44 comprising a trough within a raised wall, as shown in Figure 3b. The upper surfaces of the troughs may provide additional support to the stem(s) of the live plants 16 and help to keep the live plants 14 correctly -20 -positioned as the postal package is in transit.
The foliage containment area 28 is defined by the base surface of the tray 12 and the cover provided by the cardboard sleeve 26. This maximises the available volume in the package to prevent the foliage being squashed and restricted in the postal package 10.
The trays have display areas 70 individually placed adjacent to a live plant within the tray 12. These individual display areas may be embossed within the tray material. The display areas 70 enable the live plants to be individually identified.
The display area may include a reference such that the postal package 10 is sent with a key to these references, e.g. A = red pansy, B = blue pansy etc. The use of reference figures enables the tray to be manufactured with these reference figure embossed and the same trays can then be individualised to a customers order through the use of an individualised key.
As shown in Figure 4a, Figure 4b, Figure 4c and Figure 4d, the postal package may be arranged to contain two rows of ten live plants 14. As previously described, the plug 16 of each live plant 14 locates within a shaped indentation 23 such that the stems 18 of the live plants are supported and pass though the stem support area 44. Any foliage located on the stems is primarily contained within the shared foliage containment area 18. The live plants 14 are supported on their sides with the plants extending away from their plugs 16 towards each other.
As mentioned above, the embodiments shown in Figures 5 to 8 are primarily for use with live plants 16 in the form of seedlings in which the plugs 16 are contained within a strip or a row of plug containers. The individual adjacent containers are connected (and integral) to each other to form a single strip which can be handled as one. The plug containers may have open sides to enables the plugs to be easily removed. The strip is made from a plastics material and can be stacked inside each other for ease of transportation and space saving. In the present invention, this strip of plug containers is placed down on one side in order for the -21 -plants to be supported in the tray on their side. Specifically, the strip is placed in the plug containment area 22 such that the stems 18 of the individual plants 14 will project through the stem passageways 44. As before, any foliage 20 on the stems 18 will then be primarily contained within the foliage containment area 18.
As shown in Figure 5a, Figure 5b and Figure Sc, the postal package 10 may be arranged to contain two rows of twelve seedlings. Each row of twelve seedlings is contained within a plug strip which is supported in a plug containment area 22.
The seedlings each project from a respective plug 16 towards the seedlings in the other row. The foliage containment area 28 is a shared area such that it contains the foliage 20 from both strips of seedlings. The support portion of the plug containment areas 22 are angled relative to a base section of the tray such that the longitudinal axes of the plugs 16 are parallel to the base section. Specifically, when the tray 12 is supported on a horizontal surface by the base section 12, the longitudinal axes of the plugs 16 will also be horizontal and parallel.
As shown in Figure 6a, Figure 6b and Figure 6c, the postal package 10 may be arranged to contain three rows of twelve seedlings. Each row of twelve seedlings is contained within a plug strip which is supported in a plug containment area 22.
The seedlings in a first row each project from a respective plug towards the seedlings in a second row. The seedlings in the third row extend towards the bases of the plugs or the plug containment area 22 of the second row.
Accordingly the third row has its own foliage containment area whereas the first row and the second row share a common foliage containment area 28.
As shown in Figure 7a, Figure 7b and Figure 7c, the postal package 10 may be arranged to contain four rows of twelve seedlings. Each row of twelve seedlings is contained within a plug strip which is supported in a plug containment area 22.
The seedlings in a first row each project from a respective plug towards the seedlings in a second row. Similarly, the seedlings in a third row each project from a respective plug towards the seedlings in a fourth row. Accordingly the first row and the second row share a common foliage containment area 28 and the third -22 -row and the fourth row share a common foliage containment area 28.
As shown in Figure 8a, Figure 8b and Figure 8c, the postal package 10 may be arranged to contain six rows of twelve seedlings. Each row of twelve seedlings is contained within a plug strip which is supported in a plug containment area 22.
The seedlings in a first row each project from a respective plug towards the seedlings in a second row. The seedlings in a third row each project from a respective plug towards the seedlings in a fourth row. Similarly, the seedlings in a fifth row each project from a respective plug towards the seedlings in a sixth row.
Accordingly the first row and the second row share a common foliage containment area 28, the third row and the fourth row share a common foliage containment area 28 and the fifth row and the sixth row share a common foliage containment area 28.

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  1. -23 -CLAIMS1. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants, the postal package comprising a tray, each live plant comprising: a plug of a growing medium, each plug being defined by a base surface, one or more side walls and an upper surface; and a stem and associated foliage; the tray comprising; a plug containment area in which the plugs are located; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the plug containment area comprises a support surface to support a side wall of the plug such that the live plants are supported on their side within the postal package, the plug containment area also comprising plug raising means in order to raise the base surface of the plug away from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of the plug.
  2. 2. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to Claim 1 in which each plug has a central longitudinal axis extending through a central point on the base surface and a central point on the upper surface and the plug containment area is arranged to support the plug with the central longitudinal axis parallel with the lower face of the postal package.
  3. 3. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to Claim 1 or Claim 2 in which the plug raising means raises the base surface of the plug towards the upper surface of the postal package (relative to the upper surface of the plug) such that a central point on the base is located -24 -midway between the lower face and the upper face of the postal package.
  4. 4. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the plug raising means raises the base surface of the plug such that a central point (or mid point) on the base is located at the same height as a central point (or mid point) on the upper surface of the plug and wherein the central point (or mid point) is defined as the point equally spaced from an upper edge of the base surface/upper surface and a lower edge of the base surface/upper surface when the plug is supported on one side.
  5. 5. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the plug has a central longitudinal axis which locates within a (horizontal) plane of symmetry through the plug (when the plug is supported on one side) and the support surface supports the plug with the plane of symmetry substantially parallel and co-planar with the lower face and upper face of the postal package.
  6. 6. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the postal package comprises a base which is arranged to support the postal package on a supporting surface and when the postal package is supported on a planar surface the central longitudinal axis of each plug extends parallel with the plane of the planar supporting surface.
  7. 7. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the plug containment area comprises a plug support surface for each plug.
  8. 8. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to Claim 7 in which the plug support surface is provided by a shaped portion which comprises and the shaped portion comprises a surrounding wall which is arranged to surround the plug when the plug is placed in the plug containment area.
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  9. 9. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the plug support surface comprises an angled surface and wherein the plug support surface is angled relative to a supporting base of the postal package.
  10. 10. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the postal package comprises an outer sleeve which at least partially surrounds the tray.
  11. 11. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to Claim 10 in which the stem passageway area may comprise a plurality of individual passageways defined between a stem supporting surface and the outer sleeve.
  12. 12. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the stem passageway area may provide a plurality of stem supporting surfaces and each stem supporting surface is arranged, in use, to support a stem or stems of a plant within a plug.
  13. 13. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which he stem supporting surface comprises a concave surface provided on an upper surface of a partition member and wherein the partition member partitions the plug containment area from the foliage containment area.
  14. 14. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the plug containment area is arranged to contain a row of plugs and the foliage containment area is arranged to contain the foliage from a row of live plants.
  15. 15. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live -26 -plants according to any preceding claim in which the tray comprises an open tray.
  16. 16. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the height of the postal package is defined between the upper surface and the lower surface.
  17. 17. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to Claim 16 in which the height of the postal package is less than 50mm.
  18. 18. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to Claim 16 or Claim 17 in which the height of the postal package is in the region of 20mm to 25mm.
  19. 19. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any preceding claim in which the tray comprises identification means to identify the live plants in the postal package, the identification means comprising a display area located adjacent to a live plant and wherein the display area is on an upper peripheral flange of the tray and the display area is located adjacent to the plug containment area.
  20. 20. A postal package for live plants, the postal package comprising a tray comprising; a plug containment area in which plugs of live plants are locatable; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the plug containment area comprises a support surface to support, in use, a side wall of a plug such that the live plants are supported, in use, on their side within the postal package, the plug containment area also comprising plug -27 -raising means in order to support a base surface of a plug in a raised position from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of a plug.
  21. 21. A method of packaging live plants in a postal package, the postal package comprising a tray, each live plant comprising: a plug of a growing medium, each plug being defined by a base surface, one or more side walls and an upper surface; and a stem and associated foliage; the tray comprising; a plug containment area in which the plugs are located; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the method comprises supporting a side wall of the plug such that the live plants are supported on their side within the postal package, the method further comprising raising the base surface of the plug away from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of the plug and retaining the base surface in this raised position.
  22. 22. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants, the postal package comprising a tray, each live plant comprising: a plug of a growing medium, each plug being defined by a base surface, one or more side walls and an upper surface; and a stem and associated foliage; the tray comprising; a plug containment area in which the plugs are located; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being -28 -located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the plug containment area comprises a support surface to support a side wall of the plug such that the live plants are supported on their side within the postal package, and wherein each plug has a central longitudinal axis extending through a central point on the base surface and a central point on the upper surface and the plug containment area is arranged to support the plug with the central longitudinal axis parallel with the lower face of the postal package.
  23. 23. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to Claim 22 in which the sidewall(s) ofa plug are un-tapered.
  24. 24. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to Claim 22 or Claim 23 in which the sidewall(s) of a plug are parallel with the lower face of the postal package.
  25. 25. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any one of Claim 22 to Claim 24 in which, in use, the central longitudinal axis of a plug is substantially parallel with the plane of the lower face of the postal package.
  26. 26. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any one of Claim 22 to Claim 25 in which the plugs are cuboid.
  27. 27. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any one of Claim 22 to Claim 25 in which the plugs are cylindrical.
  28. 28. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to any one of Claim 22 to Claim 27 in which the plug containment area also comprises plug raising means in order to raise the base surface of the plug away from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of the plug.-29 -
  29. 29. A postal package for live plants, the postal package comprising a tray corn pri sing; a plug containment area in which plugs of live plants are locatable; a stern passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the plug containment area comprises a support surface to support, in use, a side wall of a plug such that the live plants are supported, in use, on their side within the postal package, and wherein each plug has a central longitudinal axis extending through a central point on the base surface and a central point on the upper surface and the plug containment area is arranged to support the plug with the central longitudinal axis parallel with the lower face
  30. 30. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants according to Claim 29 in which the plug containment area also comprises plug raising means in order to support a base surface of a plug in a raised position from the lower face of the postal package relative to the upper surface of a plug.
  31. 31. A method of packaging live plants in a postal package, the postal package comprising a tray, each live plant comprising a plug of a growing medium, each plug being defined by a base surface, one or more side walls and an upper surface; and a stern and associated foliage; the tray comprising; a plug containment area in which the plugs are located; a stem passageway area; and a foliage containment area, the postal package having an upper face and a lower face with the plug containment area, stem passageway area and the foliage containment area being -30 -located between the upper face and the lower face, wherein the method comprises supporting a side wall of the plug such that the live plants are supported on their side within the postal package, and wherein the method comprises supporting each plug with a central longitudinal axis parallel with the lower face of the postal package wherein the central longitudinal axis extends through a central point on the base surface and a central point on the upper surface.
  32. 32. An assembly comprising a postal package containing a plurality of live plants substantially as herein described, with reference to, and as shown in, any of the accompanying Figures.
  33. 33. A postal package for live plants substantially as herein described, with reference to, and as shown in, any of the accompanying Figures.
  34. 34. A method of packaging live plants in a postal package substantially as herein described, with reference to, and as shown in, any of the accompanying Figures.
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