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NL2005492C2
NL2005492C2 NL2005492A NL2005492A NL2005492C2 NL 2005492 C2 NL2005492 C2 NL 2005492C2 NL 2005492 A NL2005492 A NL 2005492A NL 2005492 A NL2005492 A NL 2005492A NL 2005492 C2 NL2005492 C2 NL 2005492C2
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Nicolaas Gerardus Hyacinthus Maria Knaap
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G7/00—Flower holders or the like
    • A47G7/02—Devices for supporting flower-pots or cut flowers
    • A47G7/06—Flower vases
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G7/00—Flower holders or the like
    • A47G7/02—Devices for supporting flower-pots or cut flowers
    • A47G7/06—Flower vases
    • A47G7/063—Flower vases foldable
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/06—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes
    • B65D75/12—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes with the ends of the tube closed by flattening and heat-sealing
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • 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
    • B65D85/505—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 for cut flowers

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P30453NL00/MKO/bba
Title: Flower packaging assembly
Field of the Invention
The current invention concerns a flower packaging assembly, in particular for cut flowers that can be transported without added water for at least 5 days.
5 State of the art
Cut flowers may be packaged in gas-tight flow-pack wrappers (i.e., in a sealed pouch). Flow-pack wrappers made of clear film material have the advantage of providing superb presentation of the flower inside, while ensuring long product life and ideal packaging for transportation and distribution of flowers. Flow-pack wrappers are used frequently with 10 anthurium flowers and other flowers cut from plants within the Araceae family, since such flowers and the anthurium flower in particular can be packaged and kept in a flow-pack wrapper easily for 10 days without water. Indeed, since at least 2004 flow-pack wrappers are used for packaging individual or multiple flowers of the anthurium family.
Consumers select cut flowers for home use by their presentation. Presentation is therefore 15 of significant importance. An anthurium cut flower wrapped in its entirety (flower and stem) in a gas-tight flow-pack wrapper is much more attractive than the wrapping used in the past. In the past, only the flower (spathe and spadix) would be wrapped, with typically a plastic container comprising water provided at the stem. On the other hand, even the flowers protected in a flow-pack wrapper require a box to protect the flower from being damaged.
20 This adds costs and may distract from the presentation of the cut flower.
Thus, there is a need for an improved form of packaging, without having to use boxes, with improved presentation of the flowers that are protected by the packaging. More specifically, there is a need for an improved form of packaging allowing the presentation of a bouquet of flowers in a form that will allow the end-user to appreciate how the flowers will look when 25 presented in a vase.
Summary of the Invention
Such a form of packaging is provided by the present invention. The current invention therefore provides a flower packaging assembly as claimed in claim 1. It also provides a method for safely transporting flowers as claimed in claim 10.
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Short description of the drawings
Figure 1 is a schematic drawing illustrating a flower packaging assembly according to the current invention, (drawing, if any)
Figures 2 to 5 are photos illustrating a flower packaging assembly according to the current 5 invention, comprising 3 flow-pack wrappers each containing 4 flowers, using a vase as constriction means and a support for the constriction means. (886384.jpg) (886380.jpg) (xxx) (886370.jpg)
Figure 6 is a photo of the flowers after having been wrapped for 10 days, now unwrapped and put on water in the vase used as constriction means. (886392.jpg) 10 Detailed description of the invention
Flow-pack wrappers containing flowers (anthurium) are known. In the assembly of the current invention, any flow-pack wrapper containing flowers may be used. The packaging of anthurium flowers in flow-pack wrappers is relatively uncomplicated. Ulma Packaging and Conpax Servowrap are common suppliers of packaging machines suited for packaging 15 anthurium flowers. Both vertical and horizontal packaging lines may be used. In particular horizontal packaging lines are useful. The packaging material itself, a film which is folded and sealed on four sides, may be any common packaging material. Examples thereof include polyolefins, polyamides, polyethers, polyesters and polystyrenes and the like. Also blends may be used. The material may also be a biodegradable material. Preferably the 20 packaging material is sufficiently clear to show at least part of the flower or flowers contained in the flow-pack wrapper. The material may be coloured or partly printed for added decoration. Also hybrid materials comprising paper and plastic and the like may be used. The flow-pack wrappers are typically rectangular, albeit that trapezoid shaped wrappers or odd-shaped wrappers may be used as well. The flow-pack wrapper is larger 25 than the length of the flowers contained therein. For instance, the flow-pack wrapper may be from 30 to 60 cm in length and from 10 to 20 cm in width. Preferably the flow-pack wrapper is longer than the length of the flower by at least 5 cm, leaving room (crumple zone) at the stem side to enhance the protection of the stem.
Gas-tight in this respect means that the flower side remains inflated for at least 5 days, with 30 little or no permeation of the gas to the outside. The gas inside the wrapper may be common air. Alternatively, it may be air moisturised or enriched in CO2, to improve the lifetime of the contained flower(s). Each wrapper is filled with from about 20 to about 80 volume% gas, calculated on the maximum amount of gas that can be contained in the wrapper. By constricting the gas-tight wrapper, the gas contained inside the wrapper is forced to the 35 flower-side. By inflating the flower-side of the flow-pack wrapper, the protection of the flower(s) contained therein is enhanced.
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Cut flowers that cannot be kept for at least 5 days without added water may still be wrapped in the packaging assembly of the current invention. For instance, use may be made of an assembly that provides a water compartment or container at the stem-side of the wrapper, or each individual wrapped cut flower is provided with a water container at the end of the stem.
5 In a preferred embodiment, cut flowers of different species of the anthurium family are packaged together. This has the advantage that the consumer will have a good impression of the many different varieties of anthurium cut flowers currently available. The consumer will also have a good impression of the presentation of such flowers on a vase.
More preferably, the new assembly is used to package a bouquet of 12 different varieties of 10 anthurium flowers wherein 3 or 4 flowers of different varieties are wrapped together in a flow-pack wrapper, suitably kept together with for instance a rubber band, and wherein 3 or 4 flow-pack wrappers each containing 3 or 4 (different) flowers are kept together by way of a constriction means, suitably a vase. Using 3 or 4 flow-pack wrappers has the advantage that the appearance of a bouquet is created; with 2 flow-pack wrappers the wrappers remain in 15 line and therefore provide less of a voluminous bouquet. Figure 1 is a schematic representation of such an assembly. Obviously, if more than one flow-pack wrapper is used, the flow-pack wrappers are aligned having the stem-sides on one side and the flower sides on another side.
The constriction means may be a tape, a string, a rubber band, a vase or a vase like object. 20 Preferably a vase is used. Most preferably a single neck, thin-walled vase is used made of plastic or glass, preferably recyclable glas. Vases are defined as having a certain anatomy. Lowest is the foot, a distinguishable base of the vase. The shape of the foot may for instance be bulbous, flat, or another shape. It may be part of the body of the vase, forming the bottom, or connected to the body. Next is the body, which typically forms the main and 25 often largest portion of the vase. Resting atop the body is the shoulder, where the body curves inward. Then follows the neck, where the vase is given more height. Lastly, the vase may comprise a lip, where the vase flares back out at the top. A vase without shoulder may be used as well, but in this case the flow-pack wrapper(s) is/are less tightly constricted and the wrapper(s) may fall out. This is therefore less preferred.
30 Insofar as the constriction means is a vase, the dimensions of the neck (or necks) are important. The dimensions should be such as to ensure the flow-pack wrapper or each of the flow-pack wrappers is constricted at the stem-side of the flow-pack wrapper, thereby inflating at least part of the flower side of the wrapper. On the other hand, the dimensions of the constriction means should not be too small, causing damage to the stems. Appropriate 35 dimensions may be found by the person skilled in the art.
A vase of glass enhances the appeal of the assembly. Moreover, a vase of thin-walled glass has the advantage that the vase may be discarded through the usual glass recycling -4- schemes. To protect the vase itself, it may be provided with a support, for instance made of plastic, or cardboard. This is particularly attractive when the flow-pack wrapper or combination of glow-pack wrappers is/are inflated to a cross-section greater than the cross-section of the body of the vase, which itself is preferably smaller than the cross-section of 5 the support.
To illustrate the flower packaging assembly of the invention, reference is made to the drawings. Figure 1 is a schematic drawing of a preferred embodiment, illustrating a flower packaging assembly, comprising 3 flow-pack wrappers (1), each flow-pack wrapper comprising a stem side (2) and a flower side (3), a constriction means (4) in the form of a 10 vase and a support (5) for the constriction means. As can be seen from the drawing, each flow-pack wrapper is inflated at the flower-side, providing protection for the cut flowers. The neck of the vase, used as constriction means, is tight enough to keep the flow-pack wrappers in place. Figure 2 is a photo illustrating a flower packaging assembly according to the current invention, comprising 3 flow-pack wrappers each containing 4 flowers, using a 15 vase as constriction means and a support for the constriction means. Although fully packaged, the various flowers within the bouquet are superbly presented and thus form an attractive composition ready for sale to the consumer. In Figure 3 the top-view of the flower packaging assembly is shown, illustrating 3 flow-pack wrappers connected to each other. If more than 1 flow-pack wrapper is used, then they are preferably connected to each other, 20 more preferably at the flower-side of the flow-pack wrappers. This connection may be provided by tape, welding or by any other means. Figure 4 is a photo illustrating the flower packaging assembly, resting on its side, with no damage to the flowers in the flow-pack wrappers or to the vase used as constriction means. This Figure really shows the relevance for the current flower packaging assembly as a means for safely transporting cut flowers.
25 Accordingly, the current invention also claims a method for safely transporting cut flowers, using the flower packaging assembly of the current invention. Figure 5 is a photo illustrating the flower packaging assembly kept upside down, with no damage to the flowers in the flow-pack wrappers. Proper selection of the dimensions of the flow-pack wrapper, the amount of gas and the dimensions of the vase used as constriction means ensures the flow-pack 30 wrappers do not fall from the vase even if kept upside down. Finally, Figure 6 is a photo of a bouquet of cut flowers after having been wrapped for 10 days, now unwrapped and put on water in the vase used as constriction means. This photo illustrates that the current flower packaging assembly achieves the purpose of presenting cut flowers at their loveliest, even after 10 days of being wrapped in a flow-pack.
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Clauses 1. Flower packaging assembly comprising one or more air-tight flow-pack wrappers containing one or more cut flowers and a constriction means for constricting the one or more flow-pack wrappers, wherein: a. each flow-pack wrapper (1) comprises a stem side (2) and a flower side (3) b. the constriction means (4) surrounds the stem side (2) of each flow-pack wrapper (1), thereby at least partly constricting the stem side (2) of each flow-pack wrapper (1), and whereby at least part of the flower-side (3) of each flow-pack wrapper is inflated.
2. Flower packaging assembly according to claim 1, wherein the or each flow-pack wrapper (1) is rectangular.
3. Flower packaging assembly according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the constriction means (4) is a tape, a string, a rubber band, a vase or vase-like object.
4. Flower packaging assembly according to claim 3, wherein the constriction means (4) is a vase, comprising a foot, a body, a shoulder and a neck.
5. Flower packaging assembly according to claim 4, wherein the flower side (3) of the flow-pack wrapper (1) or combination of flow-pack wrappers (1) is/are inflated to a cross-section greater than the cross-section of the body of the vase.
6. Flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the constriction means (4) is a vase provided with a support (5).
7. Flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims, comprising 3 or 4 flow-pack wrappers (1).
8. Flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the or each flow-pack wrapper (1) contains two or more cut flowers.
9. Flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims, wherein each cut flower is a species that requires no added moisture for at least 5 days.
10. Flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the cut flower is a species of the anthurium family.
11. Method for safely transporting cut flowers comprising the transport of a flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims.
12. Use of an air-tight flow-pack wrapper containing one or more cut flowers for assembly into a flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims.
13. Use of a vase as a constriction means in a flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims.

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1. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel omvattende één of meer luchtdichte flow-pack wikkels die één of meer snijbloemen en een vernauwingsmiddel voor het vernauwen van de één of meer flow-pack wikkels bevatten, waarin: а. iedere flow-pack wikkel (1) een stengelzijde (2) en een bloemzijde (3) omvat; 5 b. het vernauwingsmiddel (4) de stengelzijde (2) van iedere flow-pack wikkel (1) omringt, waarbij de stengelzijde (2) van iedere flow-pack wikkel (1) ten minste gedeeltelijk vernauwd wordt en waarbij ten minste een gedeelte van de bloemzijde (3) van iedere flow-pack wikkel (1) is opgeblazen.A flower packaging assembly comprising one or more airtight flow-pack wrappers comprising one or more cut flowers and a constriction means for narrowing the one or more flow-pack wrappings, wherein: each flow-pack wrap (1) comprises a stem side (2) and a flower side (3); 5 b. the constriction means (4) surrounds the stem side (2) of each flow-pack wrap (1), the stem side (2) of each flow-pack wrap (1) being at least partially narrowed and wherein at least a portion of the flower side (3) of each flow-pack wrap (1) is inflated. 2. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens conclusie 1, waarin de of iedere flow-pack 10 wikkel (1) rechthoekig is.The flower packaging assembly according to claim 1, wherein the or each flow pack 10 wrapper (1) is rectangular. 3. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens conclusie 1 of 2, waarin het vernauwingsmiddel (4) een tape, een lint, een rubbere band, een vaas of een vaasgelijkend object is.A flower packaging assembly according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the restriction means (4) is a tape, a ribbon, a rubber band, a vase or a vase-like object. 4. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens conclusie 3, waarin het vernauwingsmiddel (4) een vaas is, omvattende een voet, een lichaam, een schouder en een nek.The flower packaging assembly according to claim 3, wherein the constriction means (4) is a vase comprising a foot, a body, a shoulder, and a neck. 5. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens conclusie 4, waarin de bloemzijde (3) van de flow-pack wikkel (1) of combinatie van flow-pack wikkels (1) is/zijn opgeblazen tot een doorsnede groter dan de doorsnede van het lichaam van de vaas. б.A flower packaging assembly according to claim 4, wherein the flower side (3) of the flow-pack wrap (1) or combination of flow-pack wraps (1) is / are inflated to a diameter larger than the diameter of the body of the vase. б. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarin het vernauwingsmiddel (4) een vaas is voorzien van een steun (5).Flower packaging assembly according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the constriction means (4) is a vase provided with a support (5). 7. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, omvattende 3 of 4 flow-pack wikkels (1).Flower packaging assembly according to one of the preceding claims, comprising 3 or 4 flow-pack wrappers (1). 8. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarin de of iedere flow-pack wikkel (1) twee of meer snijbloemen bevat.Flower packaging assembly according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the or each flow-pack wrap (1) contains two or more cut flowers. 9. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarin 25 iedere snijbloem van een species is die geen toegevoegd vocht vereist voor ten minste 5 dagen.9. Flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims, wherein each cut flower is of a species that requires no added moisture for at least 5 days. 10. Bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarin de snijbloem een soort van de anthuriumfamilie is.The flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the cut flower is a species of the anthurium family. 11. Werkwijze voor het veilig transporteren van snijbloemen omvattende het transport 30 van een bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies.11. Method for the safe transport of cut flowers comprising the transport of a flower packaging assembly according to one of the preceding claims. 12. Gebruik van een luchtdichte flow-pack wikkel die één of meer snijbloemen bevat, voor het samenstellen in een bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies.Use of an airtight flow-pack wrap containing one or more cut flowers for assembling in a flower packaging assembly according to any of the preceding claims. 13. Gebruik van een vaas als een vernauwingsmiddel in een 35 bloemverpakkingssamenstel volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies.13. Use of a vase as a constrictor in a flower packaging assembly according to one of the preceding claims.
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