Appeal No. 96-1698
Application No. 07/926,098
38, 40, 41, 54 through 59 and 146 through 149, which are all of
the claims remaining in the application.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a method of
forming a decorative cover for a flower pot. Claim 1 is
exemplary of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A method for forming a decorative cover comprising:
providing a sheet of material having an upper
surface, a lower surface and an outer peripheral
surface and having a connecting bonding material
comprising a cohesive or adhesive disposed thereon;
providing a flower pot having an upper end, a
lower end, an outer peripheral surface and an
opening extending through the upper end providing
access to a retaining space with the flower pot having
an inner peripheral surface encompassing a substantial
portion of the retaining space and the flower pot
having a bottom formed near the lower end of the flower
pot;
forming the sheet of material about the flower pot
to a position wherein the sheet of material extends
about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface
of the flower pot with a portion of the sheet of
material near the outer peripheral surface thereof
extending a distance above the upper end of the flower
pot; and
crimping a portion of the sheet of material having
the connecting bonding material and extending above
the upper end of the flower pot forming a crimped
portion for cooperating to hold the sheet of material
in the form of the decorative cover extending about
the flower pot and wherein the crimped portion extends
a distance radially inwardly toward a central portion
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