Appeal No. 1998-3413
Application No. 08/512,782
imparting a first decorative characteristic to the
container side wall;
forming a decorative ring member and dimensioning at
least a portion of the ring member so as to fit in overlapping
relationship with an outside surface of the rim;
imparting a second decorative characteristic to an
outside surface of the ring member, the second decorative
characteristic being distinctively different from the first
decorative characteristic imparted to the side wall;
fitting the ring member onto the rim in an overlapping
relationship; and
wherein the container member forming step comprises the
step of forming the rim with an outwardly-facing concavity,
and wherein the ring member forming step comprises the step of
forming the ring member with a downwardly-extending concavity
which corresponds to the concavity of the container member rim
outer portion.
13. A method for making a decorative container, comprising
the steps of:
forming a container member having an enclosing side wall
with a rim around an upper extremity of the side wall, the rim
molded so as to form a radius at the top of the side wall and
having a downwardly extending outer portion;
forming a decorative ring member and dimensioning at
least a portion of the ring member so as to fit in an
overlapping relationship with an outside surface of the
container member rim, the ring member tapered and dimensioned
so as to permit the container member side wall to receive
another container member in nesting relationship therewith;
removably fitting the ring member onto the rim in
overlapping relationship; and then
nesting another container having a side wall within the
container member so that the side walls thereof are in a
nesting, abutting relationship.
18. A method for making a decorative flower pot and water
tray combination, the method comprising the steps of:
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