FLOWER HOLDER

• US 3,768,202 A
• Filed: 01/17/1972
• Issued: 10/30/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Julia E. Wheelock
• Original Assignee: Julia E. Wheelock
• Inventors: Wheelock, Julia E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bagwill, Robert E.
• Application Number:
  US05/218,205
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 161/7,12-13,16-17,27-28,31 47/41-41.13 34/15EE,15GG,5QQ 273/199R,58D 46/30 211/60
• US Class Current: 47/41.13
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 5/04 Mountings for wreaths, or the like; Racks or holders for flowers
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 7/07 Guiding means for flowers in vases, e.g. perforated covers

Abstract

A flower holder for use in different vases comprising a hollow, generally spheroidal body formed of resilient plastic, the body having a plurality of longitudinally arched segments with their ends joined together adjacent the axis of the body, the segments having stem receiving openings spaced therealong and the segments being angularly spaced apart so that the body is longitudinally continuous but transversely discontinuous to allow the body to radially conform to different vases.

Claims

1. A flower holder adapted to conform to the side walls of different vases to be stabilized and supported thereby comprising, a hollow generally spheroidal body of resilient plastic including a multiplicity of elongated body segments having one end thereof integrally joined together at one end of the body and extending from said one end of the body to the other in longitudinally arched and angularly spaced relatiOn about an axis through said one end of the body, said elongated body segments each including a plurality of ring-shaped elements integrally connected in edge-to-edge relation and defining a plurality of stem receiving openings spaced apart along the segment, the ring-shaped elements at one end of the several body segments being integrally joined in a generally circular pattern at said one end of the body and the body having a central stem receiving opening at said one end inwardly of said circular pattern, intermediate ones of the openings in each body segment being larger than the openings adjacent the ends of the body segments, and an annular clamp member at said other end of the body having angularly spaced clamp elements thereon interconnecting the other ends of said body segments to hold said other ends of the body segments against relative movement while permitting individual flexing of said body segments intermediate the ends of the body to conform to side walls of different vases.

2. A flower holder according to claim 1 wherein said body has at least six elongated body segments.

3. A flower holder adapted to conform to the side walls of different vases to be stabilized and supported thereby consisting of a one-piece generally star-shaped member of resilient plastic having a set of elongated segments integrally joined together at one end and extending outwardly in angularly spaced relation, each elongated segment consisting of a plurality of ring-shaped elements defining generally circular openings and integrally joined together in edge-to-edge relation, the ring-shaped elements at said one end of the segments of the set being arranged in a circular pattern around a central opening, and means interconnecting the ring-shaped elements at the other ends of the segments of the set in a generally circular pattern similar to the first-mentioned circular pattern and coaxial therewith to form a hollow generally spheroidal body with the segments extending in longitudinally arched and angularly spaced relation about the axis of the spheroidal body.

4. A flower holder according to claim 3 wherein said means interconnecting the ring-shaped elements at the other ends of the segments includes an annular member having clamp means engageable with the ring shaped elements on said other ends of the segments of the set.

5. A flower holder according to claim 3 wherein the ring-shaped elements intermediate the ends of each segment are of larger size than the ring-shaped elements adjacent the ends of the segments.

6. A flower holder according to claim 3 wherein said star-shaped member has six segments.