Arrangement for protecting flowers and wrapping the same

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR PROTECTING AND PACKAGING DELICATE LEAVED AND PETALED FLOWERS, SAID PACKAGING BEING LIMITED TO THE HEIGHT OF THE PETALS AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY ONLY OVER THE HEIGHT OF THE PETALS FROM WHERE THE PETALS FORM THE STEM TO THE UPPER ENDS OF THE PETALS WITHOUT COMPRESSING THE PETALS BUT WITH THE PETALS BEING IN CLOSE IMMOBILIZING CONTACT, COMPRISING GATHERING TOGETHER THE PETALS UPWARDLY TOGETHER AND INWARDLY TOWARD THE STEM FROM BELOW, PROVIDING A LIGHT THIN FLEXIBLE PAPER RECTANGLE HAVING THE HEIGHT ONLY OF THE PETALS AND FORMED INTO A CONICAL SLEEVE AROUND THE STEM BELOW THE LEAVES AND PETALS TO BE PROTECTED, SAID PAPER RECTANGLE HAVING OPPOSITELY FACING END COATINGS OF A COHESIVE MATERIAL EXTENDING THE HEIGHT OF THE EDGES THEREOF WHICH WILL ADHERE TO ITSELF AND NOT TO THE FLOWERS, OVERLAPPING THE END EDGES OF THE SLEEVE WITH THE OVERLAP CARRYING THE LIGHT COHESIVE COATINGS AND PERMITTING ADJUSTMENT TO LIGHTLY FRICTIONALLY ENCIRCLE THE FLOWER PETALS, AND THEN ENCLOSING THE GATHERED PETALS BY CLOSING THE SLEEVE AROUND THE SAME, SAID SLEEVE BEING HELD IN POSITION BY THE FRICTIONAL EXPANSION TENDENCY OF THE GATHERED LEAVES AND PETALS, AND SAID DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE STEM.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR PROTECTING AND PACKAGING DELICATE LEAVED AND PETALED FLOWERS, SAID PACKAGING BEING LIMITED TO THE HEIGHT OF THE PETALS AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY ONLY OVER THE HEIGHT OF THE PETALS FROM WHERE THE PETALS FORM THE STEM TO THE UPPER ENDS OF THE PETALS WITHOUT COMPRESSING THE PETALS BUT WITH THE PETALS BEING IN CLOSE IMMOBILIZING CONTACT, COMPRISING GATHERING TOGETHER THE PETALS UPWARDLY TOGETHER AND INWARDLY TOWARD THE STEM FROM BELOW, PROVIDING A LIGHT THIN FLEXIBLE PAPER RECTANGLE HAVING THE HEIGHT ONLY OF THE PETALS AND FORMED INTO A CONICAL SLEEVE AROUND THE STEM BELOW THE LEAVES AND PETALS TO BE PROTECTED, SAID PAPER RECTANGLE HAVING OPPOSITELY FACING END COATINGS OF A COHESIVE MATERIAL EXTENDING THE HEIGHT OF THE EDGES THEREOF WHICH WILL ADHERE TO ITSELF AND NOT TO THE FLOWERS, OVERLAPPING THE END EDGES OF THE SLEEVE WITH THE OVERLAP CARRYING THE LIGHT COHESIVE COATINGS AND PERMITTING ADJUSTMENT TO LIGHTLY FRICTIONALLY ENCIRCLE THE FLOWER PETALS, AND THEN ENCLOSING THE GATHERED PETALS BY CLOSING THE SLEEVE AROUND THE SAME, SAID SLEEVE BEING HELD IN POSITION BY THE FRICTIONAL EXPANSION TENDENCY OF THE GATHERED LEAVES AND PETALS, AND SAID DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE STEM.