Apparatus for providing a decorative cover for a flower pot using a collar

Claim 1

An apparatus for providing a decorative cover comprising: a sheet of material; a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface with an object opening being formed through the upper end of the flower pot; a collar constructed of a relatively rigid material and having an outer peripheral surface and an opening formed through a portion thereof forming an inner peripheral surface, the collar being resiliently movable to an open position increasing the size of the opening in the collar and resiliently movable to a closed position decreasing the size of the opening in the collar, the sheet of material being disposed about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot and the collar being moved to the open position whereby the flower pot and sheet of material are disposed through the opening in the collar and the collar being moved to the closed position whereby the inner peripheral surface of the collar engages the sheet of material and clamps a portion of the sheet of material to the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot, the sheet of material forming the decorative cover, the collar comprising a plurality of collar segments, each collar segment having opposite ends and an opening extending therethrough intersecting the opposite ends thereof, the collar segments being disposed in an end-to-end relationship to form the collar; and spring means disposed through the openings in the collar segments for connecting the collar segments, the spring means permitting the collar segments to be moved apart for increasing the opening in the collar in the opened position of the collar.

Claim 2

An apparatus for providing a decorative cover comprising: a sheet of material; a flower pot having an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface with an object opening being formed through the upper end of the flower pot; a collar constructed of a relatively rigid material and having an outer peripheral surface and an opening formed through a portion thereof forming an inner peripheral surface, the collar being resiliently movable to an open position increasing the size of the opening in the collar and resiliently movable to a closed position decreasing the size of the opening in the collar, the sheet of material being disposed about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot and the collar being moved to the open position whereby the flower pot and sheet of material are disposed through the opening in the collar and the collar being moved to the closed position whereby the inner peripheral surface of the collar engages the sheet of material and clamps a portion of the sheet of material to the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot, the sheet of material forming the decorative cover, the collar comprising a plurality of collar segments, each collar segment having opposite ends and an opening extending therethrough intersecting the opposite ends thereof, the collar segments being disposed in an end-to-end relationship to form the collar; and spring means disposed through the openings in the collar segments for connecting the collar segments, the spring means permitting the collar segments to be moved apart for increasing the opening in the collar in the opened position of the collar.