Apparatus and method for mounting a device for displaying and preserving flower arrangements
US-7318297-B2Abstract
The invention concerns an apparatus for mounting a device ( 10 ) for displaying individual flower arrangements. The device includes a base element ( 2 ) which may or may not be equipped with a raised ridge ( 4 ) over its entire circumference, and a sheet ( 5 ) which may or may not be watertight placed under base element ( 2 ) and which is gathered around the center top of the device ( 10 ) and held by an fastener ( 9 ) such as a ribbon ( 7 ) for keeping the sheet ( 5 ) sealed around the flower arrangement. The apparatus includes several movable pivoting draping fingers ( 15 ) associated with a tightening cord ( 16 ) for guiding the sheet ( 5 ) around the base element ( 2 ), a support base plate ( 20 ) that moves along a vertical axis to support device 10 , a guide means ( 21 ) of a predetermined shape connected to base plate ( 20 ) for guiding all the draping fingers ( 15 ), and an actuating means ( 30 ) for moving the base plate ( 20 ) and the guide means ( 21 ) along the vertical axis and for pivoting all the draping fingers ( 15 ) that are guided by guide means ( 21 ) so that the cord ( 16 ) is bound around draped sheet ( 5 ).
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