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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Claude Mauffette, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Lumigem Canada Inc., Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 343 ; 428 352 ; 428 369 ; 428 3691 ; 428192 ; 206423 ; 220402 ; 220403 ; 220404 ; 47 4101 ; 47 4113 ; 47 4115 ; 47 72 ;
Abstract
The disclosure herein describes a collapsible flower vase that includes an elongated sleeve member made of flexible material, a pair of collars having a given shape, each having a structure adapted to engage a corresponding edge of the sleeve member to form a rigid assembly having a shape corresponding to that of the collars, and a flexible water-tight bag received within the rigid assembly and secured between one of the collars and an edge of the sleeve member. The sleeve member has rigidity along its longitudinal axis and flexibility in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.