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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
May. 29, 1992
Smithers-Oasis Company, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Abstract
A floral support assembly for presenting a display of fresh cut flowers. Floral foam is bonded to a backing to define a pre-shaped configuration. Moisture barrier means, preferably in the form of ambient air spaces, separate the floral foam into adjacent segments of predetermined dimensions, in at least the vertical direction. The barrier spaces have a predetermined width sufficient to prevent floral preservative solution from bridging between adjacent segments when the floral foam support assembly is inclined with respect to a horizontal frame of reference. The preferred method by which to saturate the aforesaid assembly with a floral preservative solution requires a container. At least a sufficient volume of the preservative solution is placed in the container to saturate the foam segments on whatever number of support assemblies are to be simultaneously processed. The support assemblies are then floated in the solution with the foam segments facing the solution. Each assembly is removed from the solution after it has been permitted to sink into the solution to a predetermined depth. The assembly is then inverted and placed on a horizontal surface for a predetermined period of time with the backing resting on that horizontal surface. The stems of flowers may then be inserted into the foam segments to fashion a display.