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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. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Graham Swallow Clough, Wokingham, GB;
Richard Mark Ingleton, Salinas, CA (US);
John Vanderstoep, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
The SunBlush Technologies Corporation, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206423 ; 229-584 ; 229939 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a novel method and apparatus for packaging and shipping horticultural products including cut flowers. More particularly, this invention pertains to a novel method of and packaging for packaging cut flowers in a modified atmosphere package to prolong shelf life, shipping the packaged flowers to the destination, and then at the destination, opening the package and rehydrating the cut flowers in the package by saturating the stems of the flowers with water.