Corsage assembly

Claim 1

A CORSAGE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, A RELATIVELY STIFF, DECORATIVE, SHEET-LIKE, LEAF-SHAPED UNITARY BACKING ELEMENT HAVING A FRONT AND A REAR FACE AND HAVING TWO OPENINGS THERETHROUGH, AND FORMING A BACKGROUND FOR THE ASSEMBLY A FLOWER BLOSSOM HAVING A CALYX AND A STEM, SAID BLOSSOM BEING DISPOSED AGAINST THE FRONT FACE OF SAID BACKING ELEMENT ADJACENT SAID OPENINGS WITH A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF SAID BACKING ELEMENT EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE EDGES OF SAID BLOSSOM, A RIBBON FORMED IN A RELATIVELY STIFF, PREFORMED BOW AND DISPOSED OVER SAID BLOSSOM, SAID BOW COMPLETELY COVERING SAID CALYX AND EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BEYOND THE SIDES OF SAID CALYX INTO FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BACKING ELEMENT, AN ELONGATE, FLEXIBLE FASTENING ELEMENT FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID BOW, SAID FASTENING ELEMENT PASSING AROUND OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BLOSSOM IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH AND THROUGH SAID OPENINGS TO SECURE SAD BOW TO SAID BACKING ELEMENT AND TO SECURE SAID BLOSSOM TO SAID BOW AND TO SAID BACKING ELEMENT BETWEEN SAID BOW AND SAID BACKING ELEMENT, WHEREBY SAID BOW OVERLIES AND IS COMPRESSED AGAINST SAID BLOSSOM AND SAID BACKING ELEMENT AND HOLDS SAID BLOSSOM FIRMLY AGAINST SAID BACKING ELEMENT THEREBY PREVENTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID BOW, SAID BLOSSOM AND SAID BACKING ELEMENT.