Plastic florist's mesh

Claim 1

A FLORIST''S MESH COMPRISING A SHEET OF FLEXIBLE DEFORMABLE PLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF REGULARLY SPACED, STAGGERED CLOSED PARALLEL SLITS ARRANGED OVER SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE SURFACE AREA OF SAID SHEET, ADJACENT SLITS BEING SPACED APART LONGITUDINALLY A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THEN THEIR LENGTH TO DEFINE JUNCTIONS AND BEING SPACED LATERALLY TO DEFINE STRANDS, THE RELATIVE LENGTH OF SAID SLITS AND SAID JUNCTIONS BETWEEN ADJACENT LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED SLITS BEING SUCH THAT SAID SHEET CAN BE EXPANDED LATERALLY OF SAID SLITS AT LEAST TEN TIMES TO PLASTICALLY DEFORM THE MATERIAL OF SAID SHEET BEYOND ITS ELASTIC LIMIT AT SAID JUNCTIONS TO PRODUCE AN OPEN MESH WITH STAGGERED GENERALLY DIAMOND SHAPED OPENINGS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR SIDES DEFINED BY SAID STRANDS, AND THE WIDTH OF SAID STRANDS BEING GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF SAID MATERIAL WHEREBY WHEN SAID SHEET IS EXPANDED LATERALLY OF SAID SLIT SAID JUNCTIONS BECOME INCLINED TO THE GENERAL PLANE OF SAID MESH.