Artificial shrubs

Claim 2

An artificial shrub comprising a hollow downwardly openmouthed plastic shell, a multiplicity of foliage sprays overlying said shell and obscuring it from external view, each of said sprays having a free upper end and a fixed lower end, a plurality of staples projecting from outside said shell into the hollow thereof and fixing said lower ends of said sprays to said shell, said sprays being arranged in tiers so that the free ends of the sprays of one tier hide the staples securing the sprays of the next higher tier, and an upwardly open annular channel member serving as the means for joining said shrub to a soil-like subsurface such as a pot or the ground.

Claim 3

A shrub according to claim 1, including subdivided decorative border material in said channel member.

Claim 4

A shrub according to claim 1, wherein said shell and said channel member are integral.

Claim 5

A shrub according to claim 1, including a plurality of such shells bearing foliage and a single channel member, said channel member being provided with a plurality of openings to receive a respective one of said shells.

Claim 6

A potted artificial shrub according to claim 1, including a hollow pot having an upwardly open mouth of a shape corresponding to said channel member and in which said channel member sits and by which said channel member is held in predetermined position, said shell and channel member closing off the interior of said pot from the outside so that rain is prevented from getting into the pot.

Claim 7

A shrub according to claim 1, wherein said shell comprises molded high density polyolefin of about 0.1 to 0.25 inch thickness.

Claim 8

An artificial shrub comprisng a hollow downwardly open-mouthed molded plastic shell, a multiplicity of foliage sprays overlying said shell and obscuring it from external view, a plurality of staples projecting from outside said shell into the hollow thereof to secure each of said sprays in predetermined position relative to said shell, an upwardly open annular channel member receiving the bottom of said shell, a hollow pot having an upwardly open mouth of a shape corresponding to said channel member and in which said channel member is held in predetermined position, said shell and channel member closing off the interior of said pot from the outside so that rain is prevented from getting into the pot, and subdivided decorative border material in said channel member and weighted matter occupying less than the full volume of said pot.

Claim 9

An artificial shrub comprisng a hollow downwardly open-mouthed molded plastic shell, a multiplicity of foliage sprays overlying said shell and obscuring it from external view, a plurality of staples projecting from outside said shell into the hollow thereof to secure each of said sprays in predetermined position relative to said shell, an upwardly open annular channel member receiving the bottom of said shell, a hollow pot having an upwardly open mouth of a shape corresponding to said channel member and in which said channel member is held in predetermined position, said shell and channel member closing off the interior of said pot from the outside so that rain is prevented from getting into the pot, and subdivided decorative border material in said channel member and weighted matter occupying less than the full volume of said pot.

Claim 10

A shrub according to claim 7, wherein said shell comprises molded high density polyolefin of about 0.1 to 0.25 inch thickness.

Claim 11

A shrub according to claim 8, wherein said polyolefin is polyethylene.