A DEVICE FOR FORMING A BOUQUET OF CUT FLOWERS

Abstract

The utility model relates to floristic devices and is intended for forming a spatial composition of a bouquet of cut flowers and setting the geometric arrangement of flower stems. The device can be used in professional floristry for assembling bouquets in flower shops, floral studios, and flower arrangement workshops, as well as for making bouquets in mass production. The technical result provided by the utility model is the creation of a device for forming a bouquet of cut flowers, ensuring an increased deviation of the flower stems from the central vertical axis of the bouquet to form a three-dimensional, spreading shape of the bouquet without the use of additional decorative greenery or staffage. The device for forming a bouquet of cut flowers, comprising a solid polymer body with a central opening extending along the central vertical axis,and a plurality of secondary guide holes surrounding the central hole, made in the form of tubular elements; each of the secondary guide holes extends along a corresponding secondary axis inclined to the first central vertical axis; each secondary axis is inclined to the central vertical axis, wherein each secondary axis intersects with a line perpendicular to the central vertical axis, and at the point of intersection the secondary axis is tangent to the spiral centered relative to the central vertical axis, the housing is made expanding towards the upper part, wherein each secondary axis is tangent to the spiral having a radius of turns increasing from bottom to top; the distance between the central hole and the secondary guide holes increases as the distance from the lower part of the housing to its upper part increases, thereby increasing,the angle of inclination of the secondary axes relative to the central vertical axis; each secondary axis is at an angle greater than 90° to the line intersecting it, perpendicular to the central vertical axis; wherein the said arrangement of the guide holes ensures the formation of the first spiral turn of the arrangement of the stems around the central flower, which determines the geometry of the subsequent arrangement of the stems in the bouquet. 5 c.p. 3 figs.,

Description

[0001] The field of technology to which the utility model belongs.

[0002] This utility model is a floristic device designed to create a spatial arrangement of cut flower bouquets and to set the geometric arrangement of flower stems. The device can be used in professional floristry for assembling bouquets in flower shops, floral studios, and floral arrangement workshops, as well as for mass-produced bouquets.

[0003] Technique level.

[0004] The prior art discloses a technical solution according to the invention patent US 2008282608 (A1), LLOYD ANNE HELEN [GB], A01G 5 / 04; A47G 7 / 07, published. 20.11.2008, which is the closest to the claimed utility model, which presents a description of a device for composing flower arrangements, including a molded body made by a single-piece casting from plastic, with a central opening passing through it along a first vertical axis, and several secondary openings of smaller diameter surrounding the central opening, made in the form of tubular elements, wherein each of the secondary openings passes along a corresponding secondary axis, each secondary axis is inclined to the first vertical by several degrees, each secondary axis can intersect with a line perpendicular to the main axis, at the point of intersection the secondary axis can be tangent to a spiral centered on the main axis.

[0005] The general features that coincide with the essential features of the claimed utility model are: a device for forming a bouquet of cut flowers, containing a solid body made of a polymeric material with a central opening extending along the central vertical axis, and a plurality of secondary guide openings surrounding the central opening, made in the form of tubular elements; each of the secondary guide openings extends along a corresponding secondary axis inclined to the central vertical axis; each secondary axis is inclined to the first central vertical axis, wherein each secondary axis intersects with a line perpendicular to the first central vertical axis, and at the point of intersection, the secondary axis is tangent to a spiral centered relative to the central vertical axis.

[0006] The technical problem that could not be solved in the implementation and use of the above-described analogue of the utility model is that when using the above-described device for composing flower arrangements, the possibility of increasing the deviation of the stems of flowers from the central vertical axis of the bouquet to form a three-dimensional spreading shape of the bouquet is limited, since the body of the device has a constant cross-sectional size along the entire height, without expanding towards the top, each secondary axis is tangent to the spiral, which has the same radius of turns, the distances between the central hole and the secondary holes are the same on the lower and upper surfaces of the body, each secondary axis is at an angle equal to 90° to the line intersecting it, perpendicular to the central vertical axis.As a result, the inclination of the secondary axes guides from the central vertical axis occurs only in the tangential direction, and in the radial direction there is no inclination of the secondary axes guides, which, accordingly, limits the inclination of the stems inserted into the secondary guide holes.

[0007] Disclosure of the essence of the utility model.

[0008] The technical result provided by the utility model is the creation of a device for forming a bouquet of cut flowers, which ensures an increase in the deviation of the flower stems from the central vertical axis of the bouquet to form a voluminous, spreading shape of the bouquet without the use of additional decorative greenery or staffage.

[0009] The technical result is achieved by making a device for forming a bouquet of cut flowers, containing a solid body made of a polymer material with a central hole extending along the central vertical axis, and a plurality of secondary guide holes surrounding the central hole, made in the form of tubular elements; each of the secondary guide holes extends along a corresponding secondary axis inclined to the first central vertical axis; each secondary axis is inclined to the central vertical axis, wherein each secondary axis intersects with a line perpendicular to the central vertical axis, and at the intersection point, the secondary axis is tangent to a spiral centered relative to the central vertical axis, wherein the body is made expanding towards the upper part, wherein each secondary axis is tangent to a spiral having a radius of turns increasing from bottom to top;the distance between the central hole and the secondary guide holes increases as one moves away from the lower part of the body to its upper part, thereby increasing the angle of inclination of the secondary axes relative to the central vertical axis; each secondary axis is at an angle greater than 90° to the line intersecting it, perpendicular to the central vertical axis; wherein said arrangement of the guide holes ensures the formation of the first spiral turn of the arrangement of the stems around the central flower, which determines the geometry of the subsequent arrangement of the stems in the bouquet.

[0010] Brief description of drawings.

[0011] The utility model is explained by drawings, where Fig. 1 shows a side and bottom view of the device for forming a bouquet of cut flowers, where Fig. 2 shows a top view of the device, where Fig. 3 shows a side view of the device with flower stems inserted into the holes.

[0012] The positions on the figures indicate:

[0013] 1 - body,

[0014] 2 - center hole,

[0015] 3 - central vertical axis (central axis, vertical axis),

[0016] 4 - guide secondary holes (guide holes, secondary holes),

[0017] 5 - secondary axes (secondary inclined axes, guide hole axes),

[0018] 6 - ​​a line perpendicular to the central vertical axis, intersecting with the secondary axis.

[0019] Implementation of a utility model.

[0020] The device for forming a bouquet of cut flowers includes a single-piece housing 1 made of a polymer material. The housing can be manufactured by casting, pressing, 3D printing, extrusion, or other polymer forming methods. The housing has a central opening 2 extending along the central vertical axis 3 of the housing 1. This central opening accommodates the central flower of the bouquet. Secondary guide openings 4 are located around the central opening for accommodating the stems of the remaining flowers. The central opening and secondary guide openings are designed as tubular elements.

[0021] The cross-sectional shape of the openings may be round, oval, polygonal, or other. Figures 1 and 2 show circular cross-sectional openings. The diameter of the central opening and the secondary guide openings exceeds the diameter of the flower stems being placed. The cross-sectional size of the central opening and the secondary guide openings allows for free movement and rotation of the flower stems placed within the openings around their longitudinal axis. This allows the flower stems to be placed within the openings with the ability to move and rotate freely around their own longitudinal axis.

[0022] The guide holes perform a guiding function and set the spatial direction of the stems without rigidly fixing them.

[0023] Each of the secondary openings 4 extends along a corresponding secondary axis 5, which is inclined relative to the first central vertical axis 3. The angle of inclination of the secondary axis relative to the central axis can be up to 30° (tangential inclination).

[0024] The design of the device is such that each secondary axis is at an angle greater than 90° (angle α) to the intersecting line perpendicular to the central vertical axis (radial tilt, shown in Fig. 2). The (conditional) intersecting line drawn between the central vertical axis of the central hole, which is perpendicular to it, and the secondary axis of each secondary hole will be at an angle of 90° to the central axis and at an angle greater than 90° to the secondary axis, as a result of which, each secondary axis is inclined relative to the vertical of the central vertical axis at an angle of up to 30°, and is also at an angle greater than 90° to the intersecting line perpendicular to the central vertical axis, which increases the width deviation of the flower stems.

[0025] At the intersection point, the secondary axis is tangent to a conditional (virtual) spiral (spiral trajectory) with a radius of turns increasing from bottom to top as it moves away from the lower part (lower surface) of the body to the upper part (upper surface) of the body, such that the radius of each upper turn is greater than the radius of the lower turn preceding it.

[0026] The axes of the secondary guide holes are tangent to an imaginary spiral centered around the central vertical axis. As a result, the distance between the central hole and each guide hole is greater in the upper part of the housing than in the lower part of the housing. These distances gradually increase from the lower part of the housing to the upper part, thereby increasing the angle of inclination of the secondary axes relative to the central vertical axis.

[0027] The device body is designed to widen toward the top. In lateral projection, it has a shape approaching that of a truncated cone or an isosceles trapezoid. The projected area of ​​the base of the body is smaller than the projected area of ​​the upper part of the body, and the width of the base of the body A in lateral projection is smaller than the width of the upper part of the body B in lateral projection (shown in Fig. 1).

[0028] The body has a shape that ensures an increase in the distance between the holes as the height of the body increases, in particular a shape close to a truncated cone or trapezoid.

[0029] The number of secondary guide holes can be varied depending on the required number of flower stems. Depending on the design, the device may contain from three to twelve guide holes or more.

[0030] The body is designed with the possibility of placing it inside the bouquet when packing it.

[0031] The device for forming a bouquet of cut flowers is used as follows.

[0032] The bouquet is formed as follows.

[0033] The stem of the central flower is placed in the central hole of the device.

[0034] Then the stems of the remaining flowers are successively placed in the secondary guide holes of the body.

[0035] When forming a bouquet, the florist holds the flower stems with his hands, placing them in the guide holes of the device.

[0036] Due to the inclination of the holes and their spatial orientation, an initial spiral arrangement of stems is formed around the central flower.

[0037] The first turn specified defines the geometry of the spatial arrangement of the stems in the bouquet.

[0038] Due to the increased diameter of the holes, the mobility of the stems is maintained, which allows the florist to rotate the flowers around the longitudinal axis of the stem and change the height of the flower heads relative to each other.

[0039] This allows you to create different compositional shapes of bouquets, for example, round or cascading.

[0040] After the composition is completed, the flower stems are secured together with a bandaging tape or other fixing element placed below the device on the flower stems.

[0041] The device functions as a spatial guide element, setting the geometry of the arrangement of flower stems when forming a bouquet.

[0042] The device can be made either disposable, remaining inside the bouquet after it is packed, or reusable, removed after the composition is formed.

[0043] The use of the proposed device allows you to form spreading and voluminous bouquets without the need for additional decorative branches or other auxiliary elements used in traditional manual assembly of bouquets.

Claims

1. A device for forming a bouquet of cut flowers, comprising a single-piece housing made of a polymeric material with a central opening extending along a central vertical axis and a plurality of secondary guide openings surrounding the central opening, made in the form of tubular elements; each of the secondary guide openings extends along a corresponding secondary axis inclined to the first central vertical axis; each secondary axis is inclined to the central vertical axis, wherein each secondary axis intersects with a line perpendicular to the central vertical axis, and at the point of intersection the secondary axis is tangent to a spiral centered relative to the central vertical axis, characterized in that the housing is made to expand toward the upper part, wherein each secondary axis is tangent to a spiral having a radius of turns that increases from bottom to top;the distance between the central hole and the secondary guide holes increases as one moves away from the lower part of the body to its upper part, thereby increasing the angle of inclination of the secondary axes relative to the central vertical axis; each secondary axis is at an angle greater than 90° to the line intersecting it, perpendicular to the central vertical axis; wherein said arrangement of the guide holes ensures the formation of the first spiral turn of the arrangement of the stems around the central flower, which determines the geometry of the subsequent arrangement of the stems in the bouquet.

2. The device according to item 1, characterized in that the angle of inclination of the secondary axis relative to the central vertical axis is up to 30°.

3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the central and secondary guide holes have a cross-sectional size that allows the possibility of free movement and rotation of the flower stems placed in the holes around their longitudinal axis.

4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the body in the lateral projection has a shape approaching the shape of a truncated cone or an isosceles trapezoid.

5. The device according to item 1, characterized in that the number of secondary guide holes made on the body can be from three to twelve.

6. The device according to item 1, characterized in that the body is designed with the possibility of placing it inside the bouquet when packing it.

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