(under subclass 41.01) Apparatus comprising a device made of a yieldable material into which the stem end of the flower is forcibly thrust so as to create an opening in the material and be held thereby, the device being adapted for use with a container, support, etc.
(1) Note. A device with a pre-existing, discrete opening which the stem merely enlarges is not included, though devices with numerous minute porelike openings are included.
(2) Note. The stem may be provided with a strengthening wire or a pick which is forcibly thrust into the yieldable material.
