Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
047083000 | Vertical array | 16 |
20080216403 | STACKABLE PLANT GROWING TOWER SYSTEM - According to the present invention there is provided a stackable and nesting plant-growing container system for a growing medium. The system includes a first growing medium unit and a substantially identical second growing medium unit. The first and second units are each of a unitary construction and includes a sidewall. The sidewall includes an inner side and an outer side, a top edge and a bottom edge. The sidewall includes at least one primary lobe extending from the cross-sectional circumference of the sidewall and uniformly increases in diameter as its distance from the bottom edge of the side wall increases and terminates in the top edge and arranged with an outwardly curving inner side extending outside the growing medium units. The bottom edge includes a notched portion and the top edge includes a corresponding support portion arranged to align with the notched portion such that the notched portion of the second unit may be removably inserted into the first unit support portion so that the notched portion positions and supports the second growing medium unit above the first growing medium unit. | 09-11-2008 |
20080263949 | Tomato growing system - A plant growing kit, primarily for growing climbing plants such as tomatoes, is contained in a flat box approximately the shape of a pizza box. In preferred embodiments three legs are included, broken down into sections in the box and directable into a sturdy tripod, over which a flexible vine-attachment element, such as a wire or thin tubular member or plastic coil, is assembled preferably in a tapered helical configuration. Also in the box is a basket, in flattened condition but erectable into a deep configuration and with provision for attachment to the legs, near their bottom ends, the basket being configured to contain a bag of soil, which may remain in the bag. The consumer provides drainage holes in the bag and an opening at top for the plants to grow and to climb up on the tripod and vine-attachment element. With a water-catching saucer under the bag and basket, the directed plant growing assembly can be placed in any desired location, including inside a building. | 10-30-2008 |
20080295402 | Modular Greening Device for Facades, Walls or the Like - A greening device for façades or walls, consisting mainly of a support structure fixed on the façade to be covered and by at least two modules with flat structure and square or rectangular profile, containing a cultivating substrate and including on one of its large surface apparent vegetation elements, the modules being removably mounted on the support structure substantially concealing the latter. The support structure includes at least two spaced apart vertical rails whereon the modules are mounted in vertical rows being located away from the façade or wall and being individually detachable, each module being in the form of a box with globally flat parallelepiped structure of slight thickness compared to its lateral dimensions, the open side of the box opposite the base being closed with an open-work wall. The vertical opposite side walls have catching elements designed to co-operate with reception sites on the mounting rails. | 12-04-2008 |
20080302009 | Mural Support For Any Type of Natural Plants - The invention concerns a mural support for any type of natural plants, consisting of a mural support ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090107042 | Wall mountable planters - An at least partially open top container desirably functions as a planter and provides for effective yet aesthetic mounting of a number of like containers in a vertical array. The planter includes a hollow body having at least partially closed sides and bottom, including a back side. First surface manifestations, such as a pair of recessed keyhole-shaped openings, are associated with the back side to facilitate mounting to a wall. Second surface manifestations, such as a pair of recessed projections, are also associated with the back side to facilitate mounting to keyhole openings in another similar planter in a vertical array, interlocking the planters together. The planter may contain potting material and real or artificial plants, and a number of interlocked planters are typically provided in combination in a vertical array. | 04-30-2009 |
20090173004 | Method and Apparatus for Elevated Stacking of Planters - A modular planter assembly formed of a base planter housing having a cavity volume for dirt or growing material defined by a surrounding vertically disposed sidewall. Smaller elevated planters are supportable above the base planter on support members extending between a pair of vertically disposed elongated members which engage passages formed in the sidewall of the base planter. The elongated members may be one piece, or formed of a plurality of component members to allow the user to lengthen them and add multiple elevated planters to the formed device. | 07-09-2009 |
20090211154 | Mobile garden cart - A kit for a mobile gardening cart that includes the following: a base structure, form, storage areas, and a plurality of wheels to allow it to pivot in any directions, coupled to a base and an upright frame structure with reasonable braced support, linage/connection to a main vertical frame, and multiple stackable container forms to be placed parallel to each other in an ascending upward fashion. | 08-27-2009 |
20090277086 | Growing System For Enhanced Yield - Disclosed herein is a growing system for enhanced yield. In an exemplary embodiment of the growing system, a plant stand is provided, and a plurality of plant pots can be further provided. The plant stand can include a first frame, a second frame, and a plurality of brackets securing the plant pots to the first frame and the second frame. The plant stand is configured such that the plant pots have a tiered formation. In some embodiments, the brackets each have a segment upon which a corresponding plant pot is seated and segments for securing opposing sides of the plant stand. In some embodiments, the plant stand has a substantially x-shaped elevation. | 11-12-2009 |
20110061294 | Apparatus for growing plants - Method and apparatus for growing plants in a rotatable, horizontal, drum-like configuration, wherein plants grow inwards towards a centrally located light source, includes plant receiving hollow members each having a recessed slot facing the light source with a plurality of apertures at the base thereof for receiving plant holders and defining, with the outer walls of the hollow member, reservoirs on each side thereof for holding water when the plants are generally inverted. | 03-17-2011 |
20110192084 | WALL PLANTING SYSTEM - A modular wall planting system includes at least a pair of planting units each comprising a mounting structure mountable to a vertical wall surface, and a trough extending outwardly from the mounting structure and including an upwardly opening aperture, the trough defining an interior compartment divided into a first section and a second section at least partially divided from the first section, wherein the first section is adapted to receive plant matter therein, the second section is adapted to receive fluid drained from the first section, and wherein the trough includes at least one weep aperture adapted to allow water to drain from the interior compartment and the second section to an exterior of the trough. The system further comprises a fluid line extending into the interior of the trough and adapted to transport a fluid thereto, wherein the individual planting units are adapted to be secured to a wall structure in at least a partially vertically aligned manner such that a lower planting unit of the pair of planting units receives fluid drained from the interior of a higher planting unit via the at least one weep aperture of the trough. | 08-11-2011 |
20110258929 | Improvement to Wall-Mounted Set of Ornamental Plant Pots - THE PRESENT INVENTION REFERS TO A VERTICAL GARDEN ASSEMBLY, CONCERNED WITH THE FIELD OF GARDENING, MORE PRECISELY FOR USE IN THE DECORATION OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS BY MEANS OF ADEQUATELY SUSPENDED VASES, TO WHICH AN ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTIVE ARRANGEMENT IS GIVEN, AIMING TO REACH A DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL OPTION FROM THE MODELS PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED BY THE INVENTOR. | 10-27-2011 |
20120180388 | Vertical Planter and Gardening Wall - A vertical planter and gardening wall comprised of base planter blocks that are identical to each other and end blocks that are identical to each other. The blocks are stackable and interlock. The invention can be used by gardeners to cultivate and display their gardens indoors or outdoors in a restricted area. | 07-19-2012 |
20130061521 | Composting Garden Container - A planter in the form of a tower planter having an internal vertical composting capability is provided. The planter has a hollow, vertical, outer cylindrical barrel with a plurality of openings formed about its cylindrical side. A hollow inner cylindrical composting tube having a plurality of perforations formed in its cylindrical wall is provided. The space formed between the inner tube and barrel wall is filled with growing medium. The inner tube is filled with compost material. A removable container is placed at the bottom of the tube and barrel, said container adapted to capture water draining out from the tube and barrel, as well, as periodically receiving compost from the compost tube. | 03-14-2013 |
20130333287 | PLANTER ASSEMBLY - A planter assembly includes a support and a plurality of planter units configured to attach at the support. The support is an elongated support that is configured to be generally vertical when used in the planter assembly. Each of the planter units includes a planting portion at which a plant may be disposed and each of the planter units is configured to attach at the support at a respective level along the support. Each of the planter units is circumferentially disposed relative to the support and relative to others of the planter units so that the planter units are arranged along the support with the planting portion of each of the planter units being at least partially circumferentially separated or disposed relative to the planting portions of others of the planter units. | 12-19-2013 |
20150334926 | PLANTATION INSTALLATION - A green or living wall is formed on the external architectural surface. The wall includes a waterproof layer to protect the surface from water and other materials from the living wall, and several plant support components extending horizontally in parallel to each other across the wall. The components include a tubular wall filled with a growth media formed of hydromix and/or potting substrate, one or more layers of a water retaining material and an out support layer. Plants are planted on the plant support components with their plants being imbedded into the growth media. The architectural surface may be oriented vertically, horizontally, or at an angle, and filler material may be used to shape the plant support components into various three-dimensional shapes. | 11-26-2015 |
20150351328 | Vertically extending mobile gardening station - In an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile gardening station is provided and includes a first vertical support member, a second vertical support member, the first and second vertical support members held in parallel to one another and in substantially the same elevation, a wheeled base structure affixed to the first and second support members, a top support structure affixed to the first and second support members, and a plurality of rails attachable between the first and second vertical support members, the rails arranged substantially orthogonally relative to the first and second vertical support members and equally spaced apart in pairs along a substantially vertical plane. Each rail pair supports at least one hanging planter box, the at least one planter box connected to the upper rail in a pair of rails by at least one hanging connector, and resting against the lower rail in the pair of rails. | 12-10-2015 |