| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 047081000 | Fibrous wick | 28 |
| 20090064576 | Potted plant watering system - A potted plant watering system that uses the capillary action of a wick to draw water up from a water reservoir and into the soil of a potted plant via a plurality of fingers of a wick support member that secure the wick in predetermined patterns and maximizes soil contact during wet and dry conditions and distributes water evenly throughout the plant pot. A water flow control device attaches to the wick support member and by separating the wick's strands from contact with the water, controls the flow of water through the wick. A float mechanism provides for a reservoir level indication with minimum rise and arc of the float rod above the surface of the water reservoir and therefore minimizes risk of rod damage and observer confusion. The wick, flow control, and water level indication systems can be used with any existing plant pot equipped with a drainage hole. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20100043285 | Apparatus and Method for Covering Surfaces with a Planting Module - A planting surface that is disposed on a lid, a cover, a roof, a yard, a wall, a pond, lake, container or other surface. The present invention comprises an apparatus and method comprising a modular tray or reservoir in which is disposed a planting matrix and a planting medium. The invention is particularly useful for green roof applications. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100287833 | STACKABLE PLANT POT - A plant pot which is adapted to be stacked with one or more similar plant pots. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100325952 | Systems for roof irrigation, including modular apparatus with sub-irrigation technology, and methods for installation and maintenance of systems - Two designs for rooftop irrigation apparatus are provided. The apparatus employ sub-irrigation and wicking technology to nourish vegetation supported by the apparatus. The apparatus may be placed on outdoor surfaces such as roofs. The first apparatus comprises interlocking modules. The use of sub-irrigation technology enables the modules to sustain a wide variety of plant-life. In addition, the plants may be removed and replaced easily by other plants, including hydroponic plants and vegetables. The second apparatus is a tray that contains an array of wicked protrusions that may hold plant roots and nourish the plants through sub-irrigation. Both apparatus may utilize control systems to control the level of water underneath the vegetation. Excess water may be stored in an auxiliary tank for later use or discharged from the system to decrease apparatus load. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100325953 | FLOWERPOT - A flowerpot comprises a box body and a spacer. The buckling sheets of the spacer are buckled to the buckling recesses of the box body; and the spacer is placed upon the projection sheets and the wall assembly; a lower space and rear side of the box body below the spacer is formed with a water collecting tank and the space of the upper front side of the box body above the spacer is formed with a planting tank. In use, the hook of the spacer and the hook portion of the box body is attached to one supporting rod of a frame assembly and the two protrusions are placed upon another supporting rod. The water draining opening guides water from an upper flowerpot to a lower flowerpot. The water absorption sheets installed in the spacer can guide water from the water collecting tank to the planting tank automatically. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110131879 | Insertable plant watering device and reservoir with inlet pipe - An insertable watering device for a standard bucket comprising, a circular planar base member, central chamber, plurality of wicks, fill tube, and support legs. The insertable device provides support for soil and allows for the watering of plants contained in the soil by capillary action using a wick through the transfer of water below the base member and into the soil layer. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110247271 | WATER WICK POT - An example pot includes a sump and water wick assembly for providing water to a plant supported within the pot. The sump includes an inner diameter that corresponds to the inner diameter of the pot. The sump is disposed about an outer perimeter of the pot and includes the water wick that extends into the pot and soil supporting a plant. The pot assembly includes an edge with a curved surface to provide desired appearance that nests within corresponding features of a second identical pot to aid in stacking many example pots for shipment and display. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120198767 | SELF-WATERING SYSTEM FOR A POTTED PLANT - The invention provides a self-watering system for a potted plant comprising a liquid container and an insert with an in use position against the potted plant pointing upper part ( | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130019526 | PLANT POT - A plant pot includes a pot body having an upper chamber and a lower chamber defined therein and a plurality of front holes for growing plants, floriculture-planting materials set in the upper chamber, a water container set in the lower chamber, and a water absorption member partially dipped in the water in the water container and partially inserted into the floriculture-planting materials for transferring water from the water container to the floriculture-planting materials for growing plants. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130031836 | Planting Device - The present invention is a planting device design for multiple plant containers. Said planting device incorporates a reservoir and a wick for each plant container. When placing the plant container through the lid, a flap is opened. Said flap positions the plant container so that the wick is in contact with the water, but the container containing the soil is not in contact with the water. This reduces the possibility of rot. Said flap also closes when the plant container is removed thereby preventing pollutants (e.g. insects, leaves) along with pets or light from communicating with the water. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130067812 | PLANT CONTAINER - A plant container includes a growing vessel including a floor, a side wall, and a brim. The floor of the growing vessel is adapted to rest on ground below. The side wall is coupled to the floor and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor to interconnect the floor and the brim. Together, the floor and the side wall define a soil chamber adapted to receive soil and a plant planted in the soil. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130291436 | STACKABLE PLANT POT ASSEMBLY - A stackable plant pot assembly having a planter base that has a bottom surface, an upper edge defining a base opening, and a downwardly tapered side wall separating the upper base edge and the body surface. The assembly further has a first intermediate planter with an upper edge defining an upper opening, a lower edge defining a lower opening, a downwardly tapered side wall separating the upper edge and the lower edge, with the intermediate planter being both sized to removably couple to the planter base and create a substantially watertight seal and sized to stackably-receive the planter base within the upper opening of the first intermediate planter. The assembly further has a cover that is removably-couplable to the planter base and the first intermediate planter with the cover defining at least one opening sized to receive a standard-sized plant pot. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140075840 | MODULAR WALLS WITH INCORPORATED PLANTERS - Implementations of the present invention relate to systems and apparatus for incorporating live plants on support surfaces, such as walls, wall segments, and wall modules inside of a building. Such systems and apparatus can provide pleasing aesthetic and an improved environment for occupant of a space within the building. The modular living wall system also can reduce or eliminate the need for manual watering of the live plants. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140115962 | Water Transporting Line and Watering Device for Watering Potted Plants - The invention relates to a potted plant watering device and a water transporting line (WL) which is used in said watering device, said transporting line comprising a fibrous material (FB) which makes use of capillary action and comprising a watertight casing (HU) which surrounds the fibrous material in a tubular manner. The fibrous material (FB) and the casing (HU) are formed in a flat manner in the shape of a strip, and the tubular casing (HU) walls (W | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123557 | Watering Device - The invention relates to a potted plant watering device with a water transporting line (WL) comprising a fibrous material (FB) that uses capillary action. An end region (E | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140182202 | SUPPORTIVE DEVICE AND MOUNTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING AND USING THE SAME - A supportive device and mounting system for positioning potting or planting systems on a support surface and enabling convenient and secure location, adaptive replacement and optional irrigation use. A base support member is secured to a structural support system. An insert member is adaptive positioned within the based support member enabling a smooth transition to the structural support system. Alternative irrigation systems operably interconnect each base support, member for improved convenience. A method for installing, modifying and operating the supportive device and mounting system is also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20150135590 | MULTIPLE POTTED-PLANT SELF-WATERING SYSTEM - A multiple plant container self-watering system comprises a primary container at a first elevation and a plurality of secondary containers at different elevations, fluidly connected by means of tubing. The primary container comprises a primary outer shell that encloses a primary reservoir pot, having an expanded upper portion and a tubular lower portion, a primary wick and a primary grow pot. Each of the plurality of secondary containers comprises a secondary outer shell that encloses a secondary reservoir pot having an expanded upper portion and a tubular lower portion, a secondary wick, and a secondary grow pot. The diameter of the lower portion of the primary and secondary reservoir pot is greatly reduced in comparison to the diameter of the upper portion thereof, thereby allowing for substantially similar dry-down time for a plurality of fluidly connected plant containers at different elevations. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150135591 | Assembly of a Plant Pot having a Wick and a Container - The present invention relates to an assembly, comprising a plant pot ( | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150313099 | GARDENING BED - A gardening bed includes a frame and a structural panel coupled to the frame. The panel includes at least two interconnected layers of polymer material, at least one channel defined between the layers, the channel having an opening into which a fluid may be poured, and at least one reservoir defined between the layers in which fluid poured through the channel may accumulate. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150373933 | Self-Watering System for a Potted Plant - The invention provides a self-watering system for a potted plant comprising a liquid container and an insert with an in use position against the potted plant pointing upper part, which extends at least partially through an opening in the pot bottom. The invention is primarily intended for use in watering of potted plants ready for sale from e.g. horticultural greenhouses, but can obviously also be used for both the subsequent watering during the rest of the plant's life from end-users and for watering during the cultivation of a potted plant. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160050861 | SELF-PRIMING WICK TO WICK LIQUID TRANSFER SYSTEM - A self-priming wick to wick liquid transfer system. The system is preferable for watering plants. The functionality is very simple and user friendly. The system can be used in nearly every way a non self-watering planter is used, both indoors and outdoors, giving it a versatility and usability that other self-watering systems or devices do not have. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160066522 | Demand Driven Self-Watering Planter - The invention is apparatus which can be fitted in a container, therein modifying the container to function as a self-watering planter. The apparatus includes a partitioning element that includes an extruded element having a hollow tubular section that terminates in a center opening and a wide flange. The extruded element separates the container into an upper portion (potting soil and plant), a lower portion (liquid reservoir), and a common portion (potting soil, water, and ultimately some root). The flange is a solid plate with a lateral opening that enables liquid to be conveyed past the plate. Roots cannot grow through it. The lower portion has an overflow outlet through the container's sidewall. A fill pipe extends from the rim down to the reservoir, so substantially no liquid is added directly to the upper portion. A film having a slot for the plant covers the container. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160120139 | CULTIVATION APPARATUS HAVING AUTOMATIC RAINWATER SUPPLY FUNCTION - Disclosed is a cultivation apparatus having an automatic rainwater supply function, which constantly maintains a predetermined water level by filtering and storing rainwater and automatically supplies water to plants through the circulation of water, including the discharge of water whose level exceeds a predetermined level, storage of the water, and supply of the water. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160135392 | PLANT CONTAINER FOR USE WITH MULTIPLE POTTED-PLANT SELF-WATERING SYSTEM - A multiple plant container self-watering system comprising a frame supporting multiple grow pots, the multiple grow pots comprising at least a primary grow pot and a secondary grow pot; a primary container at a first elevation on said frame wherein said primary grow pot rests on a primary wick of the primary reservoir pot, and a plurality of secondary containers, each of the plurality of secondary containers being at a different elevation and comprising a secondary grow pot resting on a secondary wick of the secondary reservoir pot; whereby the primary container and the plurality of secondary containers are fluidly connected by means of the tubing and configured to allow for substantially similar dry-down time. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160150746 | Bucket Conversion Self-Watering Planter | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160192603 | Sheathed Wick, Self Siphoning Plant Feeding Device, System and Method | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160192604 | Pressurized Growing Air System for Vertical and Horizontal Planting Systems | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160198648 | SELF-WATERING PLANTER | 07-14-2016 |
