| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 047086000 | Modular | 13 |
| 20080276530 | Multi-pot container - A container for plants. The container may include a wall defining a perimeter of the container and a floor at a lower portion of the container. Receptacles may be formed in the container extending beneath the floor for receiving pots, plants, or potting soil. Openings may be formed in the container to allow the container to drain, and for allowing roots to grow through the container. The container may be used as a tray for carrying pots or plants. Also, plants may be placed in the container with or without pots and the container may be placed in a larger patio-type pot or directly in the ground. A mixture of plants may be arranged in the container by moving the smaller pots without damaging the plant roots. Also, the container itself may be planted in the ground without the need to disturb the plant roots. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080276531 | Planting pots and multi-compartment tray having self-orienting configuration - Planting pots and a multi-compartment tray are provided, the pots and tray having a self-orienting configuration for urging the pots into proper alignment when same are placed within compartments of the tray. The pots include angled recesses disposed radially about the bottom portion of the pots. The compartments of the tray include angled protrusions disposed radially about the bottom portion of the compartment. The angled recesses of the pot engage with the angled protrusions of the compartment when the pot is placed in the compartment to urge the pot into proper alignment. A plurality of slots are included along an upper portion of each pot for allowing optional identification tags to be inserted thereinto. The identification tags, in addition to logos, artwork, or other indicia, if included, are positioned by the self-orienting configuration of the pots and tray to face in a desired direction. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090260285 | Self-orientating plant pot and tray system - Disclosed herein is a self-orientating plant pot and tray system. The plant pot includes a top and/or a pot body and is provided with a first drain opening. The top has a first substantially elliptical cross-section and/or the body has a first tapering substantially elliptical cross-section. The tray defines at least one receiving area each for securingly receiving a plant pot in a desired orientation relative therewith. The receiving area includes an upper chamber and/or a body chamber, which are each respectively defined by a depression and/or a receptacle. The depression has a second substantially elliptical cross-section for mating with the top and/or the receptacle has a second tapering substantially elliptical cross-section for mating with the pot body. The receptacle can be provided with a second drain opening for fluid communication with the first drain opening. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100058660 | UTILITY PEDESTAL COVER OR PLANTER - The invention relates to a utility pedestal cover which may be used to encapsulate and conceal a utility pedestal. The material of the sleeve member may be of a weatherproof material, and may include a fastening system to allow the sleeve to be selectively opened and closed along at least a portion of its length or height, or to attach sections of the cover. The invention also relates to a planter arrangement for concealment of a utility pedestal, wherein the planter includes at least one housing section with at least one planting well. The housing may have a height such that upon introducing plants in the planting medium, the plantings and the housing effectively conceal the utility pedestal. The planting well may have at least one drain hole therein. The housing may be formed in at least two sections, which may be selectively attached around the pedestal. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100180500 | TRAY FOR PLANTS - The invention relates to an assembly in use forming a tray for plant material. The assembly includes a holder; and at least one insert which can be respectively placed in and removed from the holder. The insert includes at least one cell defining a plant position. The cell includes at least a wall and a bottom for accommodating content in the cell during use of the assembly. The at least one wall substantially encloses the plant position. The wall and/or bottom comprises an opening through which access is provided with means for removing the content of the cell, such as a pusher or a ram. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110056131 | Self-orientating plant pot and tray system - A self-orientating plant pot and tray system is provided. The pot includes a top and/or a body and is provided with a first drain opening. The top has a first substantially elliptical cross-section and/or the body has a first tapering substantially elliptical cross-section. The tray defines at least one receiving area each for securingly receiving a plant pot in a desired orientation relative therewith. The receiving area includes an upper chamber and/or a body chamber, which are each respectively defined by a depression and/or a receptacle. The depression has a second substantially elliptical cross-section for mating with the top and/or the receptacle has a second tapering substantially elliptical cross-section for mating with the body. The receptacle can be provided with a second drain opening for fluid communication with the first drain opening. The pots can include indicia facing substantially the same direction when assembled with the tray. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20120090234 | Configurable Wall - A configurable wall is disclosed. In an example, the configurable wall includes a first hollow-formed module having an outer layer selected to portray a material of manufacture which is substantially different than a material with which the first hollow-formed module is manufactured. The wall also includes a second hollow-formed module having an outer layer selected to compliment the outer layer of the first hollow-formed module. The wall also includes an interconnect to secure the first module and the second module together. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120124907 | Apparatus for breeding plants - The present invention relates to an apparatus for breeding plants having at least two units arranged in the apparatus for the reception of a plant, wherein at least two units are arranged in a first row and at least one of these units is movable relative to at least one further unit of the first row so that their spacing from one another is changeable. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120174481 | BENCH AND PLANTER COMBINATION - A kit for a planter is disclosed that has a polygon shape and has a selected number of sides and a same selected number of corners. The kit includes a selected number of bottom corner brackets, a selected number of corner beads, a selected number of top corner brackets, a selected number of top frame corner brackets, and a selected number of pairs of spacer runners that each correspond to the selected number of corners. The kit also includes a planter tub sized to fit within a planter body. The brackets and spacer runners are configured to be connected together to form a skeleton to which boards can be attached to form the planter body. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120266537 | MODULAR PLANTING SYSTEM FOR ROOF APPLICATIONS - A green roof planter module includes a planter including a bottom wall, a plurality of sidewalls each including an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the bottom wall and the plurality of sidewalls cooperate with one another to form an interior space, and a biodegradable collar member extending upwardly from at least a select one of the biodegradable sidewalls, wherein at least a portion of the collar member is in-molded within the upper portion of at least one of the sidewalls, and wherein the collar member is adapted to retain a plant matter that extends above the plurality of sidewalls. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130025199 | SUBSTRATE HAVING A POROUS SURFACE FOR VEGETATION - The invention relates to a module for revegetating surfaces, for example walls, said module including at least one porous surface including interconnected porosities, said porous surface allowing the circulation of water and air and being used for sowing plants and anchoring the roots of said plants in said porosities, said roots growing in a substrate after having passed through said porosities. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20150082698 | Planting wall container structure - A planting wall container structure includes a container main body and a planting panel. When the stem of a plant is inserted through any one of hole sealing portions of the planting panel to pass a through hole, a central aperture will be enlarged and clip pieces will be deformed to retain the stem of the plant. Plants can be inserted through the hole sealing portions to enter a soil accommodation room of the container main body. The soil accommodation room is filled with planting soil and poured with water for planting the plants on a front wall board. The water poured into the soil accommodation room is first stored in an upper water storage trough, and then the excess water flows to a lower storage trough guided by a liquid pass space to form multi-stage water storage before the water is drained through a drain hole. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150135592 | MODULAR DEVICE FOR RAISING SEEDLING - The present invention discloses a modular device for raising seedling that comprises at least two individual containers to receive a culture medium and a seedling, and at least a coupling member. Each of the individual containers is provided with at least a pair of the coupling bumps arranged on two opposing positions respectively on both lateral edges of the individual container, and is protruded at a predetermined height from a backside of the individual container. Each of the coupling members is provided with a mating groove which is arranged in extending around its longitudinal shape so as to form a serial connection of the individual containers by means of mating the coupling bump with the mating groove within the same coupling member between two adjacent individual containers. | 05-21-2015 |
