US 11,026,377 B2Granted

Wick watering pot cover system

OwnerReinhold H. Holtkamp, Jr., Lawrence P. Holtkampinventors

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Abstract

An inexpensive wick watering system for potted plants and flowers is disclosed. An inner grower pot containing a plant/flower and soil has holes in its bottom surface along with a central indentation. The outer decorative pot into which the inner pot is inserted has a central protrusion which accepts the central indentation of the inner grower pot and a hole inserted into the center. A Wicking insert is inserted into the bottom of the outer decorative pot before inserting the inner grower pot with holes in its bottom surface. This wicking insert works to transfer water sitting in the volume created between the inner grower pot and the outer decorative pot when the inner grower pot is placed inside the outer decorative pot due to the soil's natural ability to be infiltrated and naturally hydrated by the water. Water that rises up to the hole in the center portion of the outer pot central protrusion drains from the outer pot.

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Dependent claims

A wick watering system for potted plants comprising:

an outer container with a side surface and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface has a central protrusion extending into an interior space of the outer container;
an inner container placed into the interior space of the outer container, the inner container having a side surface and a bottom surface, wherein the side surface of the inner container does not contain any holes, and wherein the bottom surface of the inner container has a central indentation, wherein the central indentation is configured and disposed to rest on the central protrusion of the outer container, and wherein the inner container has a plurality of holes formed within the central indentation in its bottom surface;
wherein a hole is formed at a tip of the central protrusion of the outer container;
and
a wicking element inserted between the outer container and the inner container and wherein the wicking element is in communication with the plurality of holes formed within the central indentation.

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Facts

Application: 15/409,036Filed 18 Jan 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 19 Jan 2016
Published: US 2017/0202160 A120 Jul 2017
Granted: 8 Jun 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A01G 27/04
Self-acting watering devices, e.g. for flower-pots: using wicks or the like
A01G 22/00
Cultivation of specific crops or plants not otherwise provided for
A01G 9/045
Flower-pot saucers: trays for receiving multiple pots
A01G
Horticulture

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Application62/280,392Us provisional application · filed 19 Jan 2016
US 2017/0202160 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Jul 2017
US 11,026,377 B2This patent

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