Plant cover device with tubular shape and base member and related methods
AssigneeTree Defender, LLC
InventorsScott K. Thompson, Thomas A. Thayer, Jr.
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Abstract
An IPC device is over a pole in a ground surface adjacent a plant. The IPC device includes an upper end having a sealed apex and partially defining a plant-receiving cavity therein, a lower tubular end opposite the upper end and also partially defining the plant-receiving cavity therein, and a medial seam coupling the upper end and the lower tubular end. The upper end and the lower tubular end each has a major mesh surface. The lower tubular end includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being coupled to the medial seam. The lower tubular end also partially defines the plant-receiving cavity therein. The IPC device also includes a curved flexible support carried by the medial seam.
Claims20
An individual plant cover (IPC) device over a pole in a ground surface adjacent a plant, the IPC device comprising:
- an upper end comprising a sealed apex and partially defining a plant-receiving cavity therein;
- a lower tubular end opposite the upper end and also partially defining the plant-receiving cavity therein;
- a medial seam coupling the upper end and the lower tubular end;
- the upper end and the lower tubular end each comprising a major mesh surface;
- the lower tubular end comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being coupled to the medial seam,
- a curved flexible support carried by the medial seam;
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- a base member coupled to the second end of the lower tubular end and extending inwardly from the lower tubular end to cover the ground surface adjacent the pole.
An individual plant cover (IPC) device assembly comprising:
- a pole in a surface;
- a plurality of growing medium containers coupled to the pole;
- an enclosure to cover the pole and the plurality of growing medium containers, the enclosure comprising
- an upper end comprising a sealed apex to abut the pole and partially defining a plant-receiving cavity therein, and
- a lower tubular end opposite the upper end and also partially defining the plant-receiving cavity therein,
- the upper end and the lower tubular end each comprising a major mesh surface, the lower tubular end comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being coupled to the upper end, and
- a plurality of spreader devices coupled to the pole and extending into the upper end and the lower tubular end of the enclosure.
A plant cover assembly for a row of plants, the plant cover assembly comprising:
- a plurality of individual plant cover (IPC) devices respectively arranged over the row of plants, each IPC device comprising
- an upper end comprising a sealed apex partially defining a plant-receiving cavity therein, and
- a lower tubular end opposite the upper end and also partially defining the plant-receiving cavity therein,
- the upper end and the lower tubular end each comprising a major mesh surface, the lower tubular end comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being coupled to the upper end, and
- first and second supports respectively at first and second ends of the row of plants, each support comprising
- a mast on a surface,
- first and second arms extending laterally from the mast, and
- at least one wire extending from the surface and sequentially being coupled to the first support, the plurality of IPC devices, and the second support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.