Porous self-watering planter
OwnerDaniel Matthews-Ferreroinventor
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Abstract
An improved self-watering planter is provided which makes use of osmotic forces by including a vertical support which is at least partially perforated or porous, and which doubles up as a reservoir for a set of tiered planter platforms. The soil held by the planter platforms comes into contact with the porous or perforated outer wall of the support, the dampness of the soil thus determining the rate at which water is able to leak out from the support to the platforms. The planter is constructed such that the reservoir of the vertical support extends above the height of the highest platform, so that gravitational and osmotic forces are all that is required to power and regulate the supply of water to housed plants.
Claims11
A self-watering planter, comprising:
- a vertical support having a top end and a bottom end, the support comprising an interior chamber running along its length between the top end and the bottom end, wherein the interior chamber is selectively sealed by a removable cap, plug, or enclosed volume attachment, and wherein the support is at least partially formed of a perforated or porous material;
- a plurality of horizontal planting platforms, each platform being formed of a platform floor and an outer wall, each platform floor being coupled to and encompassing the vertical support at a point along its length corresponding to a perforated or porous wall portion;
- wherein each horizontal planting platform is coupled to the vertical support at the base of the corresponding perforated or porous wall portion;
- wherein the vertical support has an inner porous wall extending the length of the chamber and an outer non-porous wall configured to expose and allow contact with the inner porous wall to form the perforated or porous wall portions;
- and
- wherein the interior chamber forms a reservoir that is configured to hold water such that the water level within the reservoir may extend above the height of the plurality of horizontal planting platforms, thereby facilitating a flow from the reservoir to each of the horizontal planting platforms via gravitational and osmotic forces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.