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US 12,648,529 B2Granted
Root irrigation spike apparatus
AssigneeRobert G. Summers
InventorRobert G Summers
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Abstract
A root irrigation spike apparatus includes a central body, a chamber traversing the central body, an irrigation post communicably coupled to the chamber having at least one irrigation aperture, and a self-piercing needle portion communicably coupled to the chamber having a tapered diameter.
Claims22
A root irrigation spike apparatus, comprising:
- a central body;
- a chamber traversing the central body;
- an irrigation post communicably coupled to the chamber having at least one irrigation aperture;
- and
- a self-piercing needle portion communicably coupled to the chamber having a tapered diameter, the self-piercing needle portion comprising a self-piercing needle, the self-piercing needle configured to communicably engage an irrigation line that delivers fluid to the self-piercing needle, the self-piercing needle portion including a lumen that forms a continuous path for the flow of water, from an interior of the irrigation line, up through the self-piercing needle portion, and into the chamber of the root irrigation spike apparatus;
- wherein the self-piercing needle portion is parallel to and laterally offset from the irrigation post;
- and
- wherein the irrigation post is configured to be positioned pushed downward into a subsurface volume of an installation location of the root irrigation spike.
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A modular root irrigation spike apparatus, comprising:
- a central body comprising a plurality of attachment points;
- a chamber traversing the central body;
- a modular irrigation post having at least one irrigation aperture and configured to be coupled to the lower portion of the central body at one of the plurality of attachment points and thereby communicably link to the chamber;
- and
- a modular self-piercing needle portion configured to be coupled to the lower portion of the central body at one of the plurality of attachment points and thereby communicably link to the chamber, and the modular self-piercing needle portion further configured to engage the irrigation line to receive fluid delivered to the modular root irrigation spike apparatus by the irrigation line, the modular self-piercing needle configured to include a lumen that forms a continuous path for the flow of water, from an interior of the irrigation line, up through the self-piercing needle portion, and into the chamber of the module root irrigation spike apparatus;
- wherein the self-piercing needle portion is parallel to and laterally offset from the irrigation post;
- and
- wherein the modular irrigation post is configured to be positioned pushed downward into a subsurface volume of an installation location of the modular root irrigation spike.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.