No-till planter
OwnerJesse Allen Phelps, Joshua Allen Phelps +1inventors
InventorsJesse Allen Phelps, Joshua Allen Phelps, Helen Alberta Phelps
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Abstract
A planter for surrounding the base of one or more plants rooted in the ground, the planter including a rectangular cover including a periphery and an opening through which the one or more plants is disposed; a trough disposed at a first offset from the periphery, wherein the trough is configured for receiving a pest repellent; and a band of micro spikes disposed at a second offset from the periphery, wherein the second offset is larger than the first offset and the band of micro spikes is configured to cooperate with the pest repellent to reduce ground intrusion of pests from the periphery to the opening.
Claims13
A planter for surrounding the base of one or more plants rooted in the ground, said planter comprising:
- (a) a rectangular cover comprising a periphery and an opening through which the one or more plants are disposed;
- (b) a trough disposed at a first offset from said periphery, wherein said trough is configured for receiving a pest repellent;
- (c) a raised structure disposed at a second offset from said periphery, wherein said second offset is larger than said first offset and said raised structure is disposed adjacent to said trough and configured to cooperate with at least one section, the at least one section configured to contain moisture received in an area between said raised structure and a levee surrounding said opening, said levee configured to extend above the height of said raised structure;
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- (d) wherein each at least one section comprises a plate surrounded by walls and a plurality of weep holes disposed through said plate.
A planter for surrounding the base of one or more plants rooted in the ground, said planter comprising:
- (a) a rectangular cover comprising a periphery, an opening through which the one or more plants are disposed and a flat plate disposed in a direction from said opening to said periphery, wherein said flat plate comprises a width of about 0.25 to about 3 inches;
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- (b) a levee disposed about said opening to prevent water received on said rectangular cover to roll off into said opening by gravity, said levee configured to extend above the height of a raised structure of said rectangular cover proximate to said periphery, said raised structure disposed adjacent to at least one section and a trough;
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- (c) said at least one section configured to cooperate with said raised structure to contain moisture received in an area between said raised structure and said levee surrounding said opening, wherein each said at least one section comprises a plate surrounded by walls and a plurality of weep holes disposed through said plate.
A planter for surrounding the base of one or more plants rooted in the ground, said planter comprising:
- (a) a rectangular cover comprising a periphery, an opening through which the one or more plants are disposed and a flat plate disposed in a direction from said opening to said periphery, wherein said flat plate comprises a width of about 0.25 to about 3 inches;
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- (b) a plurality of sections disposed between said periphery and said opening, wherein each of said plurality of sections comprises a plate surrounded by walls and a plurality of weep holes disposed through said plate;
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- (c) a raised structure and a levee disposed about said opening, said levee configured to extend above the height of said raised structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.