Self-watering tray
OwnerJianhua Faninventor
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Abstract
A self-watering tray includes a plate and a leg. The leg is filled with a material which provides a fluid conduit capable of draining water or fluid from a plant pot or box into the plate and of sucking water from the plate to the plant pot or box when needed. The plant pot or box can be a conventional plant pot or box. The top end of the leg is inserted into the plant pot or box. In addition, a self-watering pot-shaped apparatus is disclosed to allow fluid to be sucked or drained from one section of the apparatus to another section of the apparatus. Further, the tray or pot-shaped apparatus includes air vents on its side walls. Various arrangements and configurations of the tray and pot/tray are implemented in the self-watering pot-shaped apparatus.
Claims22
A self-watering tray for a plant pot, comprising:
- a plate, the plate holding fluid;
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- at least one leg coupled to the plate, the at least one leg filled with a material which provides a fluid conduit capable of draining fluid into the plate and sucking fluid from the plate.
A self-watering tray for a plant box, comprising:
- a plate having a box shape, the plate holding fluid;
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- at least one leg coupled to the plate, the at least one leg filled with a material which provides a fluid conduit capable of draining fluid into the plate and sucking fluid from the plate.
A self-watering apparatus, comprising:
- a plate, the plate having a first area for holding fluid and a second area for holding a planting material;
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- at least one leg extending between the first area and the second area, the at least one leg filled with a material which provides a fluid conduit capable of draining fluid from the second area to the first area and sucking fluid from the first area to the second area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.