Nursery pot stabilization system
OwnerCarl Whitcomb, Andrew Whitcombinventors
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Abstract
A plant container system that has sufficient stability to remain upright under strong winds. The system comprises a rigid spacer that defines a perimeter, a plurality of plant containers disposed about the perimeter of the rigid spacer, and a plurality of fasteners for firmly securing the rigid spacer to the rim region of each container, wherein each container has a rim region and is stabilized by the other containers; Accordingly, the spacer secures, couples or links a plurality of containers together in a configuration that stabilized all of the containers. The system is well adapted for use in pot-in-pot production of plants.
Claims47
A plant container system, comprising:
- a rigid spacer defining a perimeter;
- a plurality of plant containers set on a surface and spaced about the perimeter of the rigid spacer, each container having a rim region;
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- a plurality of fasteners for firmly securing the rigid spacer to the rim region of each container, wherein each container is stabilized.
A plant container system, comprising:
- a rigid spacer defining a perimeter;
- a plurality of container support structures set on a surface and spaced about the perimeter of the rigid spacer and having a rim region firmly secured to the rigid spacer, wherein each container support structure is stabilized by the other support structures;
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- a plurality of production containers, each production container removably received within one of the container support structures.
A plant container system, comprising:
- three or more plant containers having a rim region;
- a first rigid spacer having a first perimeter;
- a second rigid spacer having a second perimeter different than the first perimeter, wherein the first and second rigid spacers are interchangeably fastened to the rim regions of the plant containers to provide different spacing of the plant containers.
A method of stabilizing plant containers, comprising:
- obtaining a rigid spacer having a perimeter that is suitable to position plant containers at a spacing that is appropriate for the plants to be grown in the plant containers;
- disposing three or more of the plant containers about the perimeter of the rigid spacer;
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- firmly attaching the rigid spacer to a rim region of each of the three or more plant containers, wherein each container is.
A plant container system, consisting essentially of:
- a rigid spacer defining a perimeter;
- a plurality of plant containers set on a surface and spaced about the perimeter of the rigid spacer, each container having a rim region;
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- a plurality of fasteners for firmly securing the rigid spacer to the rim region of each container, wherein each container is stabilized.
The system of clan 34, wherein the rigid spacer is a curvilinear shape selected from a circle, square, triangle, polygons, irregular and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.