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US 2018/0007840 A1Published application
Horticultural container with tag slot
AssigneeThe Hc Companies, Inc.
InventorRobert Quinlan
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Abstract
Provided is a horticultural container including a body, a base extending from a bottom of the body, and an upper rim extending from a top of the body. The upper rim has a tag slot extending therethrough for receiving a tag and a chamfer radially outwardly spaced from and adjacent to the tag slot for receiving ears of the tag when the tag is in the tag slot. In this way, the tag is received in the tag slot and chamfer to secure the tag to hinder or prevent unauthorized removal of the tag.
Claims20
A horticultural container comprising:
- a body defining a chamber;
- a base extending from a bottom of the body to form with the body a closed end of the chamber;
- and
- an upper rim extending from a top of the body, the upper rim having a tag slot extending therethrough for receiving a tag, and a chamfer radially outwardly spaced from and adjacent to the tag slot for receiving ears of the tag when the tag is in the tag slot.
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A horticultural display system comprising:
- a horticultural container comprising:
- a body defining a chamber;
- a base attached to a bottom of the body;
- and
- an upper rim extending from a top of the body, the upper rim having a tag slot extending therethrough and a chamfer radially outwardly spaced from and adjacent to the tag slot;
- and
- a tag having a body, a neck extending upward from the body, a head extending upward from the neck, and a pair of ears on opposite sides of the head,
- wherein the head of the tag extends above the tag slot such that the neck is disposed in the tag slot and the ears radially overlap the chamfer to secure the tag in the tag slot.
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A horticultural container comprising:
- a body defining a chamber and having a longitudinal axis;
- and
- an upper rim extending from a top of the body, the upper rim having a horizontal portion that extends radially outward from the top of the body, a downwardly projecting portion that extends downwardly from an outer edge of the horizontal portion towards the bottom of the body, a tag slot extending through the horizontal portion for receiving a tag, and a chamfer radially outwardly spaced from and adjacent to the tag slot for receiving ears of the tag when the tag is in the tag slot,
- wherein the chamfer has a length in a circumferential direction relative to the longitudinal axis that is greater than a length of the tag slot in the circumferential direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.