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US 2020/0260655 A1Published application
Plant containers
AssigneeChristopher C. Sappenfield
InventorChristopher C. Sappenfield
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Abstract
Provided herein are various embodiments of plant containers that facilitate removal of plants from body structures of the containers. In some embodiments, the plant containers include selectively detachable members that are configured to at least partially detach from the body structures to partition segments of the body structures from one another. In other exemplary embodiments, the plant containers include closures are configured to reversibly open and close to partition segments of the body structures from one another.
Claims20
A plant container, comprising:
- a body structure comprising at least one wall portion that extends vertically from at least one base portion, which wall and base portions together define at least one internal cavity, and wherein the body structure comprises at least one opening that communicates with the internal cavity;
- and,
- at least two closures operably connected to the body structure, which closures are each configured to reversibly open and close to partition segments of the body structure from one another when the closures are open to thereby permit expansion of a size of the opening to facilitate removal of a plant from the body structure when the plant is at least partially disposed in the internal cavity, wherein the closures each extend between first areas of the wall portion proximal to the opening and second areas of the wall portion proximal to the base portion, wherein the closures are disposed substantially opposite one another, wherein each of the closures comprises first and second opposing tracks, wherein the first track comprises a first profile and the second track comprises a second profile, wherein the first and second profiles are releasably engageable with one another, and wherein each of the closures comprises at least one slider component slidably connected to the first and/or second tracks, which slider components are configured to engage and disengage the first and second profiles in response to movement along the first and second tracks.
A plant container, comprising:
- a body structure comprising at least one wall portion that extends vertically from at least one base portion, which wall and base portions together define at least one internal cavity, and wherein the body structure comprises at least one opening that communicates with the internal cavity;
- at least two selectively detachable members that are each configured to at least partially detach from the body structure to partition segments of the body structure from one another to thereby permit expansion of a size of the opening to facilitate removal of a plant from the body structure when the plant is at least partially disposed in the internal cavity, wherein the selectively detachable members each extend between a first area of the wall portion proximal to the opening and a second area of the wall portion proximal to the base portion, wherein the selectively detachable members are each fabricated sufficiently integral with the body structure to permit manual detachment of the selectively detachable members at least partially from the body structure, wherein the selectively detachable members are disposed substantially opposite one another, and wherein the selectively detachable members each comprise at least one ergonomic feature that facilitates the manual detachment of the selectively detachable members at least partially from the body structure;
- and,
- at least one groove structure disposed at least partially in the base portion, wherein the groove structure substantially aligns with, and substantially extends between, the selectively detachable members, which groove structure facilitates the expansion of the size of the opening when the selectively detachable members are at least partially detached from the body structure.
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A plant container, comprising:
- a body structure comprising at least one wall portion that extends vertically from at least one base portion, which wall and base portions together define at least one internal cavity, and wherein the body structure comprises at least one opening that communicates with the internal cavity;
- and,
- at least two closures operably connected to the body structure, which closures are each configured to reversibly open and close to partition segments of the body structure from one another when the closures are open to thereby permit expansion of a size of the opening to facilitate removal of a plant from the body structure when the plant is at least partially disposed in the internal cavity, wherein the closures each extend between first areas of the wall portion proximal to the opening and second areas of the wall portion proximal to the base portion, and wherein the closures are disposed substantially opposite one another.
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