Penetrating soil watering device
OwnerRaymond Guardadoinventor
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Abstract
A penetrating soil watering device includes a box which has a plurality of watering holes to release the water from the box. A plurality of spikes is each releasably attachable to the box to penetrate the ground when the user stands on the box. Each of the spikes receives the water from the box. Each of the spikes has a plurality of watering outlets to release the water to roots of grass that is growing in the ground when the plurality of spikes penetrates the ground. A first pipe is coupled to the box and a second pipe is disposed on the first pipe which is attachable to a water source to deliver the water into the first pipe. A water valve is integrated into the second pipe either to inhibit the water from flowing into the first pipe or to allow the water to flow into the first pipe.
Claims19
A penetrating soil watering device for watering dry spots in a grassy area, said device comprising:
- a box having a top wall and a bottom wall wherein said bottom wall is configured to be placed on the ground such that a user can stand on said top wall, said box being hollow to define a water space within said box wherein said water space is configured to contain water, said box having a plurality of watering holes each extending through said bottom wall and into said water space wherein said plurality of watering holes is configured to release the water from said water space;
- a plurality of spikes, each spike of said plurality of spikes being releasably attachable to said bottom wall of said box wherein each spike of said plurality of spikes is configured to penetrate the ground when the user stands on said top wall of said box, each spike of said plurality of spikes being hollow such that each spike of said plurality of spikes is in fluid communication with said water space when each spike of said plurality of spikes is releasably attached to said bottom wall wherein each spike of said plurality of spikes is configured to receive the water from said water space, each spike of said plurality of spikes having a plurality of watering outlets wherein said plurality of watering outlets in each spike of said plurality of spikes is configured to release the water into the ground such that the water is delivered to roots of grass that is growing in the ground when said plurality of spikes penetrates the ground;
- a pair of foot pads, each foot pad of said pair of foot pads being coupled to said top wall of said box wherein each foot pad of said pair of foot pads is configured to have a respective foot of the user placed upon a respective foot pad when the user stands upon said top wall of said box, each foot pad of said pair of foot pads being comprised of a friction enhancing material wherein each foot pad of said pair of foot pads is configured to inhibit the respective foot of the user from slipping on said respective foot pad when the user stands on said pair of foot pads;
- a first pipe being coupled to and extending upwardly from said top wall of said box, said first pipe being in fluid communication with said water space in said box wherein said first pipe is configured to deliver water into said water space;
- a rod being disposed on said first pipe such that said rod is spaced upwardly from said box, said rod being oriented perpendicular to said first pipe wherein said rod is configured to be gripped with a respective hand of the user when the user stands on said pair of foot pads;
- a second pipe being disposed on said first pipe such that said second pipe is spaced upwardly from said box, said second pipe being oriented perpendicular to said first pipe wherein said second pipe is configured to be gripped with a respective hand of the user when the user stands on said pair of foot pads, said second pipe being attachable to a water source wherein said second pipe is configured to receive water from the water source, said second pipe being in fluid communication with said first pipe wherein said second pipe is configured to deliver the water into said first pipe;
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- a water valve being integrated into said second pipe, said water valve being actuatable into a closed condition wherein said water valve is configured to inhibit the water from flowing through said water valve to inhibit the water from flowing into said first pipe, said water valve being actuatable into an open condition wherein said water valve is configured to allow the water to flow through said water valve such that the water can flow into said first pipe.
A penetrating soil watering device for watering dry spots in a grassy area, said device comprising:
- a box having a top wall and a bottom wall wherein said bottom wall is configured to be placed on the ground such that a user can stand on said top wall, said box being hollow to define a water space within said box wherein said water space is configured to contain water, said box having a plurality of watering holes each extending through said bottom wall and into said water space wherein said plurality of watering holes is configured to release the water from said water space, said plurality of watering holes being arranged in a plurality of columns and rows on said bottom wall, each watering hole of said plurality of watering holes having a bounding edge being threaded;
- a plurality of spikes, each spike of said plurality of spikes being releasably attachable to said bottom wall of said box wherein each spike of said plurality of spikes is configured to penetrate the ground when the user stands on said top wall of said box, each spike of said plurality of spikes being hollow such that each spike of said plurality of spikes is in fluid communication with said water space when each spike of said plurality of spikes is releasably attached to said bottom wall wherein each spike of said plurality of spikes is configured to receive the water from said water space, each spike of said plurality of spikes having a plurality of watering outlets wherein said plurality of watering outlets in each spike of said plurality of spikes is configured to release the water into the ground such that the water is delivered to roots of grass that is growing in the ground when said plurality of spikes penetrates the ground, each spike of said plurality of spikes having an outside wall extending between a top end and a bottom end of a respective spike, said top end of each of spike of said plurality of spikes being open, said outside wall of each spike of said plurality of spikes tapering between said top end and said bottom end such that said bottom end of each spike of said plurality of spikes defines a point wherein said bottom end of each spike of said plurality of spikes is configured to penetrate the ground, an outside surface of said outside wall of each spike of said plurality of spikes being threaded adjacent to said top end, said top end of each spike of said plurality of spikes being insertable into a respective one of said plurality of watering holes in said bottom wall of said box, said outside surface of said outside wall of each spike of said plurality of spikes threadably engaging said bounding edge of said respective watering hole for releasably attaching each spike of said plurality of spikes to said bottom wall of said box, each watering outlet of said plurality of watering outlets associated with a respective one of said plurality of spikes extending through said outside wall of said respective spike, said plurality of watering outlets associated with said respective spike being evenly spaced apart from each other and being distributed between said bottom end and said top end of said respective spike, said plurality of spikes including a plurality of first spikes and a plurality of second spikes and a plurality of third spikes and a plurality of fourth spikes, said plurality of third spikes having a length being greater than a length of said plurality of fourth spikes, said plurality of second spikes having a length being greater than said length of said plurality of third spikes, said plurality of first spikes having a length being greater than said length of said plurality of second spikes;
- a pair of foot pads, each foot pad of said pair of foot pads being coupled to said top wall of said box wherein each foot pad of said pair of foot pads is configured to have a respective foot of the user placed upon a respective foot pad when the user stands upon said top wall of said box, each foot pad of said pair of foot pads being comprised of a friction enhancing material wherein each foot pad of said pair of foot pads is configured to inhibit the respective foot of the user from slipping on said respective foot pad when the user stands on said pair of foot pads, said pair of foot pads including a first foot pad and a second foot pad, each of said first foot pad and said second foot pad having a lower surface being coupled to a top surface of said top wall of said box such that an upper surface of each first foot pad and said second foot pad is configured to have the respective foot of the user placed upon a respective one of said first foot pad and said second foot pad when the user stands on said top wall of said box, said box having an outer wall extending between said top wall and said bottom wall, said outer wall having a front side and a back side and a first lateral side and a second lateral side, each of said first foot pad and said second foot pad having a rear edge and a front edge and a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said rear edge of each of said first foot pad and said second foot pad being aligned with said back side of said outer wall of said box, said front edge of each of said first foot pad and said second foot pad being spaced from said front side of said outer wall, said first lateral edge of said first foot pad being spaced from and being oriented parallel to said first lateral side of said outer wall of said box, said second lateral edge of said second foot pad being spaced from and being oriented parallel to said second lateral side of said outer wall of said box, said second lateral edge of said first foot pad being spaced from and being oriented parallel to said first lateral edge of said second foot pad;
- a first pipe being coupled to and extending upwardly from said top wall of said box, said first pipe being in fluid communication with said water space in said box wherein said first pipe is configured to deliver water into said water space, said first pipe having a bottom end being centrally located between said second lateral edge of said first foot pad and said first lateral edge of said second foot pad wherein said first pipe is configured to be positioned between each foot of the user when the user stands on said first foot pad and said second foot pad, said bottom end of said first pipe being positioned closer to said back side of said outer wall of said box than said front side of said outer wall of said box wherein said first pipe is configured to be positioned in front of the user when the user stands on said first foot pad and said second foot pad, said first pipe having a top end being concavely arcuate along an axis extending between said front side and said back side of said outer wall of said box;
- a cylinder having an outer surface extending between a first end of said cylinder and a second end of said cylinder, said outer surface being coupled to said top end of said first pipe such that said top end of said first pipe conforms to curvature of said outer surface such that an axis extending between said first end and said second end is perpendicular to an axis extending between said top end of said first pipe and said bottom end of said first pipe, said cylinder being hollow, said cylinder having a first hole extending through said outer surface, said first hole being aligned with said top end of said first pipe such that said an interior of said cylinder is in fluid communication with an interior of said first pipe, said second end of said cylinder having a second hole extending into said interior of said cylinder such that said second hole is in fluid communication with said interior of said first pipe;
- a rod being disposed on said first pipe such that said rod is spaced upwardly from said box, said rod being oriented perpendicular to said first pipe wherein said rod is configured to be gripped with a respective hand of the user when the user stands on said pair of foot pads, said rod having a coupled end being coupled to said first end of said cylinder such that said rod is oriented to be colinear with an axis extending between said first end of said cylinder and said second end of said cylinder, said rod having a distal end with respect to said first end of said cylinder;
- a plurality of first annular rings, each first annular ring of said plurality of first annular rings extending around said rod, said plurality of first annular rings being distributed from said distal end of said rod toward said coupled end of said rod wherein said plurality of first annular rings is configured to having fingers on a respective hand of the user wrapped around said plurality of first annular rings, said plurality of first annular rings being comprised of a resiliently compressible material wherein said plurality of first annular rings is configured to enhance comfort for the user when the fingers on the respective hand of the user are wrapped around said plurality of first annular rings;
- a second pipe being disposed on said first pipe such that said second pipe is spaced upwardly from said box, said second pipe being oriented perpendicular to said first pipe wherein said second pipe is configured to be gripped with a respective hand of the user when the user stands on said pair of foot pads, said second pipe being attachable to a water source wherein said second pipe is configured to receive water from the water source, said second pipe being in fluid communication with said first pipe wherein said second pipe is configured to deliver the water into said first pipe, said second pipe having a coupled end being coupled to said second end of said cylinder having said coupled end of said second pipe being aligned with said second hole in said second end of said cylinder wherein said coupled end of said second pipe is configured to deliver the water into said second hole such that the water flows through said first hole in said outer surface of said cylinder and into said top end of said first pipe, said second pipe having a distal end with respect to said second end of said cylinder, said second pipe having an outside surface, said outside surface being threaded adjacent to said distal end of said second pipe wherein said outside surface is configured to threadably engage a hose coupler on the water source;
- a plurality of second annular rings, each second annular ring of said plurality of second annular rings extending around said second pipe, said plurality of second annular rings being positioned between said distal end of said second pipe and said coupled end of said second pipe wherein said plurality of second annular rings is configured to having fingers on a respective hand of the user wrapped around said plurality of second annular rings, said plurality of second annular rings being comprised of a resiliently compressible material wherein said plurality of second annular rings is configured to enhance comfort for the user when the fingers on the respective hand of the user are wrapped around said plurality of second annular rings;
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- a water valve being integrated into said second pipe, said water valve being actuatable into a closed condition wherein said water valve is configured to inhibit the water from flowing through said water valve to inhibit the water from flowing into said first pipe, said water valve being actuatable into an open condition wherein said water valve is configured to allow the water to flow through said water valve such that the water can flow into said first pipe, said water valve comprising:
- a housing having an exterior wall being continuously arcuate about a center point of said housing such that said housing has a ball shape, said housing being integrated into said second pipe at a point located between said plurality of second annular rings and said coupled end of said second pipe, said housing being hollow, said housing having an entrance extending through said exterior wall, said entrance being in fluid communication with an interior of said second pipe wherein said entrance is configured to pass the water into said housing, said housing having an exit extending through said exterior wall, said exit being positioned on an opposite side of said exterior wall with respect to said entrance, said exit being in fluid communication with said interior of said second pipe wherein said exit is configured to pass the water out of said housing, said exterior wall having a stem hole extending into said housing, said stem hole being located between said entrance and said exit having said stem hole being aligned with an apex of said exterior wall with respect to said entrance and said exit;
- a ball being rotatably positioned within said housing, said ball having a channel extending through said ball, said ball being rotatable into a first position having said channel extending between said entrance and said exit wherein said channel is configured to pass the water from said entrance to said exit, said ball being rotatable into a second position having said channel being offset with each of said entrance and said exit wherein said channel is configured to inhibit the water from passing from said entrance to said exit;
- a stem being coupled to said ball and extending through said stem hole in said exterior wall of said housing, said stem having a top end being exposed with respect to said exterior wall;
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- a lever having a lower side extending between a primary end and a secondary end of said lever, said lower side being coupled to said top end of said stem at a point being aligned with said primary end such that said lever is oriented perpendicular to said stem wherein said lever is configured to be gripped by the user for rotating said ball between said first position and said second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.