US 3,955,320 AGranted

Planter box

OwnerWalter Serovy, deceased, Herbert J. Arnold, administratorinventors

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Abstract

The planter box is constructed preferably of wooden planks having two opposite side members, two opposite end members and a bottom member, each of the side members having a mortise extending parallel and inwardly from the opposite end of the planks to receive the edges of the end members; the bottom plank is provided with a mortise extending about its upper surface and adjacent the peripheral edges of the bottom to receive the adjacent edges of the side and end members to form a water-tight joint between the side, end and bottom members throughout the box.

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An open top planter box comprising:

a. a rectangular wooden bottom base member having upper and bottom surfaces, four open grooves extending along its upper surface, two of said grooves extending adjacent two opposite side edges and two of the said grooves extending adjacent two opposite end edges, the side wall grooves adjacent the two side edges extending the full length of the bottom base member between opposite end edges and the end wall grooves extending along the end edges of the bottom base member having their respective ends terminating into each of said side wall grooves, each groove in the bottom base member formed with a flat bottom surface and two lateral side surfaces each of which is perpendicular to the flat bottom surface of each respective groove, the flat bottom surface of each groove being angled downwardly toward the bottom surface with respect to the edges of the bottom base member;
b. A pair of wooden side wall members and a pair of trapezoidal wooden end wall members, each of the side wall members and each of the end wall members having parallel side surfaces, top and bottom edges, and lateral side edges, all of the said side and said end wall members being of substantially the same height and thickness, at least the bottom edges of the side wall and end wall members being perpendicular to the parallel side surfaces of the respective side wall and end wall members;
c. At each lateral side of each of the side wall members an open groove extending inwardly from the edge thereof is provided having a flat bottom surface and two lateral parallel side surfaces the bottom surface of each wall groove being parallel and registering with the respective lateral side edge of each end wall member, the lower ends of the grooves in the side wall members registering with respective end wall grooves in the base member;
d. The two lateral side surfaces of the grooves in the bottom base member being spaced apart to slidably receive the bottom edges of the said side wall and said end wall members;
e. The two lateral parallel side surfaces of each of the grooves in the side wall members receiving a respective end wall lateral side edge therein;
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f. The planter box being held together by means for retaining the side wall and end wall members within the grooves in the bottom base member and means for retaining the lateral side edges of the end wall members within the grooves of the side wall members.

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Abstract

An open top planter box comprising:

a. a rectangular wooden bottom base member having upper and bottom surfaces, four open grooves extending along its upper surface, two of said grooves extending adjacent two opposite side edges and two of the said grooves extending adjacent two opposite end edges, the side wall grooves adjacent the two side edges extending the full length of the bottom base member between opposite end edges and the end wall grooves extending along the end edges of the bottom base member having their respective ends terminating into each of said side wall grooves, each groove in the bottom base member formed with a flat bottom surface and two lateral side surfaces each of which is perpendicular to the flat bottom surface of each respective groove, the flat bottom surface of each groove being angled downwardly toward the bottom surface with respect to the edges of the bottom base member;
b. A pair of wooden side wall members and a pair of trapezoidal wooden end wall members, each of the side wall members and each of the end wall members having parallel side surfaces, top and bottom edges, and lateral side edges, all of the said side and said end wall members being of substantially the same height and thickness, at least the bottom edges of the side wall and end wall members being perpendicular to the parallel side surfaces of the respective side wall and end wall members;
c. At each lateral side of each of the side wall members an open groove extending inwardly from the edge thereof is provided having a flat bottom surface and two lateral parallel side surfaces the bottom surface of each wall groove being parallel and registering with the respective lateral side edge of each end wall member, the lower ends of the grooves in the side wall members registering with respective end wall grooves in the base member;
d. The two lateral side surfaces of the grooves in the bottom base member being spaced apart to slidably receive the bottom edges of the said side wall and said end wall members;
e. The two lateral parallel side surfaces of each of the grooves in the side wall members receiving a respective end wall lateral side edge therein;
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f. The planter box being held together by means for retaining the side wall and end wall members within the grooves in the bottom base member and means for retaining the lateral side edges of the end wall members within the grooves of the side wall members.

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