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US 4,055,022 AGranted
Planter
OwnerSylvester J. Roweinventor
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A planter having a body portion provided with an absorbent medium in the bottom thereof. The planter being open at its upper end and an annular cap-like element being provided for releasable attachment to the upper end of the planter. The body portion of the planter having a water intake opening in the circumferential wall thereof. The water intake opening being disposed therein at a distance from the bottom of the planter on the order of 11/4 inches. A water overflow opening in the body portion of the planter in a horizontal plane below the water intake opening and diametrically disposed relative thereto. The overflow opening being above the top surface of the absorbent medium. It is desirable, when watering the potting soil in the planter, to have the planter tilted towards the overflow opening, it is also desirable to have the overflow opening at the center of the tilting axis and means is provided which ensure that the overflow opening is at the center line of the tilting axis.
Means to support a planter in a tilted position during the watering thereof, said means being independent of the planter during the watering operation, including in combination, a planter having a bottom and an upstanding wall fixed thereto, and structure provided on said means to support and raise a portion of the bottom and upstanding wall of the planter during the watering operation, a portion of the bottom of said planter adjacent the edge thereof being supported in raised position on said structure, the opposite portion of the bottom of said planter resting on said means in position spaced from said structure and in a horizontal plane below said portion of the bottom of the planter which is supported on said structure, and said planter having a water intake opening in the raised portion of the upstanding wall of said planter and a water outlet opening in the opposite upstanding wall portion of said planter, said water outlet opening being oppositely disposed relative to said water inlet opening and being in a horizontal plane below the water inlet opening.
Means to support a planter in tilted position during the watering thereof, said means being independent of the planter during the watering operation, including in combination, a planter having a bottom and an upstanding wall fixed thereto, and a structure provided on said means to support and raise a portion of the bottom and upstanding wall of the planter during the watering operation, a portion of the bottom of said planter adjacent the edge thereof being supported in raised position on said structure, said means including a tray, an upstanding stop affixed to said tray in position remote from said structure, the distance between said structure and said upstanding stop being less than the dimension of the bottom of the planter, the portion of the bottom and upstanding wall of the planter opposite to that portion which is supported in raised position on the structure resting on said means and against said stop respectively, the said opposite portion of the bottom of said planter being in a horizontal plane below said portion of the bottom of the planter which is supported on said structure, and said planter having a water intake opening in the raised portion of the upstanding wall of said planter and a water outlet opening in the opposite upstanding wall portion of said planter, said water outlet opening being oppositely disposed relative to said water inlet opening and being in a horizontal plane below the water inlet opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.