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US 4,300,309 AGranted
Plant feeding device
OwnerKatherine S. Mincyinventor
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Abstract
A plant feeding device is presented herein which includes a reservoir for liquids having attached thereto and in fluid communication with a porous soil penetrating member. The soil penetrating member is detachably affixed to the reservoir so that various sizes of reservoirs can be employed depending upon the requirement of the user.
Claims2
A plant watering device comprising;
- a reservoir for placement on the soil proximate to a plant, said reservoir being replaceable and frictionally engageable with a pointed, cylindrical soil penetrating member, said penetrating member constructed of an outer porous material and having a center sleeve, said center sleeve formed of a liquid impervious material and having a longitudinal opening along its entire length, said penetrating member and said reservoir being interconnected by a joint which allows pivoting of the reservoir obliquely relative to said soil penetrating member whereby said penetrating member can be inserted into the soil at a desired angle to said reservoir and said reservoir can remain in a stationary position on the soil for allowing a controlled flow of liquid to pass from said reservoir through the longitudinal opening of the center sleeve and through the outer porous material and into the soil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.