Plant container handling and protection system
AssigneeLacebark Publications
InventorCarl E. Whitcomb
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Abstract
A frame unit for protecting and maintaining a plurality of uniform plant containers therein as each container is affixed to the frame unit around the container upper extremity in sealed manner so that the plant container bottoms may rest on the earth's surface in normal disposition. The frame unit assures dead air space therebeneath while allowing container bottoms to rest directly on the ground. Each of the frame units includes a gripping means to enable manual movement in unison of plural plant containers, and each of the frame units includes sealing edge joinder means so that a plurality of frame units can be assembled into a frame array of preselected size wherein a much larger number of plant containers may be supported in operative position.
Claims24
A frame for releasably holding a plurality of plant containers that are free for engagement with the earth's surface, comprising:
- a plurality of plant containers having flat bottoms and to be retained in engagement with the earth's surface to allow continual heat transfer;
- frame means of generally planar form having a plurality of spaced holes therein for receiving said plurality of plant containers passed downwardly therethrough;
- interfering means formed around each of said spaced holes to engage the upper portion of a respective plant container thereby to support the container while preventing complete downward passage through the respective hole;
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- plural locking means affixed to said frame means adjacent each of said plurality of spaced holes to secure releasably the respective plant containers therein against upward movement relative to said frame means once the respective plant containers have been passed downwardly through the spaced holes into engagement with said interfering means.
A plurality of plant containers and a frame for releasably holding the plant containers whereby they are free for engagement with the earth's surface comprising:
- frame means of generally planar form having a plurality of spaced holes therein for receiving a plurality of plant containers therethrough;
- a plurality of plant containers, each of said containers being formed with a bottom surface enabling optimum engagement with a supporting surface and each of said containers being received through a respective one of said spaced holes so that the bottom surface of each container is disposed below said frame means to engage the supporting surface in heat transfer relationship between the supporting surface and the bottom surface of each container for protecting
- against temperature extremes;
- interfering means formed around each of said spaced holes to engage the upper portion of a respective plant container thereby to support the container while preventing complete passage through the respective hole;
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- locking means affixed to said frame means adjacent each of said plurality of spaced holes for releasably securing the respective plant containers therein.
A plurality of plant containers and a frame for releasably holding the plant containers whereby they are free of engagement with the earth's surface, comprising:
- frame means of generally planar form having a plurality of spaced holes therein for receiving a plurality of plant containers therethrough;
- a plurality of plant containers disposed in said holes each having an interfering structure formed around the periphery of the upper portion and having the lower portion formed with a flat bottom surface which is in engagement with the earth's surface to allow continual heat transfer;
- interfering means formed around each of said spaced holes to engage said interfering structure formed around the periphery of the upper portion of a respective plant container upon downward insertion thereby to support the container while preventing complete passage through the respective hole;
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- releasable locking means adjacent each hole for engagement over the container upper portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.