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US 4,972,616 AGranted
Plant coding system
AssigneeThe John Henry Company
InventorJames Doll
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Abstract
A plant coding system used by retail establishments includes a plant wall chart color coded according to groups of plants requiring certain amounts of sunlight, cards similarly color coded and located at the display area for plants of a similar variety requiring a predetermined level of light; and plant tags associated with each plant and color coded to correspond to the light required and shown also on the card.
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A plant care coding system for point of purchase use comprising the combination of:
- a wall chart for positioning at a central location of a plant sales facility and including a guide disclosing a code made of a plurality of patterns of one or more distinct code elements corresponding to variations of a predetermined care parameter for plants, said chart further including means adjacent each code pattern for identifying each parameter variation associated with the adjacent code pattern;
- at least one plant identification card for positioning in an area in the facility in which a particular group of plants requiring the same predetermined parameter of care are located, said card including at least one code element defining a pattern corresponding to said same predetermined parameter;
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- a plurality of plant tage for attachment to individual plants within said groups of plants, said tags including plant identification information thereon and said at least one code element defining a pattern which is the same as the pattern on said card, whereby a purchaser can readily locate and identify plants having desired care parameters.
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A plant coding system for identifying a characteristic of a plant comprising the combination of:
- a wall chart of positioning at a central location of a plant sales facility and including a guide disclosing a code made of a plurality of patterns of one or more unique code elements corresponding to variations of a predetermined characteristic for plants, said chart further including indicia adjacent each code element and pattern for identifying each characteristic associated with the adjacent code element or pattern;
- at least one plant identification card for positioning in an area in the facility in which a particular group of plants having the same characteristic are located, said card including at least one code element defining a pattern corresponding to said same characteristic;
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- a plant tag for attachment to each individual plant within said group of plants, said tag including plant identification information thereon and said at least one code element defining a pattern which is the same as the pattern on said card, said chart, card and tag being employed in cooperation with each other such that a purchaser can readily locate and identify plants having desired characteristics.
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A method of directing customers to nursery stock having particular plant care characteristics comprising the steps of:
- providing a wall chart and positioning said chart at a central location of a facility, said chart including a guide disclosing a code made of a plurality of patterns of one or more distinct code elements corresponding to variations of a predetermined care parameter for plants, said chart further including means adjacent each code pattern for identifying each parameter variation associated with the adjacent code pattern;
- providing at least one plant identification card and positioning said card in an area where a particular group of plants requiring the same predetermined parameter of care are located, said card including at least one code element defining a pattern corresponding to said same predetermined parameter;
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- providing a plurality of plant tage and positioning said tage on individual plants within said group of plants, said tags including plant identification information thereon and said at least one code element defining a pattern which is the same as the pattern on said card, whereby a purchaser can readily locate and identify plants having desired care parameters.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.