# US 5,345,712 A · Multi purpose plant holder

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- Number: US 5,345,712 A
- Document ID: US5345712A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/093,474
- Filed: 1993-07-19
- Granted: 1994-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 1993-07-19
- Inventors: Mannie S. Lambert
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5345712A

## CPC

- A01G 9/028: {Multi-compartmented pots}
- A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12)

## Abstract

A tray having several hollow, frustro conical shaped portions for supporting pots having plants. Such tray has several openings near the edge of the tray to allow the tray to be carried while the pots having plants are positioned in the tray. A raised support is positioned in the bottom of each hollow, frustro conical shaped portions to allow the pot in each of such portions to be slightly elevated so that water can be contained and fed to each plant through the bottom of each pot holding a plant. The tray keeps the plants erect in the decorative container and acts as a filler and water reservoir. The tray is light in weight and may have many configurations.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An article of manufacture including in combination
a planar member including a substantially perpendicular extension along the perimeter,
a plurality of openings near the perimeter of said planar member,
a plurality of hollow, frustro conical portions positioned in said planar member with a large end of said portions being joined to said planar member and a small end of said portions having a bottom support, and
at least one raised support positioned near the center of each bottom support of said plurality of hollow, frustro conical portions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An article of manufacture defined by claim 1 and further including a plurality of pot plants each positioned in one of said plurality of hollow, frustro conical portions.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An article of manufacture defined by claim 1 wherein said plurality of hollow, frustro conical portions partially overlap at the large end of said portions.