Plant stand with self-watering trays
AssigneeHoltkamp Greenhouses, Inc.
InventorReinhold Holtkamp, Jr.
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Abstract
A self-watering tray for supporting and displaying a plurality of potted plants which can be watered from a water reservoir in the bottom of the tray, the tray comprising a plurality of wall sections which define spaced openings in the tray, each wall section being provided with a support located above the reservoir for supporting the potted plant at or above the water, and being laterally open to the adjacent wall sections below the supports to provide a continuous reservoir channel below the supports and pots, through which water can circulate for watering plants by capillary action.
Claims14
A self-watering tray for supporting and displaying a plurality of potted plants which can be watered from the bottom of the tray, said tray comprising:
- side and end walls and a bottom wall which define a reservoir adapted to contain water,
- a plurality of wall sections defining spaced openings in said tray, each wall section being provided with a supporting flange located above the reservoir for supporting the bottom of a potted plant above the reservoir,
- each said wall section being laterally open to adjacent wall sections below said supporting flanges thereby to provide a continuous reservoir channel below said supporting flanges, whereby water can circulate through said channel for watering plants by capillary action.
A plant stand with self-watering trays for watering of plants by capillary action, the stand comprising:
- corner posts at each corner of the stand;
- a bottom shelf and a top shelf to which said corner posts are operatively connected for spacing and supporting said corner posts;
- at least one tray-supporting shelf positioned intermediate said bottom and top shelves and operatively connected to said corner posts, and
- at least one self-watering tray positioned and supported on said tray-supporting shelf, said tray having side, end and bottom walls defining a water reservoir in the bottom of the tray, and wall sections defining spaced openings to receive potted plants, each of said wall sections being provided with a supporting flange located above the reservoir for supporting the bottom of a pot positioned in the opening defined by that wall section, each wall section having opposed lateral openings below said supporting flanges and communicating with said reservoir thereby to provide a continuous reservoir channel below said openings, whereby when pots provided with wicks extending from bottom walls of the pots are positioned in said openings, the wicks extend into the reservoir thereby enabling the potted plants to be watered by capillary action.
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