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US 5,826,375 AGranted
Modular planter system
OwnerAlan Blackinventor
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Abstract
A modular planter system comprising: a plurality of troughs having a drainage conduit extending vertically upwards and downwards from the bottom of the trough; a reservoir, a support member between adjacent troughs; kit for assembling the modular planter system.
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A modular planter system comprising:
- (a) an upper longitudinally extending trough, a lower longitudinally extending trough, and a plurality of intermediately positioned longitudinally extending troughs positioned therebetween, each of said troughs having a top, a bottom surface, first and second opposed longitudinally displaced sides, a drainage aperture and a reservoir for storing water;
- (b) a support for positioning said troughs one above another to form a substantially vertically extending series of troughs;
- (c) a drainage conduit extending from the bottom of the upper trough and the bottom of each of the intermediately positioned troughs to a position adjacent the reservoir of the next lower trough for connecting in flow communication the drainage aperture of each of said troughs with the reservoir of the immediately lower trough.
A kit for assembling at least one modular planter system comprising:
- (a) an upper longitudinally extending trough, a lower longitudinally extending trough and a plurality of intermediately positioned longitudinally extending troughs positioned therebetween, each of said troughs having a top, a bottom surface, first and second opposed longitudinally displaced sides, a drainage aperture and a reservoir for storing water;
- (b) a support for positioning said troughs one above another to form a substantially vertically extending series of troughs;
- (c) a drainage conduit extending from the bottom of the upper trough and the bottom of each of the intermediately positioned troughs to a position adjacent the reservoir of the next lower trough for connecting in flow communication the drainage aperture of each of said troughs with the reservoir of the immediately lower trough.
A kit for assembling at least one modular planter system comprising:
- (a) a plurality of longitudinally extending troughs, each of said troughs having a top, a bottom surface, first and second opposed longitudinally displaced sides, a drainage aperture and a reservoir for storing water;
- (b) a plurality of plant containers, each of said troughs is sized to receive at least one plant container, each of said plant containers having a drainage aperture for communicating with said reservoir of the trough in which said at least one plant container is received and a locking member to lockingly engage said plant containers in said troughs;
- (c) a support for positioning said troughs one above another to form a substantially vertically extending series of troughs;
- and,
- (d) a drainage conduit for connecting in flow communication the drainage aperture of each of said troughs with the reservoir of the immediately lower trough.
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A kit for assembling at least one modular planter system comprising:
- (a) a plurality of longitudinally extending troughs, each of said troughs having a top, a bottom surface, first and second opposed longitudinally displaced sides, a drainage aperture and a reservoir for storing water;
- (b) a plurality of plant containers having a bottom, each of said troughs is sized to receive at least one plant container, each of said plant containers having a drainage aperture for communicating with said reservoir of the trough in which said at least one plant container is received, and, when assembled, each of said reservoirs comprises at least one longitudinally extending channel extending between the bottom surface of the trough and the bottom surface of the plant containers positioned in said trough;
- (c) a support for positioning said troughs one above another to form a substantially vertically extending series of troughs;
- and,
- (d) a drainage conduit for connecting in flow communication the drainage aperture of each of said troughs with the reservoir of the immediately lower trough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.