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US 5,918,411 AGranted
Plant protector
OwnerDuane Hadravainventor
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Abstract
A plant protector constructed and arranged to provide a protective cover on the surface of the ground around a plant, formed of two identical separate semicircular half-sections which interlock at diametrically extending center wall sections to form a bowl-like structure with an upstanding outer wall, a flat bottom with drain openings, a center opening extending into each half-section to accommodate a plant stem, and an outer skirt depending from an upper edge of the outer wall.
Claims6
A plant protector, comprising a generally circular, bowl-like structure having a pair of interlocking identical half-sections,
- wherein the interlocking identical half-sections each comprise:
- a bottom wall portion having a circular outer edge, a pair of straight inner edge portions extending inward from each side of the outer edge of the half-section, and a generally circular edge portion connecting the pair of straight inner edges such that a hole is formed proximate the center of the plant protector when two half sections are connected in order to permit a plant to pass through the hole;
- a circular outer wall having an outer portion and an inner portion, the inner portion connects the outer circular edge of the bottom wall portion with an upper side of the circular outer wall;
- a pair of first vertical center wall sections extending upward from the bottom wall portion along the pair of inner straight edge portions;
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- a second vertical center wall extending upward from the bottom wall portion along the generally circular edge portion;
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- an interconnecting lip coupled to a top edge of one of said first vertical center wall sections of each half-section, the interconnecting lip being constructed and arranged to extend over an adjacent upper edge of a first center wall section on the other of said half-sections to interlock them together.
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