Method of forming a liner for a plant container
AssigneesThe Christian Church Community Trust, Discoveries in Gardening-Moss Products Limited
InventorPerry Just
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Abstract
A liner (11, 20, 27, 30) for a plant container is formed by firstly compressing sphagnum moss into a thin but reconstitutable sheet. The sheet may be then assembled into a three dimensional liner for insertion into the plant container and secured in that configuration. The formed three dimensional liner has one or more walls (2, 13, 21, 36, 38) extending in an upstanding configuration to generally conform to the shape of the plant container. The wall(s) are self-supporting in the upstanding configuration. In a preferred embodiment, an outer surface of at least a portion of the liner (11, 20, 27, 30) may be partially reconstituted.
Claims32
A method of forming a liner for a plant container, the liner being of three dimensional form with a top opening and one or more walls extending in an upstanding configuration towards the opening, the method including:
- assembling one or more sheets of reconstitutable compressed sphagnum moss into the three dimensional form of the liner;
- securing the sheet(s) in that form;
- enclosing the secured assembled liner into a package;
- partially reconstituting the compressed sphagnum moss into a non-compressed state either before or after the act of assembling but prior to enclosing in the package, the partially reconstituted liner retaining sufficient stiffness to be self-supporting in the upstanding configuration.
A method of forming a plant container liner, the method comprising:
- forming a substantially flat blank comprised of reconstitutable compressed sphagnum moss, the flat blank including one or more discrete components;
- assembling the blank into a three dimensional form with a top opening and one or more walls extending in an upstanding configuration towards the opening;
- securing portions of the assembled blank together so that the assembled blank is self-supporting in the upstanding configuration;
- reconstituting only a portion of the sphagnum moss into a substantially non-compressed state, the act of reconstituting being performed either before or after the act of assembling;
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- enclosing the secured assembled blank containing the reconstituted sphagnum moss into a package.
A method of forming a plant container liner, the method comprising:
- forming a substantially flat blank comprising a central layer of substantially water resistive material having an inner surface and an outer surface, an outer layer of reconstitutable compressed sphagnum moss disposed on the outer surface of the central layer, and an inner layer of reconstitutable compressed sphagnum moss disposed on the inner surface of the central layer;
- assembling the blank into a three dimensional form with a top opening and one or more walls extending in an upstanding configuration towards the opening;
- securing portions of the assembled blank together so that the assembled blank is self-supporting in the upstanding configuration;
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- reconstituting only a portion of the sphagnum moss into a substantially non-compressed state, the act of reconstituting being performed either before or after the act of assembling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.