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Granted Patent B2
US 11,240,972 · App. 16/810,780 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Planting container

Inventor: Song San Lee (Hsinchu, TW)
A01G9/028A01G7/045
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Patent No.
US 11,240,972
App. No.
16/810,780
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A planting container has a first basin and a second basin forming a yin-yang shape. The first basin is configured to contain soil, the second basin is configured to hold water and provided with a plastic floating board. The plastic floating board has a plurality of receiving holes with a planting basket. An inner side of the plastic floating board faces the first basin and has at least one opening allowing at least one fiber strip to pass through the opening and enter the second basin, and another end of the fiber strip passes behind the first and second basin and placed on or in the soil of the first basin.

Claims (8)

1. A planting container having a first basin and a second basin forming a yin-yang shape, the first basin configured to contain soil, the second basin configured to hold water and provided with a plastic floating board, the plastic floating board having a plurality of receiving holes with a planting basket, an inner side of the plastic floating board facing the first basin and having at least one opening allowing at least one fiber strip to pass through the opening and enter the second basin, and another end of the fiber strip passing behind the first and second basin and placed on or in the soil of the first basin.

2. The planting container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a bottom of each of the first and second basin is provided with a first tube, and a second tube is selectively inserted into the first basin or the second basin and connected to the first tube; a top end of the second tube protrudes from the first basin or the second basin and is attached to an illuminating unit.

3. The planting container as claimed in claim 2 , wherein an assembling notch is disposed at an upper edge of the first and second basin corresponding to the first tube, the assembling notch is attached with a limiting fastener having a C-shaped hook and a bolt and secured by a wing nut onto an outer wall of the first basin or the second basin.

4. The planting container as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the illuminating unit is jacketed onto the second tube via a sleeve, an inner diameter of the sleeve being larger than an outer diameter of the second tube, such that the illuminating unit is capable of moving along the second tube and the sleeve is capable of being secured onto the second tube.

5. The planting container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two adjacent edges of the first and second basin respectively have a plurality of corresponding notches provided with a plurality of fasteners for securing purposes.

6. The planting container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first basin further has at least one fiber strip, the fiber strip is arranged in a U shape and is buried in the soil, and a highest point of the fiber strip is not higher than a half height of the first basin.

7. The planting container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the fiber strip is selected from one of 12.5 mm, 25.0 mm, 37.5 mm and 51.0 mm.

8. The planting container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first basin further comprises a hygrometer inserted into the soil for measuring moisture of the soil in the first basin.

Continuity (1)
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