IP Library Granted Patent US 7,412,878
Granted Patent B2
US 7,412,878 · App. 10/841,204 · Granted Aug 19, 2008

Watering indicator

Assignee: Encap LLC.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,412,878
App. No.
10/841,204
Granted
Aug 19, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An Indicator that visually signals when it is time to start and stop watering by the Indicator's ability to distinctively change it's relative physical size and/or shape as it takes on and releases the water.

Claims (11)

1. A method for determining when to stop watering a lawn comprising:

planting seeds and/or plant life;

applying an Indicator on surface of soil along with said seed and/or plant life;

said Indicator being of a given size and/or shape;

applying water to said seed and/or plant life;

said Indicator absorbing moisture and changing to a distinctively different size and/or shape (i.e. swelling) that is visually noticeable;

whereby, said change to Indicator serves as a visual signal to stop watering.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said Indicator also signals when to start watering said seeds, soil, and/or plant life again;

wherein said Indicator, as it releases water during the drying process (i.e. is deactivated), changes to a distinctively smaller size and/or different shape as said Indicator's said change, serving as the visual signal to start watering again.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said method is repeated.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein said Indicator is applied along with said seed.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2018
From: SKYLINE ENCAP HOLDINGS, LLC
To: OXER BCP MEZZANINE FUND, L.P.
Reel/Frame 045937/0525 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2018
From: ENCAP, LLC
To: SKYLINE ENCAP HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 045896/0719 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2004
From: KRYSIAK, MICHAEL DENNIS; MADIGAN, DANIEL PAUL
To: ENCAP LLC
Reel/Frame 015313/0691 →
Continuity (1)
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