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Granted Patent B2
US 8,782,950 · App. 13/571,547 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Garden pot assembly

Inventors: Guy D. Miel (Santa Maria, CA); Jason R. Bagby (Orcutt, CA); John E. Djafroodi (Orcutt, CA)
Assignee: Clearwater Nursery, Inc.
A01G9/028
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Patent No.
US 8,782,950
App. No.
13/571,547
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A garden pot assembly comprising a pot having an open upper end and a separator tray snap-fitted into the open upper end of the pot. The separator tray has a plurality of spaced-apart plant pot receiving openings formed therein each of which are adapted to receive and support a plant pot therein. The bottom of the pot has a unique structure including a central hub and a plurality of radially extending stand-offs extending outwardly therefrom to the periphery of the bottom wall. The pot or container may be circular, oval, rectangular or square in shape.

Claims (20)

1. A garden pot assembly, comprising:

a pot having a horizontally disposed circular bottom wall; said pot having a generally cylindrical lower side wall, having upper and lower ends, extending upwardly and outwardly from the periphery of said bottom wall; a ring-shaped shelf, having inner and outer ends, extending laterally outwardly from said upper end of said lower side wall; a generally cylindrical upper side wall, having upper and lower ends, extending upwardly and outwardly from said outer end of said shelf; said lower end of said upper side wall having a ring snap-in groove formed therein which extends laterally outwardly therefrom at the juncture of said upper side wall and said shelf;

a separator tray including a horizontally disposed circular top wall and an outer side wall extending downwardly from the periphery of said top wall with said outer side wall having upper and lower ends;

and a stabilizing snap-ring at said lower end of said outer side wall of said separator tray which extends laterally outwardly therefrom for selective reception in said ring snap-in groove in said lower end of said upper side wall of said pot;

said top wall of said separator tray having first, second and third spaced-apart pot receiving openings formed therein each of which are adapted to receive and support a plant pot therein.

2. The garden pot assembly of claim 1 wherein said outer side wall of said separator tray has first, second and third cut-outs formed therein which intersect said first, second and third pot openings respectively.

3. The garden pot assembly of claim 1 wherein said pot and said separator tray are comprised of a plastic material.

4. The garden pot assembly of claim 2 wherein said snap-ring has a reinforcing rib associated therewith at said cut-outs.

5. The garden pot assembly of claim 1 wherein said separator tray includes a plant pot supporting structure which extends at least partially around each of said first, second and third plant pot receiving openings, said plant pot supporting structure including a vertically disposed first wall portion, having upper and lower ends, which extends downwardly from said top wall of said separator tray, a horizontally disposed ledge extending laterally outwardly from said lower end of said first wall portion, a vertically disposed second wall portion, having upper and lower ends, extending downwardly from said outer end of said ledge, and a horizontally extending lip extending laterally outwardly from said lower end of said second wall portion.

6. The garden pot assembly of claim 1 wherein a centrally disposed hub extends upwardly from said bottom wall of said pot and wherein a plurality of elongated, radially spaced-apart stand-offs extend horizontally outwardly from said hub to the periphery of said bottom wall.

7. The garden pot assembly of claim 6 wherein each of said stand-offs has an upper end which dwells in a plane below the upper end of said hub.

8. A garden pot assembly, comprising:

a container having a horizontally disposed bottom wall; said container having a lower side wall, having upper and lower ends, extending upwardly and outwardly from the periphery of said bottom wall; a shelf, having inner and outer ends, extending laterally outwardly from said upper end of said lower side wall; an upper side wall having upper and lower ends, extending upwardly and outwardly from said outer end of said shelf; said lower end of said upper side wall having a ring snap-in groove formed therein which extends outwardly therefrom at the juncture of said upper side wall and said shelf;

a separator tray including a horizontally disposed top wall and an outer side wall extending downwardly from the periphery of said top wall with said outer side wall having upper and lower ends;

and a stabilizing snap-ring at said lower end of said outer side wall of said separator tray which extends laterally outwardly therefrom for selective reception in said ring snap-in groove in said lower end of said upper side wall of said container;

said top wall of said separator tray having first, second and third spaced-apart plant pot receiving openings formed therein each of which are adapted to receive and support a plant pot therein.

9. The garden pot assembly of claim 8 wherein said container and said separator tray are oval shaped in plan view.

10. The garden pot assembly of claim 8 wherein said container and said separator tray are square-shaped in plan view.

11. The garden pot assembly of claim 8 wherein said container and said separator tray are rectangular in plan view.

12. The garden pot assembly of claim 8 wherein said plant pot receiving openings have different diameters.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2012
From: MIEL, GUY D; BAGBY, JASON R; DJAFROODI, JOHN E
To: CLEARWATER NURSERY, INC.
Reel/Frame 028763/0432 →
Continuity (1)
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