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Granted Patent B2
US 8,959,834 · App. 13/505,318 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Plant cultivation container

Inventor: Masaki Hashimoto (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: Suntory Holdings Limited
A01G9/025
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Patent No.
US 8,959,834
App. No.
13/505,318
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plant cultivation container includes a container body having: a plant cultivation space with an opening for planting a plant formed in a front face thereof; and a water reservoir portion for pooling plant cultivation water formed in a lower portion of the plant cultivation space, in which container a water-absorbing plant cultivation flooring material is mounted in the plant cultivation space so that a part of the plant cultivation flooring material is positioned inside the water reservoir portion. One of right and left walls of the container body disposed at right and left ends, respectively, of a front face of the container body is provided with an engaging portion, and the other of the right and left walls is provided with an engaged portion engageable with the engaging portion of another container body, such that a relative angle between two adjacent container bodies is changeable.

Claims (27)

1. A plant cultivation container comprising a container body having: a plant cultivation space with an opening for planting a plant formed in a front face thereof; and a water reservoir portion for pooling plant cultivation water formed in a lower portion of the plant cultivation space, in which container a water-absorbing plant cultivation flooring material is mounted in the plant cultivation space so that a part of the plant cultivation flooring material is positioned inside the water reservoir portion,

wherein

one of right and left walls of the container body disposed at right and left ends, respectively, of a front face of the container body is provided with an engaging portion, and the other of the right and left walls is provided with an engaged portion engageable with the engaging portion of another container body, and

when a plurality of the container bodies are arranged in a lateral direction, two adjacent container bodies are engageable with each other through engagement between the engaging portion of one container body and the engaged portion of the other container body, while allowing change of a relative angle therebetween.

2. The plant cultivation container according to claim 1 , wherein a front end portion of one of the right and left walls of the container body is provided with the engaging portion and a front end portion of the other is provided with the engaged portion engageable with the engaging portion of another container body.

3. The plant cultivation container according to claim 2 , wherein a distance between the right and left walls becomes shorter towards a rear of the container body.

4. The plant cultivation container according to claim 3 , wherein the container body comprises:

a first feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portion; and

a second feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portions of at least one of two adjacent container bodies, when a plurality of the container bodies are arranged in the lateral direction.

5. The plant cultivation container according to claim 2 , wherein the engaging portion and the engaged portion are formed along an entire height of the container body.

6. The plant cultivation container according to claim 5 , wherein a distance between the right and left walls becomes shorter towards a rear of the container body.

7. The plant cultivation container according to claim 6 , wherein the container body comprises:

a first feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portion; and

a second feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portions of at least one of two adjacent container bodies, when a plurality of the container bodies are arranged in the lateral direction.

8. The plant cultivation container according to claim 5 , wherein the container body comprises:

a first feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portion; and

a second feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portions of at least one of two adjacent container bodies, when a plurality of the container bodies are arranged in the lateral direction.

9. The plant cultivation container according to claim 2 , wherein the container body comprises:

a first feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portion; and

a second feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portions of at least one of two adjacent container bodies, when a plurality of the container bodies are arranged in the lateral direction.

10. The plant cultivation container according to claim 1 , wherein the engaging portion and the engaged portion are formed along an entire height of the container body.

11. The plant cultivation container according to claim 10 , wherein the container body comprises:

a first feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portion; and

a second feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portions of at least one of two adjacent container bodies, when a plurality of the container bodies are arranged in the lateral direction.

12. The plant cultivation container according to claim 1 , wherein the container body comprises:

a first feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portion; and

a second feed-water inlet for supplying the plant cultivation water to the water reservoir portions of at least one of two adjacent container bodies, when a plurality of the container bodies are arranged in the lateral direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2012
From: HASHIMOTO, MASAKI
To: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028535/0888 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-257066 · Nov 10, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120272573A1 · Nov 1, 2012