Patent Application
20210259164
The disclosure relates to plant watering devices and more particularly pertains to a new plant watering device for retaining water around a plant growing outdoors.
The prior art relates to plant watering devices. The prior art discloses a plurality of panels, each having a plurality of fasteners thereon, that are removably attachable together to form a ring for surrounding a plant. The prior art discloses a plant pot that has a removable bottom to facilitate the plant pot to be sunk into ground around a plant. The prior art discloses a cylinder that has double wall construction for being sunk into ground around a plant. The prior art discloses a panel that is bendable over itself to form a cylinder that can be sunk into ground to surround a plant. Additionally, the prior art discloses a plant container that includes a porous portion and a non-porous portion.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of panels and each of the panels is bendable into a semi-circular shape. The plurality of panels is releasably attachable together when each of the panels is bent into the semi-circular shape such that the plurality of panels defines a ring. The ring can be sunk into ground thereby facilitating the ring to surround a plant growing in the ground. In this way water is retained around the plant to enhance the health of the plant. A plurality of pins is provided and each of the pins is coupled to a respective one of the panels. Each of the pins releasably engages the engagement point on an adjacent one of the panels when the panels are bent thereby releasably attaching the plurality of panels together.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Each of the panels 12 has a front surface 22, a back surface 24 and a perimeter edge 26 extending therebetween, and the perimeter edge 26 has a top side 28, a bottom side 30, a first lateral side 32 and a second lateral side 34. Each of the panels 12 is elongated between the first lateral side 32 and the second lateral side 34. Additionally, each of the panels 12 has a planar portion 36 and a curved portion 38 each extending between the first lateral side 32 and the second lateral side 34. The curved portion 38 extends between the top side 28 and a threshold 40 between the curved portion 38 and the planar portion 36 and the curved portion 38 is concavely arcuate with respect to the front surface 22.
The bottom side 30 of the perimeter edge 26 of each of the panels 12 is urgeable downwardly into the ground 16 when the panels 12 are attached together to form the ring 14. Moreover, the curved portion 38 of each of the panels 12 is exposed when the ring 14 is urged into the ground 16. Each of the panels 12 has a hole 42 extending through the front surface 22 and the back surface 24 to define the engagement point 20. The hole 42 is positioned on the planar portion 36 and the hole 42 is positioned adjacent to the first lateral side 32.
A plurality of pins 44 is provided and each of the pins 44 is coupled to a respective one of the panels 12. Each of the pins 44 releasably engages the engagement point 20 on an adjacent one of the panels 12 when the panels 12 are bent thereby releasably attaching the plurality of panels 12 together. Each of the pins 44 has a stem 46 and a head 48, and the stem 46 extends along a line oriented perpendicular to the back surface 24 corresponding to the planar portion 36 of the respective panel. The head 48 of each of the pins 44 is spaced from the back surface 24 of the respective panel and the head 48 on each of the pins 44 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material.
The head 48 on each of the pins 44 has a diameter that is greater than the diameter of the hole 42. In this way the pins 44 are inhibited from being removed from the hole 42. Each of the pins 44 is positioned on the back surface 24 corresponding to the planar portion 36 of the respective panel. Additionally, each of the pins 44 is positioned adjacent to the second lateral side 34 of the perimeter edge 26 of the respective panel. Moreover, each of the pins 44 is positioned on a horizontal line extending through the hole 42 and the pin 44 in the respective panel 12.
In use, each of the panels 12 is bent into the semi-circular shape and the pin 44 on each of the panels 12 is extended through the hole 42 in an adjacent panel. In this way the plurality of panels 12 is formed into a ring 14. The ring 14 is urged downwardly into the ground 16 to surround a plant 18 that is growing in the ground 16. Additionally, the ring 14 does not inhibit growth of the roots of the plant 18 in the way that a traditional plant pot inhibits root growth. In this way the plant 18 is afforded the greatest possible level of protection without being limited from a growth perspective. Moreover, the ring 14 inhibits water from soaking away from the plant 18 when the plant 18 is watered to further enhance the health of the plant 18.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
