Patent Application
20240239511
A wide variety of potential practical and useful embodiments will be more readily understood through the following detailed description of certain exemplary embodiments, with reference to the accompanying exemplary drawings in which:
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method, which comprises creating a binder. The binder comprises a plan tab, an expense tab, a design tab, a track tab, and a notes tab. A plan page adjacent to the plan tab describing considerations of garden size and soil as to a garden. The plan page recommending a user specify a size of the garden, a type of the garden, a soil descriptor, and water descriptors concerning the garden.
Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method. The method comprises creating a binder, the binder comprising gardening materials and instructions.
Certain exemplary embodiments provide gardening methods, which methods are described in a booklet entitled “The Organized Garden Workbook” which is a vegetable garden organizer or workbook. The methods are distinguishable from a planner, day planner, journal, or expense tracker.
Certain exemplary embodiments provide methods that are specific to backyard vegetable gardening and incorporate several different sections in a specific order, which guides methods of starting, maintaining, and finishing a vegetable garden in the span of one growing year.
The methods might be described in a manner that is bound like a book, but in a three ring binder to allow the addition of blank pages for notes and the ability to three-hole punch and insert additional documentation that may come with seeds and/or plants that are utilized by a gardener.
A first section of the binder can be a planning section, which comprises methods that consider soil, sun, location, and weather that show how methods are changed based upon a specific location of the gardener. The first section of the binder can also comprise information about specific vegetables—especially those that a backyard gardener would be likely to grow.
A second section of the binder can comprise a group of expense trackers for seeds, plants, soil amendments, fertilizer, tools, equipment, and/or other supplies.
A third section of the binder can comprise graph paper and/or sample garden designs to assist with the shape and placement of a garden and plants in the garden.
A fourth section of the binder can comprise a garden specific annual monthly calendar with daily location for recording high/low temperatures, a location for tracking rainfall and/or watering schedules, and suggestions for also tracking planting schedules, harvest dates, pruning schedules, and/or first and last frost dates.
A fifth section of the binder can comprise a notes area where there are questions and/or notes to prompt the gardener. The fifth section can comprise additional areas for notes of the gardener.
A sixth section in the binder can comprise a clear three ring bound pouch large enough to store all seeds used for by the gardener for a current season.
Certain exemplary embodiments guide the gardener through gardening methods from start to finish.
Certain exemplary embodiments provide important elements in a single location and in one product and are specific to gardening. Certain exemplary embodiments provide a single location for storage of materials, paper supplies, seeds and notes so that from year to year. The gardener can look back through a binder from a prior year and see what was done in prior years.
Certain exemplary embodiments provide devices, systems, and/or methods that allow the gardener to follow gardening methods and results from year to year with tracking tools in a single location provides storage from year to year for all of such things.
Certain exemplary embodiments can be carried out into the garden for reference and documentation of what is happening. It is purposely not an app for a phone or on a computer screen. It is sturdy and can get dirty, and can be exposed to sunlight.
Certain exemplary embodiments address organizational issues that surround gardening from year to year. Certain exemplary embodiments assist with making vegetable gardening processes more logical and sequential, which makes process easier and more likely to be successful.
At activity 10200, a planning section is added to the binder. The planning section comprises a plan tab. A plan page can be adjacent to the plan tab. The plan page can describe considerations of garden size and soil as to a garden. The plan page can recommend a user specify a size of the garden, a type of the garden, a soil descriptor, and/or water descriptors concerning the garden.
At activity 10300, a tracking section is added to the binder. The tracking section can comprise an expense tab. An expense page can be adjacent to the expense tab. The expense page is constructed to receive records from the user concerning costs of the garden.
At activity 10400, an organizing section is added to the binder. The organizing section can comprise a design tab. A design page can be adjacent to the design tab, the design page can describing design of the garden
At activity 10500, a calendar section is added to the binder. The organizing section can comprise a track tab. A track page adjacent to the track tab can comprise a calendar. The calendar can recommend a user specify pertinent information about the garden each day. The calendar can comprise specified locations for specifying high and low temperatures for each day. The calendar can comprise specified locations for specifying work performed in the garden each day.
At activity 10600, a notes section is added to the binder. The notes section can comprise a notes tab. A notes page can be adjacent to the notes tab, the notes page constructed to be utilized by a user to record information concerning the garden.
At activity 10700, a seeds section is added to the binder. The seeds section can comprise a pouch constructed to hold bags of seeds.
When the following terms are used substantively herein, the accompanying definitions apply. These terms and definitions are presented without prejudice, and, consistent with the application, the right to redefine these terms during the prosecution of this application or any application claiming priority hereto is reserved. For the purpose of interpreting a claim of any patent that claims priority hereto, each definition (or redefined term if an original definition was amended during the prosecution of that patent), functions as a clear and unambiguous disavowal of the subject matter outside of that definition.
Still other substantially and specifically practical and useful embodiments will become readily apparent to those skilled in this art from reading the above-recited and/or herein-included detailed description and/or drawings of certain exemplary embodiments. It should be understood that numerous variations, modifications, and additional embodiments are possible, and accordingly, all such variations, modifications, and embodiments are to be regarded as being within the scope of this application.
Thus, regardless of the content of any portion (e.g., title, field, background, summary, description, abstract, drawing figure, etc.) of this application, unless clearly specified to the contrary, such as via explicit definition, assertion, or argument, with respect to any claim, whether of this application and/or any claim of any application claiming priority hereto, and whether originally presented or otherwise:
Moreover, when any number or range is described herein, unless clearly stated otherwise, that number or range is approximate. When any range is described herein, unless clearly stated otherwise, that range includes all values therein and all subranges therein. For example, if a range of 1 to 10 is described, that range includes all values therebetween, such as for example, 1.1, 2.5, 3.335, 5, 6.179, 8.9999, etc., and includes all subranges therebetween, such as for example, 1 to 3.65, 2.8 to 8.14, 1.93 to 9, etc.
When any claim element is followed by a drawing element number, that drawing element number is exemplary and non-limiting on claim scope. No claim of this application is intended to invoke paragraph six of 35 USC 112 unless the precise phrase “means for” is followed by a gerund.
Any information in any material (e.g., a United States patent, United States patent application, book, article, etc.) that has been incorporated by reference herein, is only incorporated by reference to the extent that no conflict exists between such information and the other statements and drawings set forth herein. In the event of such conflict, including a conflict that would render invalid any claim herein or seeking priority hereto, then any such conflicting information in such material is specifically not incorporated by reference herein.
Accordingly, every portion (e.g., title, field, background, summary, description, abstract, drawing figure, etc.) of this application, other than the claims themselves, is to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive, and the scope of subject matter protected by any patent that issues based on this application is defined only by the claims of that patent.
This application claims priority to, and incorporates by reference herein in its entirety, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 63/316,769 (Attorney Docket No. 1610-01), filed Mar. 4, 2022.
