Patent Application
20210315166
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The disclosure relates to plant pot devices and more particularly pertains to a new plant pot device for replacing soil in a plant pot without disturbing a plant growing in the plant pot.
The prior art relates to plant pot devices including a variety of plant pots that comprise a first portion that is positionable within a second portion. The prior art discloses a variety of plant pots that are divided into a first half and a second half thereby facilitating the plant pots to be spit open for replacing soil. The variety of plant pots that are divided generally includes a base that is a single piece. The prior art also discloses a plant pot that is comprised of a translucent material thereby facilitating roots of a plant to be visible in the plant pot.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plant pot vertically divided into a first half that is hingedly coupled to a second half. In this way the plant pot is positionable in an open position for replacing soil in the plant pot without disturbing roots of a plant that is growing in the plant pot. A pair of closures is each of the closures is coupled to the plant pot. A pair of engagements is each coupled to the plant pot. Each of the closures releasably engages a respective one of the engagements for retaining the plant pot in the closed position.
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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The plant pot 12 has a hinge portion 32 extending between the distal edge 22 of the outer wall 20 and the bottom wall 18. The hinge portion 32 is positioned on an opposite side of the outer wall 20 from the cut 26. The hinge portion 32 is comprised of a flexible material thereby facilitating the first half 14 and the second half 16 to be moved between the open position and the closed position. The outer wall 20 has an outer surface 34 and an inner surface 36, and the bottom wall 18 has a bottom surface 38. The inner surface 36 has a first slot 40 extending toward the outer surface 34 and the first slot 40 is positioned adjacent to the first bounding edge 28 of the cut 26. Moreover, the first slot 40 extends along a full height of the outer wall 20. The inner surface 36 has a second slot 42 extending toward the outer surface 34 and the second slot 42 is positioned adjacent to the second bounding edge 30 of the cut 26. The second slot 42 extends along a full height of the outer wall 20.
The outer wall 20 has an opening 44 extending therethrough. The outer surface 34 of the outer wall 20 has indicia 46 thereon and the indicia 46 comprise imagery of animals, plants or other natural objects. A window 48 is coupled to the plant pot 12 to facilitate roots of the plant in the plant pot 12 to be visible when the plant pot 12 is in the closed position. The window 48 is aligned with the opening 44 in the outer wall 20 of the plant pot 12 and the window 48 is comprised of a translucent material.
A first gasket 50 is positioned in the first slot 40 and the first gasket 50 extends along a full length of the first slot 40. A second gasket 52 is positioned in the second slot 42 and the second gasket 52 extends along a full length of the second slot 42. The first gasket 50 abuts the second gasket 52 when the plant pot 12 is positioned in the closed position such that the first gasket 50 forms a fluid impermeable seal with the second gasket 52. In this way the first gasket 50 and the second gasket 52 inhibit water from passing through the cut 26 when the plant pot 12 is in the closed position. Each of the first gasket 50 and the second gasket 52 may be comprised of a resiliently compressible material such as rubber or the like.
A pair of first feet 54 is each coupled to the bottom wall 18 and each of the first feet 54 is positioned on the bottom surface 38 of the bottom wall 18. Each of the first feet 54 is positioned on a respective one of the first half 14 and the second half 16 of the plant pot 12. As is most clearly shown in
A pair of closures 58 is each coupled to the plant pot 12 and each of the closures 58 is positioned on the first half 14 of the plant pot 12. Each of the closures 58 is positioned on the outer surface 34 of the outer wall 20 of the plant pot 12. Each of the closures 58 is aligned with the first bounding edge 28 of the cut 26 and each of the closures 58 extends outwardly beyond the first bounding edge 28. A pair of engagements 60 is each coupled to the plant pot 12 and each of the closures 58 releasably engages a respective one of the engagements 60 for retaining the plant pot 12 in the closed position. Each of the closures 58 may comprise a disk and each of the engagements 60 may comprise a ridge for the disk to frictionally engage.
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In use, the plant pot 12 is positioned in the closed position and the plant pot 12 is filled with soil for growing a plant. The roots of the plant can be observed through the window 48 in the plant pot 12. The plant pot 12 can be positioned in the open position to facilitate the soil to be replaced. Thus, the plant can remain in place while the soil is being replaced. In this way the plant pot 12 reduces stress on the plant that would normally be associated with removing the plant from the plant pot 12 during soil replacement.
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.
