Planting system including articles of manufacture
US4159597A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 16, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01G9/0299
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A planting system in which the basic unit of the system comprises a plurality of individual containers for growing plants to a stage suitable for transplanting and in which the plurality of containers are secured in a flexible carrier sheet. The securement of each of the containers in the carrier sheet is such that the entire basic unit can be handled in a number of shipping, handling, filling, growing, and transplanting operations in a convenient, unique and efficient manner. Various articles of manufacture are contemplated in the system of the invention which aid and render in the unique and efficient use of the system. Those articles of manufacture include shipping and handling cartons, holding trays, filler plates and portable pack arrangements.
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