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Nursery plant containers

US5054235A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
5References
12Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 1990
Grant dateOct 8, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 24, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01G9/0297
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pot for nursery plants having opposed walls joined along their edges with margins of the walls having a series of openings to promote air-pruning of the plant roots. The wall edges may be joined to one another by various means including fusing, adhesives, taping or the pot may be a molded structure. A rack is disclosed having receptacles of appropriate shape to receive a multitude of pots of similar external shape for pot support in a snug manner. A modified form of the pot includes three wall members each having a series of edge located openings. The walls are joined along their edges with each wall member having legs to provide a free-standing pot.

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