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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7637055 | Hydroponics plant support system An apparatus for supporting plant foliage includes a base assembly that is placed in a growing medium. A plurality of support members are attached to the base assembly and extend radially away from a plant center and vertically. Additional linear extension segments ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7320197 | Floating garden device A floating garden device for displaying and watering at least one living plant as the garden floats on a body of water. The device is composed of a buoyant body and at least one plant mounting recess attached to the buoyant body. The recess is comprised of a sidewal... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7278238 | False bottom insert assembly for an oversized planter container An insert assembly is used in combination with a planter container for creating a false bottom therein. The assembly essentially comprises a support platform for supporting a soil-bound plant, an optional spacer member for supporting the support platform, and an opt... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266924 | Method and apparatus for irrigating products on cultivating tables A system comprising cultivating tables as well as an irrigation device for supplying a liquid medium to cultivation products being cultivated on the cultivating tables, a special feature being the fact that each cultivating table comprises an inlet and an outlet for... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263799 | Plant base The invention provides a plant base comprising a base section with a seat for a plant pot, in which a tail section extends in a horizontal direction from the rear of the base section. A groove/protuberance combination is provided at the front of the base section and... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7188817 | Molded deck board A plastic molded deck board provides a sturdy, durable, lightweight, economical, readily identifiable, and easily handled surface for supporting cargo on top of trailer load beams. The deck board defines a platform having a top face for supporting cargo, a bottom fa... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7087161 | Resin cultivating base, water purifying device and method using resin cultivating base A resin cultivating base serves as seedling beds for vegetation which are planted and are partially immersed in a river, lake, marsh, pond or waterway. The resin cultivating base is a three-dimensional structure constituted by long and short filaments of thermoplast... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7052912 | Methods and apparatus for the micro- and macropropagation of reed grasses The present invention provides methods for the micropropagation of reed grasses, particularly Arundo donax. In addition, the present invention provides methods for the macropropagation of bamboo and reed grasses, which utilize a unique float bed system and ap... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7024818 | False bottom insert assembly for an oversized planter container The present invention provides a false bottom insert assembly for use in combination with an oversized planter container. The assembly essentially comprises a support platform for supporting a soil-bound plant, an optional spacer member for supporting the support pl... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6964128 | Flowerpot equipped with light-shade Growth of a plant can be properly controlled, when a flower pot made of a transparent plastic and detachable light shades to the flower pot for controlling light are employed, as growth and increase of roots of the plant being observed through the transparent flower... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6957512 | Method for the propogation of and aeroponic growing of plants and vessels therefor A method for the propagation of and aeroponic growing of plants comprises transplanting a living plant into a vessel of polymer foam having at least one cavity distal to the plant; applying water to the foam sufficient to saturate the foam, whereby roots of the plan... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6901699 | Seed-starter cell and tray for starting plants A starter cell for starting a plant has a first opening at the topmost portion of the cell for facilitating plant seeding and growth, a second opening at the bottommost portion of the cell for facilitating root passage for air pruning of the root, and a plurality of... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892493 | Apparatus for growing a plant An apparatus for growing a plant is disclosed. A planting system is also disclosed. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6843021 | Floatable plant cultivation device A floatable plant cultivation device includes a plurality of hollow floatable parts and each floatable part has a pot engaged with a first passage in a center of the floatable part. The pot receives a plant therein. The multiple floatable parts are connected with ea... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6615539 | Water-retaining support for plants and plant body-growing water-retaining material A water-retaining support for plants comprising a hydrogel-forming polymer (A) having a calcium ion absorption of 0-100 mg per 1 g of the dry weight thereof, having a chlorine ion content of 0.07-7 mmol per 1 g of the dry weight thereof and having a water... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6609331 | Plant and mushroom growth medium A growth medium for plants or mushrooms, the medium comprising sugar care mill mud and non sphagnum-peat material selected from the group consisting of a non-sphagnum-peat and coconut fibre.... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6604321 | Rotary plant growing apparatus A rotary plant growing apparatus has an open-ended cylindrical drum which rotates about a horizontal axis on a support stand. A lamp is positioned at the axis of the drum. Holes in the drum hold plant pots, with the plants facing the light and the bottom ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6360483 | Hydroponic cultivation apparatus and method An apparatus which includes a growing container in which plants are hydroponically grown on a support medium is disclosed. The growing container includes a plurality of openings in which seals are installed. The seals include holes through which the plant... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6286254 | Water-holding carrier for plants A water-retaining support for a plant exhibiting a water-retaining ability comparable to that of a polyacrylic acid-type hydrogel without inhibition of root origination or root elongation. The water-retaining support for a plant includes a hydrogel-formin... | 09/11/2001 |
| 5927007 | Plant culture vessel A plant culture vessel includes a vessel body capable of housing therein a plant mount for mounting thereon a plant to be cultured and a culture medium for culturing the plant, and a top lid detachably attached to the vessel body. A support portion is pro... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5862628 | Living plant growth support system A gravity independent photosynthetic growing system (10) is provided for use in providing an environment conducive to growing plant materials under unusual conditions, such as are encountered in space or in locales isolated from sunlight. The growing syst... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5853576 | Phytorecovery of metals using seedlings Methods and systems for alleviating the environmental and health hazards associated with environmental contamination by metals are provided. Contained living or non-viable biomasses of metal-accumulating plant seedlings deplete the metal elements and comp... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5842310 | Vessel for ecological plant tissue culture on a large scale A new vessel for large scale plant tissue culture with a compartmentalized reservoir and corresponding media but without regular closure to close the vessel, so that the plant tissues cultured with the vessel are under a normal ecological air environment.... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5724768 | Aeroponic plant growth apparatus and method Aeroponic plant growing apparatus which includes an elongate vertically oriented plant chamber having a plurality of plant receiving apertures through its side wall. Stationed at the top of the chamber are one or more spray nozzles through which nutrient ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5533299 | Non-circulating hydroponic plant growing system The non-circulating hydroponic kit incorporates a water impervious container capable of holding a variable depth of nutrient solution and a solid container lid with a plurality of apertures through which a multitude of root-impervious tubes or frusto-coni... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5502923 | Hydroponic growth systems and methods A hydroponics plant growth system basically consists of a circular nutrient supply module, a circular plant prop module, a pump positioned in the supply module to circulate liquid nutrient upwardly into the prop module, and a distributor unit to convey th... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5397382 | Bio regenerating air filter A bio regeneration air filter having a pot for holding a filtering media and plant. The filtering media traps contaminates from air circulated therethrough and microorganisms associated with the root system break down the contaminates to convert them to p... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5385589 | Non-circulating hydroponic plant growing system The non-circulating hydroponic kit incorporates a water impervious container capable of holding a variable depth of nutrient solution and a solid container lid with a plurality of apertures through which a multitude of root-impervious tubes or frusto-coni... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5324657 | Apparatus for plant cell tissue culture Apparatus for plant cell tissue culture including a plant growth enclosure having a bottom surface formed of a porous material, a buoyant element, separate from the plant growth enclosure and arranged to be placed thereunder in a body of liquid for suppor... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5323567 | Plant cultivating apparatus In a plant cultivating apparatus for cultivating plants by using an artificial light source, partition walls having a high light reflectance are arranged in a cultivation area to divide the cultivation area into small spaces and in each small space a ligh... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5312601 | Pond fertilizing apparatus An apparatus is provided for dispensing a fertilizer in a pond. The apparatus includes a flotation structure which is generally surrounded by a porous material, such as a net sack. An opening is provided in the flotation structure through which fertilizer... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5261185 | Apparatus and method of water culture and plant handling method A water culture apparatus wherein air space sections are formed between plant containers and a nutrient solution when rafts are floated in a water culture tank filled with the nutrient solution. The plant containers are inserted in vertically oriented cha... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5225342 | Systemic plant interface A systemic plant interface replaces the roots of a growing plant by providing a perforate surface which mates to growing xylem tissue of a vascular plant and provides fluid communication and support necessary to sustain the aerial portions of a viable pla... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5216836 | Movable root contact/pressure plate assembly for hydroponic system A hydroponic system for growing sweet potatoes and other root and tuber crops includes a growing channel incorporating a movable root contact/pressure plate assembly. The assembly consists of a flat, rigid PVC plate in which holes for inserting plants are... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5167672 | Method and device to sustain a cut flower and its blossoms A plant stem is provided with liquid only after the liquid has passed through a membrane having a porosity which is insufficient to permit the passage of microorganisms with the liquid to the stem.... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5155935 | Assembly of pots for raising and transplantation An assembly of pots for raising and transplantation of seedlings, the assembly made of paper or a paper-like thin film, in which the side wall of each pot is provided, by means of a cut, with tongue-like pieces which can be easily lifted-up toward the out... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5058320 | Multiple pot for raising and transplanting seedlings and method of fabricating the same The invention relates to a multiple pot comprising individual pots interconnected by connector portions so as to be capable of being pulled out. The multiple pot is used to raise and transplant seedlings of plants. The invention also relates to a method o... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5010687 | Flowerpot A flowerpot, particularly for forcing plants while using automatic watering, comprising at its lowermost part at least one sideways-turning inlet (20) for cooperation with a bottom irrigation plant, said inlet (20) consitituting an access opening to a cha... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5010686 | Hydroponic system A hydroponic system includes a channel-like trough formed of parallel side walls and an orthogonal bottom wall defining an upwardly opening coffer. A pair of oblique walls extend integrally from a medial portion of the bottom wall to respective medial por... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4982527 | Seedling propagation assembly There is provided a new and useful propagation assembly consisting of at least one propagation tray comprising a lower plant support section including at least one longitudinal channel for nutrient solution flow; and an upper space section having a series... | 01/08/1991 |
