Famous Patents
In 1879, Auguste Bartholdi received design patent number 11,023 titled "Design for a Statue". It was for the Statue of Liberty.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4683674 | Compost bin According to the present invention, a panel for use in a garden compost bin or garden planter is taught which allows convenient horizontal or vertical connection of like panels to collectively form the container. The panel is shaped to enhance the structu... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4665647 | Plant bearing noise abatement wall Dry lawn construction wherein the internal space formed by the lateral vegetation mats (28, 30) is self-ballasted with a self-supporting substrate (12) which is rendered stable by checking or compaction and used as a nutrient medium for growing plants fro... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4658541 | Interlocking planters, for use in erecting decorative walls or the like Disclosed is a planter or flower pot construction, wherein approximately semicircular planters may be arranged in horizontal courses. The planters of each course are staggered in respect to those of the next lower course in a manner similar to that in whi... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4614056 | Stacking planters The present invention provides a planter which is vertically stackable and interlockable with further like planters. The planter includes a lower end which is interlockable with a first like planter from beneath and an upper end which is interlockable fro... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4561208 | Modular planter system There is provided a modular planter system for forming an endless variety of horizontal, vertical and spatial arrangements. The modular planter system includes three or more pot housings each capable of receiving a plant pot. One or more connecting member... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4557634 | Wall structure and method of construction A retaining wall has precast concrete wall facing elements and is constructed to accommodate vegetation masking. The structure uses panels having frontally projecting buttresses and inwardly inclined face surfaces to provide an exposed horizontal planting... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4524551 | Construction units for the erection of walls and method of utilization The set of construction units comprises a standard stone, a long stone and a trough stone having a substantially trapezoidal end view, a surrounding groove at the side with the broader base line, on both sides of the surrounding groove a longitudinal slot... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4499688 | Wall hanging A wall hanging including a rectangular lattice and a planter having hooks thereon cooperative with the lattice for securing the planter to the lattice with the lattice in relative positions with respect to the planter angularly related by 90°.... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4433944 | Structural components for constructing a wall Structural components for constructing a retaining wall, a noise barrier or similar structure are made up of a pair of horizontally extending generally parallel runner elements and connecting elements joining the runner elements together. The downwardly f... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4420902 | Modular planting apparatus A modular planting apparatus which includes a plurality of tubular modules having access slots in the tops of the side walls and connectors for joining adjacent modules.... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4404767 | Plant growing apparatus A plant growing apparatus for growing plants having a tube for a rooting medium and openings in the tube for plants grown in the rooting medium to pass therethrough. First and second end members cooperate with open ends of the tube and have openings there... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4389813 | Planter tree for floor, wall or ceiling mounting A planter in the form of a hollow tree configuration having a trunk, branches extending laterally therefrom and having a support means attached to the top or bottom of the trunk for supporting the trunk of the tree configuration in a substantially vertica... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4380136 | Assembly kit for a holder for growth supporting medium A kit of components to be assembled into a holder for a growth supporting medium such as soil. The kit comprises a panel with angled ends with associated first fastening means to engage in second fastening means on two posts joined by a panel which combin... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4334387 | Retainer for growth supporting medium A retainer for a growth supporting medium such as soil. The retainer being for tiered assembly with like retainers and comprising a multi-sided member open top and bottom and decreasing in cross-section from top to bottom with locating means at the top to... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4324069 | Plant growing system utilizing pneumatic pressure A method and apparatus for periodically supplying liquid to the root system of plants, utilizing pneumatic pressure to displace liquid in a chamber located beneath a plant support to a higher level accessible to the plant root system; and a means to relea... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4262467 | Modular elements forming by assembly a set of vertical or horizontal spaces in a single plane or offset planes The invention relates to modular elements assembled either by juxtaposition in a single plane or in offset planes, or by superposition with angular displacement. Each modular element is constructed as a hollow right prism driven in or not at one of its en... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4250666 | Supporting structure for plants A device is disclosed for supporting plants for decorative or gardening purposes. A plurality of rotatable or fixed trays or shelves are mounted on a central support, and shelves can optionally be added on the sides of the device, such as adjustable shelv... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4244665 | Structural element system A structural element system comprising substantially L-shaped longitudinal elements arranged in multi-level relationship having a horizontally extending base plate portion and an upwardly extending parapet element, and sectional support elements acting as... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244145 | Indoor plant growing apparatus An indoor plant growing apparatus is disclosed which comprises a frame adapted to support a bed with a plant growing chamber being formed within the frame. A light fixture unit is mounted on the frame and includes means for providing light downwardly to t... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4231189 | Plant growing assembly Two upright perforate pipes, one inside the other, the space between the pipes being filled with soil and the inner pipe being filled with solid nutrient material. The inner pipe is provided with a closeable opening to permit removal of exhausted nutrient... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4212134 | Modular planting box system including liquid level and insert A planting box having a frame which consists of a plurality of vertical walls and being of polygonal cross-section is provided with vertical channels and vertical ribs. The channels and ribs are complementary in their cross-section. Ribs of one planting b... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4190384 | Concrete construction element system for erecting plant accommodating walls Disclosed is a system of construction elements for the erection of plant-accommodating, slope-retaining walls comprising L-shaped longitudinal elements arranged in multilevel relationship, having a horizontally extending base plate portion and an upwardly... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4151680 | Modular horticultural structure A modular horticultural structure and container system for storage and arrangement of articles more particularly plants, flowers and the like capable of inter-connection for various horizontal and vertical displays and arrangements. The modular system ext... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4123873 | Cellular structure for the cultivation of plants A cellular structure for the growth of plants (horticulture) has at least one planar wall inclined to the horizontal and the vertical and provided at its upwardly facing side with a multiplicity of openings for receiving respective plants. Each opening fo... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4118892 | Connectable nursery box structures having compartmentalizing grids A molded synthetic resin nursery box B comprises a grid member 2 dividing the box into individual compartments 3 communicating with each other through side wall apertures 23. A wavy bottom plate 12 of the box has drainage holes 13 therein, and the grid me... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4115950 | Method of increasing the yield in the cultivation of tuber-producing plants and a device for carrying out the method A method and apparatus for increasing the production of tuber-producing plants per unit area is disclosed. In accordance with this invention, a seed-tuber is planted in soil that is contained in a first box or frame unit. As the plant grows it develops ne... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4102081 | Plant container An improved plant and flower container of the hanging type comprising a pot having a removable false bottom to provide a compartment for collecting and storing excess water for subsequent absorption by the plant, a single hanging rod removably attachable ... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4074538 | Wall structures The invention relates to an acoustic barrier wall made of prefabricated parts, preferably of artificial stone, concrete or the like, characterized in that the prefabricated parts comprise transverse supporting structures and longitudinal wall panels, thes... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4065876 | Portable garden and method of producing same The garden comprises turkey fencing rolled into a cylindrical cage, placed upright on a corrugated surface, and lined with a vaporproof paper sleeve. The sleeve is filled with moist soil in which a perforated soaker is embedded and connected by a tube to ... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4059922 | Sprayer hydroponic grower A hydroponic grower is described which includes a bottom pan for containing a liquid nutrient solution and an A-frame construction which rests therein and supports plants to be grown hydroponically. The plants are supported within pots which, in turn, pas... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4057931 | Stackable flower pot A molded stackable flower pot provided with an annular rim adjacent the bottom thereof, which supports the pot so that the bottom surface is spaced upwardly from a surface supporting the pot. The rim has a plurality of apertures defined therein positioned... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4051631 | Planters having light-transmitting enclosures Vertically and horizontally disposed planters including light-transmitting, convex, upwardly or outwardly extending enclosures are disclosed. The planter enclosures extend in a convex manner to enclose with a light transmitting section the earthen matter ... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4034508 | Polymerized soil with growing plant and method of making and package therefor and hanger and plaque incorporating the same A polymerized soil plug with a growing plant molded therein comprising a body of spongy open-celled hydrophilic polymer, a growing plant having the roots thereof in the body of spongy polymer and having the stalk thereof extending outwardly from one surfa... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4033072 | Hydroponic cultivation apparatus An apparatus for hydroponic cultivation comprising a collector tank for a culture liquid and an upright cultivating tube erected on the collector tank. A plurality of plant holder units are mounted on the cultivating tube and are adapted for receiving cul... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3990179 | Multisection hanging pot and method A pot for plants primarily used for a hanging pot including at least two interlocking, stacked sections, the lower of which has a plurality of spaced, upwardly open, downwardly extending slots or notches defined in its upper edge of size so that plant ste... | 11/09/1976 |
