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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161680 | Collapsible summer and winter plant protector The current device will enable the plant owner to protect a plant during the winter months from the extreme cold and at the same time protect the plant from birds and insects during the summer months. This device can be easily opened to cover the plant and can also ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8079176 | Collapsible enclosure A collapsible enclosure includes a mount having a central shaft and a shell carried by the central shaft. The shell includes a first plurality of support arms carrying a cover and a second plurality of support arms pivotally connected with the first plurality of sup... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7013598 | Retainer for preventing tipping of flower pot Providing a flower pot, which is rested upon the ground and which may be subjected to lateral forces which could tip the pot, with a retainer in the form of an elongated, vertically arranged, wire rod having an upper portion bent into a downwardly opening hairpin-li... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6966145 | Fire ant trap A fire ant trap for eradicating fire ants at a mound includes a domed enclosure having a lower rim peripherally engaging the mound and secured thereat by stakes. A tubular auger is threaded at the top end and has a perforated beveled tip that rotates into the top of... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6810618 | Support for a flexible tree covering An easily and installed support for a flexible covering, such as a bird-excluding net or a thermal blanket, may be made from lightweight and readily available plastic pipe components. The support is configured as a wheel and a vertical center pole that can hold the ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6625924 | Garden enclosure kit A garden enclosure kit is provided for protecting a planted area from frost and the like. The kit includes a frame structure arranged to be supported on the ground about the planted area. Sheeted material is supported on a roller arranged to be selectivel... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6381900 | Hanging planter A hanging planter includes a bowl-like lower portion and a ring-like upper portion, with the upper portion nesting within the rim of the lower portion to provide a plant holding assembly. The upper edge of the lower portion and lower edge of the upper por... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6088953 | Collapsible protective plant cover A collapsible protective plant cover comprises a pair of vertically spaced and coaxial support rings of spring steel. A tubular wall made of highly flexible sheeting is connected between the rings for protection from weather and animals. The tubular wall ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5323559 | Collapsible plant support A plant support for vegetables, flowers, and fruit, including a plurality of vertical rods, laterally spaced and linked together by a plurality of horizontal rings constructed of a multiplicity of horizontal rods to define a plant enclosure having numerou... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5048228 | Composite agrotextile and its applications The agrotextile comprises a porous sheet (1), permeable to air and water and equipped in the direction of its longest dimension with added side strips (2, 3) intended to be buried in the soil for fastening the whole to the ground. The sheet is of woven, k... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4711051 | Nestable mini-greenhouse apparatus A mini-greenhouse apparatus (10) suitable for indoor or outdoor use; wherein, the apparatus comprises: a tapered transparent receptacle member (14); an anchor unit (13) engageable with the larger end (14") of the receptacle member; and, a cap unit (12) ad... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4347685 | Protective cover and method of making same A cover for protecting a plant against weather damage and method of making same are provided wherein such cover comprises a plurality of spaced arch-like supports and a flexible polymeric material fastened to and carried by the supports, and the supports ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4340075 | Space-saving mushroom form support The invention is an improvement in the mushroom-form support which provides the advantages of ready detachability, ready disassembly, and compactness for packaging, shelving, shipping and storing.... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4062370 | Umbrella cover An umbrella cover fabricated of a pliable material and in the general form of a sleeve which may be closed at one end and is open at the other end for receiving the canopy of an umbrella is provided with a cut-out portion adjacent the open end and with me... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4020591 | Packaged tunnel-type greenhouse for row crop A tunnel-type greenhouse is packed in a mailing tube with wires constituting support-wicket halves received in a core tube on which a synthetic-resin foil usable as the greenhouse wall is wound. The wire wicket halves are joined together by short sleeves ... | 05/03/1977 |
