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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6314674 | Hanging/standing support structure for plants A support structure for plants including a basket centered about a vertical axis, and a coconut fiber liner set within the basket to form a container for potting soil and plants placed therein, with the basket being arranged either to hang from an overhea... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5518300 | Method for the manufacture of a toothbrush A method of manufacturing a tooth brush having a bristle area formed of several folded bristle bundles of plastic bristles, the method including separating, with an anchor, the bristle bundles from a bristle package, folding the bristle bundles and pressi... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5454191 | Flexible pouch-like hanging basket liner Disclosed is a hanging basket liner for lining wire and other types of hanging baskets designed to hold live, growing plants and flowers or artificial plants and flowers. The liner is of a generally pouch-shape construction with an opening at the top. The... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5311700 | Container for plants An improved container for growing and holding plants for transplanting encloses the root ball in a polyurethane liner, which is then supported within a wire mesh outer basket. The polyurethane liner does not rot above ground, yet is permeable, so that the... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5171390 | Plant base cover A plant base cover and plant basket liner, each including a layer of an absorbent material adhesively bound to a netting that is preferably formed of a durable material such as nylon. The plant base cover includes a passage for admitting the base of a pla... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5090157 | Tree basket The present invention provides a durable tree basket having generally horizontally disposed rings connected by at least one pliable support. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the substantially horizontal rings are supported by removable ... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5025590 | Root ball basket Wire panels which are easily and readily adapted to any size tree or shrub root ball and which when attached together form a basket to preserve the integrity of the root ball are disclosed. The panels are formed in a criss cross configuration and are secu... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4843757 | Root ball watering device In accordance with the present invention a piece of perforated tubing is formed into a series of loops which define a generally truncated shape with at least one large diameter loop at the top and at least one smaller diameter loop located below the top l... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4604825 | Tree cradle A cradle for use in transplanting and transporting trees includes a body with an upper rim and two main strap members diametrally opposed and extending downwardly from the rim to terminate at a bottom wall. Auxiliary upright straps extend between the bott... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4534130 | Flower tote A wire mesh basket is disclosed which features a convertible, removable handle arrangement for permitting the basket to be used either as a tote for potted plants, floral arrangements or the like or as a display stand. For displaying or toting heavy loads... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4403447 | Wire basket, apparatus and method A wire basket for holding the root system of a plant in a ball of earth has a continuous wire strand aligned to form a tubular grid consisting of a plurality of longitudinally oriented bight strands, and a plurality of helical coils of the wire strand lai... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4287840 | Tree transplanting method and apparatus therefor A wheel-like device enables a looped-strand drum lacing to be made thereon from two lengths of rope for use when forming a tree root ball of soil during transplanting of the tree. The device has a central hub with a plurality of outwardly projecting posts... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4250664 | Wire basket Wire baskets to receive burlap bag wrapped root balls of trees and bushes have a large diameter top wire ring, a smaller diameter bottom wire ring, at least one intermediate wire ring and a plurality of U-shaped brace wires enveloping said rings in circum... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4154022 | Container for plants including an approximate age indication crosspiece A container for the cultivation of little wooden nursery plants, which container is composed of a material derived from hydrocarbons, as for example polyvinyl chloride (pvc), characterized in that across the opening of the same passes a crosspiece with a ... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4096662 | Plant stake including basket A plant stake is disclosed comprising a telescoping post supported on legs that swing pivotally from the base of the post into engagement with the ground. Ground anchor members are provided at the end of the legs for securing the post in a position such t... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4062148 | Baskets for receiving tree balls and methods for use thereof Wire tree baskets are disclosed for receiving tree or shrub balls. The baskets are comprised of a plurality of spaced apart, circular wire rings of differing diameters in order to taper the basket at an angle of 28° to 32° and a plurality of wire uprigh... | 12/13/1977 |
| 3979856 | Wire basket A wire basket for retaining excavated earthen balls, the basket having a plurality of spaced upright wires or "stakes" divergently arranged and connected to a plurality of spaced wire hoops or "wales" of successively increasing larger size and formed of a... | 09/14/1976 |
