Plant husbandry inventions 04/07

20070089357 - Integrated method to implement a single pallet landscaping system, and its extension: An improved method is disclosed for optimizing the use of a single portable platform component in landscaping and related activities involving intentional horticultural structures. The inventive technique utilizes the full modularity and compartmentalization capabilities of the portable platform component in activities involving the design, installation and maintenance of intentional horticultural... Agent: Raymond Pearson Bowdish

20070089358 - Garden edging: A garden edging including a corrugated strip of sheet metal and a guard capping the corrugated strip. The guard includes a metal clip having a crosspiece from the opposite ends of which a pair of legs extends downwardly in the form of an inverted “U”. A plastic coating covers the... Agent: Stephen R. Greiner, Esquire Greiner Law Offices, P.C.

20070089359 - Apparatus for producing seedlings and method of producing seedlings: It is intended to provide an apparatus for producing seedlings and a method therefor whereby, in producing grafted seedlings of fruit vegetables, a process from the culture of their stocks (rootstocks and scions) to welding after the grafting can be accomplished in a consistent process at low cost. Rootstocks and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070089360 - Apparatus and method for irrigating christmas trees: An apparatus and a method for irrigating Christmas trees which are retained in a planter or synthetic mounting pan, particularly during holiday and Christmas seasons. The apparatus relies upon a container of water which incorporates a small valve allowing water to be released from the container hung within the Christmas... Agent: Robert J. Schaap

20070089361 - Floral container and methods of use thereof: A flexible floral container comprising an inner membrane for acting as a reservoir or “catch basin” to minimize water spillage when the flexible floral container having a fluid medium therein is tipped over. The stems of a floral grouping disposed in the flexible floral container provide structural support to the... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070089362 - Method for pine beetle removal from trees: In some embodiments, a system including a chemical composition and a drill may be used to reduce insect infestation of trees. A chemical composition may include one or more lightweight hydrocarbons. Openings may be formed in a tree. The chemical composition may be added to the openings such that insect... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070089363 - Natural flower preserving process: The present invention relates to a method for providing flowers characterised in that they have the look and feel of fresh flowers. The method comprises a selection and cutting step, a step of setting up holder devices on grids, and three optionally repeatable dehydration, infiltration and evaporation steps. The present... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070089364 - Hybrid polyurethane planters and method of forming thereof: A planter having a body with a base and a depending sidewall is disclosed. The body has at least three layers, an outer layer, a central layer, and an inner layer. The outer layer is a polyurethane foam. The central layer is fiberglass. The inner layer is polyester resin. A... Agent: David C. Jenkins Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070089365 - Plant watering system: A plant watering system particularly suited for use in watering indoor, potted plants, includes a plurality of plant watering devices and a main controller. Each plant watering device including a fluid reservoir, a fluid outlet from which fluid may be dispensed to an adjacent plant, and an electronically controlled flow... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070089366 - Water-wicking plant container for supporting and lifting a potted plant: A plant container includes a support structure sized to fit within a pot. The support structure includes a flexible polymeric mesh and water-wicking material that cooperate to support and contain growing medium and a plant root structure therein. At least one wick member extends from the bottom wall of the... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070084107 - Below ground plant pots and plant servicing: A nested two-piece Plant Potting Assembly consists of a strong and durable Outer Pot that is substantially permanently installed below ground level such that its open side rim is substantially at ground level and rest of its body is below the ground level. The easily removable Inner Pot contains soil... Agent: Sastry K. Ganti

20070084106 - Modular bucket system for displaying fresh cut flowers: A system for displaying flowers having a display platform having a plurality of coded receptacles for receiving coded flower containers, a plurality of coded flower containers located within corresponding coded flower receptacles, and a characteristic code on each coded receptacle and each coded flower container identifying a flower characteristic. The... Agent: Richard S. Meyer Mcguirewoods LLP

20070084108 - Telescoping plant support with size-adjustable support base: A telescoping plant support comprising a telescoping pole providing support for potted plants and a size-adjustable base supporting the pole is taught. The diameter of the base is size-adjustable for fitting smaller- or larger-sized pots and comprises a central disc base support and at least second and third discs with... Agent: Patricia M. Costanzo Pats Pending

20070084110 - Closure device for a non-vented liquid product dispenser: The inventive closure device for a non-vented liquid product dispenser from a rigid container consists of means for removing a product and a movable bottom provided with sealing means and is characterised in that said dispenser comprises a base cup forming a casing fixable to the base of the container... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC

20070084109 - Plant pot with irrigation control: A plant pot includes a drainage hose having a first end thereof fluidically connected to the bottom of the pot. The hose is flexible and has a minimum length that is equal to the height of the pot. The hose is clamped to the top of the pot during a... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20070084111 - Method of obtaining crop production: The invention concerns a method of predicting rainfall and crop production in regions of substantially varying rainfall in which run-up rainfall for a season is correlated with the growth season rainfall predicted from a pattern of growth season rainfall derived from historical records.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070084112 - Cuttings receptacle: A method for catching shrub or hedge cuttings. The method includes a setup of providing a at least one frame assembly with a first side, a spatially disposed second side, a distal side, and a bottom, which cooperate to form a catching area. The receptacle may be made from two... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070084113 - Flexible container: A flexible container has a container body having a bottom and sidewalls. Stabilization elements connect the sidewalls in corner areas where the sidewalls adjoin one another. The stabilization elements have passages for bulk material to be filled into the flexible container. The stabilization elements are a grid structure web of... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20070084114 - Garden planter having integrated irrigation and illumination systems: A garden planter with integrated irrigation and lighting systems (100) includes a container (101) for holding plants and an irrigation tube (107) for supplying water to the interior of the container (101). A light (213) is positioned above the container (101) for providing illumination. One or more fastening tubes (105)... Agent: Miller Johnson Snell Cummiskey, PLC

20070079547 - Green roof system and methods: In a green roof structure, containers formed of carpet, desirably of recycled carpet, are used in growing plants that are installed in the green roof system. The trays can be preplanted and installed with the plants already growing in the trays. Alternatively, the trays can be positioned as components of... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070079548 - Stowable plant protector: A plant protector includes a flexible cover having an apex, a base, plural sides and plural vertices defining intersections between adjacent sides, together with plural elongated frame members each respectively attached to the cover at one of the vertices. The frame members each have a first end proximate to the... Agent: Walter W. Duft Law Offices Of Walter W. Duft

20070079549 - Quality assurance in a delivery report: A method includes capturing an image of a flower arrangement at a location of a filling florist and sending a report from the filling florist to a sending florist, the report including the image of the arrangement and an order number. A computer is controlled to capture an image of... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070079550 - Artificial seed racks: A seed rack (20) for use in assembling artificial seeds is provided. The seed rack includes base (22) having a length and a plurality of receptacles (26). Each one of the plurality of receptacles is sized and configured to receive at least one artificial seed coat (28) having an opening.... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20070079551 - Tool, system, method, and plant for promoting growth of seedling, seedling set for planting, and planting method: The present invention is to provide a technology capable of planting seedlings smoothly in actual soil in planting ground such as dry land and allowing the seedling to root securely and grow without artificially supplying water continuously. Not only is a seedling fixed inside an upper opening portion of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070079552 - Easy-lift garden bag: The Easy-Lift Garden bag appears as a soft vessel. This invention serves the purpose of replacing the hard plastic pot resembling vessel, which will environmentally change history of using hard plastic pots to grow flowers/trees/and plants. This product is waterproof, adhering to the correct process of growing flowers/trees/ and plants.... Agent: Foison Packaging, Inc.

20070079553 - Multipurpose planting base: A multipurpose planting base that can be easily installed on a concrete floor on a roof, a slope, a folded-plate roof, or even on a wall surface or the like. The need for a conventional net is eliminated and the planting of turfs, flowering grasses, trees, or the like is... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070074451 - Shelf life and on seed stabilization of liquid bacterium inoculants: The present invention includes a method for producing a liquid inoculant containing a desiccant. The method can improve survival and stability of bacteria in liquid inoculants in pack and on seeds. The method includes providing a liquid inoculant of a bacterium grown to a substantially stationary phase. A desiccant treatment... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group