Patents Assigned to COSTA FARMS, LLC.
  • Plant containment system having two-position valve
    Patent number: 11064665
    Abstract: A plant growing, transportation, display, and maintenance system including a plant pot and corresponding container having a selectable valve that controls the flow of liquid into and out of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Costa Farms, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Contillo, Felipe Grabiel, Michael Rimland, Anthony Visser
  • Plant pot wick insertion hardware and method
    Patent number: 10779486
    Abstract: A device and method for inserting a wick in a plant pot and retaining the wick in a desired position. A wick retainer is provided. This device very generally resembles a large nail, having a head at its first end and an elongated column extending therefrom. The far end of the column opens into a retention notch configured to secure a wick at any point along its length. A unidirectional latch is located proximate the head. The head also contains one or more receivers configured to retain the free ends of the wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Costa Farms, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Visser, Michael K. Rimland
  • Planting pot display system
    Patent number: 8627599
    Abstract: A planting pot system is provided. In the system, a multi-compartment tray that contains compartments that have either no vertical planes of symmetry or only one vertical plane of symmetry causes pots that have either one vertical plane of symmetry or no vertical planes of symmetry to be limited or precluded from being rotated and consistently urged into a place in only one orientation. Through this system efficient and effective orienting of and displaying of the contents of the pots may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Costa Farms, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Contillo, III, Charles F. Zala, Fabian Eduardo Saenz
  • Planting Pot Display System
    Publication number: 20120066970
    Abstract: A planting pot system is provided. In the system, a multi-compartment tray that contains compartments that have either no vertical planes of symmetry or only one vertical plane of symmetry causes pots that have either one vertical plane of symmetry or no vertical planes of symmetry to be limited or precluded from being rotated and consistently urged into a place in only one orientation. Through this system efficient and effective orienting of and displaying of the contents of the pots may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: COSTA FARMS, LLC.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Contillo, III, Charles F. Zala, Fabian Eduardo Saenz
  • plant named ‘HEGHE02’
    Patent number: PP25963
    Abstract: ‘HEGHE02’ is a distinctive variety of Hemigraphis alternata which is characterized by yellow and green leaf variegation, large leaf size, and a dense growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Farms LLC
    Inventor: Jayson Opgenorth
  • plant named ‘HEGHE01’
    Patent number: PP25976
    Abstract: ‘HEGHE01’ is a distinctive variety of Hemigraphis alternata which is characterized by pink and green to white and green variegation of the upper leaf surface, pink coloration of the lower leaf surface, highly bullate leaf texture, highly involuted leaf margins, particularly in immature foliage, with an upward to near-vertical leaf orientation, and a dense growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Farms LLC
    Inventor: Porfirio Moran
  • plant named ‘Lucia’
    Patent number: PP34709
    Abstract: A new and distinct Spathiphyllum wallisii cultivar named ‘Lucia’ is disclosed, characterized by variegated leaves with two monochromatic colors, yellow and green. The new variety is an Spathiphyllum wallisii, normally produced as an ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Costa Farms, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Merida
  • plant named ‘A1’
    Patent number: PP34711
    Abstract: A new and distinct Dieffenbachia seguine cultivar named ‘A1’ is disclosed, characterized by mottled variegated leaves in light green which fades to light grey along midrib, mottled light grey patches and dark green secondary venation, dark green margins and moderate light green primary vein. The new variety is a Dieffenbachia seguine, normally produced as an ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Costa Farms, LLC
    Inventor: Michael K. Rimland
  • plant named ‘CF-MKR-GR1’
    Patent number: PP34970
    Abstract: ‘CF-MKR-GR1’ is a distinctive Geogenanthus plant which is characterized by the combination of a compact growth habit with large, near-orbicular, glossy foliage borne terminally on very dark purple aerial shoots, juvenile and mature foliage with multicolored variegation on both the adaxial and abaxial foliar surfaces, and the uniformity and stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Costa Farms, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Kerry Rimland