Patents Assigned to The HC Companies, Inc.
  • Railing mountable horticultural container
    Patent number: 11678613
    Abstract: A horticultural container for attaching to a railing, including a planter body, at least one leg extending downward from the planter body, and a connecting device. The planter body rests on top of the top rail of the railing, while the legs straddle the top rail. The connecting device attaches to each leg below the top rail, and receives balusters of the railing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Drew Keeble, Mark Wilkinson
  • Horticultural container
    Patent number: 11412667
    Abstract: A horticultural container includes a tag slot for receiving a display tag. The tag slot has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced widthwise from one another, and one of the inner or outer walls has at least two curved peaks separated by a valley and extending into the slot towards the other of the inner or outer wall to hold the tag against the other of the inner or outer wall. The peaks provide a radius that reduces cracking of the tag and increases longevity thereof, and reduces tag sagging, collapsing, or curling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Quinlan, Doug Pettigrew
  • Horticultural container with tag slot
    Patent number: 10939622
    Abstract: Provided is a horticultural container including a body, a base extending from a bottom of the body, and an upper rim extending from a top of the body. The upper rim has a tag slot extending therethrough for receiving a tag and a chamfer radially outwardly spaced from and adjacent to the tag slot for receiving ears of the tag when the tag is in the tag slot. In this way, the tag is received in the tag slot and chamfer to secure the tag to hinder or prevent unauthorized removal of the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Quinlan
  • Horticultural container with tag slot
    Patent number: 10701867
    Abstract: A horticultural container includes a tag slot for receiving a display tag. The tag slot has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced widthwise from one another, and one of the inner or outer walls has at least two curved peaks separated by a valley and extending into the slot towards the other of the inner or outer wall to hold the tag against the other of the inner or outer wall. The peaks provide a radius that reduces cracking of the tag and increases longevity thereof, and reduces tag sagging, collapsing, or curling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Quinlan, Doug Pettigrew
  • Tag retainer for a horticultural container
    Patent number: 10098286
    Abstract: Provided is a tag retaining system for use with a container. The tag retaining system includes a tag retainer having a front surface and a back surface. The back surface has a middle portion interposed between first and second side portions. The first and second side portions have adhesive thereon for mounting to a surface of a container. The middle portion is free of adhesive to form a tag opening between the surface of the container and the middle portion and the tag opening receives a tag therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Quinlan
  • Tag slot
    Patent number: D827486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Quinlan
  • Planter
    Patent number: D829594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Margot Beesley, Doug Pettigrew
  • Planter
    Patent number: D836024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventor: Drew Keeble
  • Planter
    Patent number: D839781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Drew Keeble, Alexander Marconi
  • Planter
    Patent number: D839782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Margot Beesley, Doug Pettigrew
  • Planter
    Patent number: D840868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: The HC companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Drew Keeble
  • Planter
    Patent number: D850974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: The HC companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Drew Keeble
  • Planting pot
    Patent number: D870593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Drew Keeble, Doug Pettigrew
  • Horticultural container
    Patent number: D875598
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventor: Doug Pettigrew
  • Planting pot
    Patent number: D875599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Drew Keeble, Doug Pettigrew
  • Horticultural container
    Patent number: D877649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventor: Doug Pettigrew
  • Cooler
    Patent number: D929812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Drew Keeble, Jason Brooker
  • Planter
    Patent number: D938302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Drew Keeble, Mark Wilkinson
  • Packaging device
    Patent number: D995298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jessica Benoit, Darren May, Darryl Robinson, Anthony Amato, William Korecky, Megan Stanfield
  • Watering can
    Patent number: D1001961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC
    Inventor: Drew Keeble