Patents by Inventor Alan VanWingerden

Alan VanWingerden has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Planter, planting, and method of growing plants
    Patent number: 11425867
    Abstract: A plant tray having a bottom and a sidewall. The bottom has at least one prominence rising from the inner surface of the bottom. The at least two prominences have at least one elevated drainage opening that is elevated above the inner surface of the bottom. A planting is made with at least one plant that is grown in soil in the plant tray and has air pruned roots at the at least one elevated drainage opening. The medium, such as soil, is watered to allow water to initially reside in the inner surface of the bottom to a level limited by the at least one elevated drainage opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: A to Z VanWingerden and Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Alan VanWingerden
  • Planter, Planting, and Method of Growing Plants
    Publication number: 20200008365
    Abstract: A plant tray having a bottom and a sidewall. The bottom has at least one prominence rising from the inner surface of the bottom. The at least two prominences have at least one elevated drainage opening that is elevated above the inner surface of the bottom. A planting is made with at least one plant that is grown in soil in the plant tray and has air pruned roots at the at least one elevated drainage opening. The medium, such as soil, is watered to allow water to initially reside in the inner surface of the bottom to a level limited by the at least one elevated drainage opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: A to Z VanWingerden and Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Alan VanWingerden
  • Planter, planting and method of growing plants
    Patent number: 10412902
    Abstract: A plant tray having a bottom and a sidewall. The bottom has at least one prominence rising from the inner surface of the bottom. The at least two prominences have at least one elevated drainage opening that is elevated above the inner surface of the bottom. A planting is made with at least one plant that is grown in soil in the plant tray and has air pruned roots at the at least one elevated drainage opening. The medium, such as soil, is watered to allow water to initially reside in the inner surface of the bottom to a level limited by the at least one elevated drainage opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: A TO Z VAN WINGERDEN AND ASSOCIATES, LLC
    Inventor: Alan VanWingerden
  • Planter, Planting and Method of Growing Plants
    Publication number: 20140090294
    Abstract: A plant tray having a bottom and a sidewall. The bottom has at least one prominence rising from the inner surface of the bottom. The at least two prominences have at least one elevated drainage opening that is elevated above the inner surface of the bottom. A planting is made with at least one plant that is grown in soil in the plant tray and has air pruned roots at the at least one elevated drainage opening. The medium, such as soil, is watered to allow water to initially reside in the inner surface of the bottom to a level limited by the at least one elevated drainage opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventor: Alan VanWingerden
  • STARTER TRAY AND PLANTING AND METHOD USING A TRAY
    Publication number: 20130118071
    Abstract: A plurality of plants of at least one species are planted in starter soil contained in a starter tray. The tray can have a perforated floor with a plurality of reinforcing ribs and one or more walls rising from the floor peripherally. The plants are nurtured in the starter tray long enough to develop entangled roots with an interplant root entanglement that at least partially consolidates the starter soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: Alan VanWingerden
  • Starter tray and planting and method using a tray
    Patent number: 7946078
    Abstract: A plurality of plants of at least one species are planted in starter soil contained in a starter tray. The tray can have a perforated floor with a plurality of reinforcing ribs and one or more walls rising from the floor peripherally. The plants are nurtured in the starter tray long enough to develop entangled roots with an interplant root entanglement that at least partially consolidates the starter soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventor: Alan VanWingerden