Chuan-Liang Mai 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).
Abstract: A flowerpot includes a shoulder adapted to be formed on an inner periphery of the second pot and a watering system provided to be received in the second pot and supported by the shoulder of the second pot. The watering system has channels to communicate an inside of the watering system with the inside of the second pot and a passage defined inside the watering system for receiving therein the nozzle of the pump. When the water is pumped out of the first pot by the pump via the bellow, the water is pumped inside the watering system and after the water inside the watering system is full, the water spills out of the watering system from the channels of the watering system to evenly water the plant in the second pot.
Abstract: A flowerpot comprises a first pot for excess water, a second pot provided on top of the first pot to hold soil and a plant therein and having a screen on the bottom thereof and a pump having an inlet extending into the first pot from the second pot and an outlet communicating with the inlet. The pump is to pump the water in the first pot to the second pot via the inlet and the outlet, such that the water is able to be recycled by means of the screen. Furthermore, insects depend mainly on water to breed no longer have access to the water in the first pot due to the isolation by the second pot.