Patents by Inventor Gerald J. Crowley

Gerald J. Crowley 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).

  • Patent number: 6381900
    Abstract: A hanging planter includes a bowl-like lower portion and a ring-like upper portion, with the upper portion nesting within the rim of the lower portion to provide a plant holding assembly. The upper edge of the lower portion and lower edge of the upper portion are crenelated, with the mating edges defining a series of plant growth openings therethrough when the two components are assembled. The crenelations are preferably of variable depths in each section, to define at least two different levels of plant growth openings through the sides of the assembly, with the upper edge of the upper portion defining a third plant growth opening for the device. Plants are selected according to their growth habits, with trailing plants being placed low in the planter, long flowering plants being placed at an intermediate level, and more upright plants being placed atop the others. The result is an essentially unbroken array of plant life covering the present planter, after the plants have grown out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Gerald J. Crowley
  • Patent number: 6243986
    Abstract: A plant care system comprising a root feeding spike gravity fed by either a line from a reservoir or by individual economical water bottles. Water, per se, or with additives such as fertilizer and pesticide are fed by gravity to the plant roots. A kit contains the feeding spike with a valved cover, a tapper, and feeding lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Gerald J. Crowley