Patents by Inventor Harold F Thorne

Harold F Thorne 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).

  • Modular planting tray and vertical wall planting system
    Patent number: 11206767
    Abstract: A vertical wall display system for displaying potted plants includes trays that have a base portion and a back portion disposed at an acute angle with respect to each other. The base portion of the tray defines a plurality of niches in a linear array for receiving potted plants, each niche defines a reservoir capable of retaining a predetermined volume of a fluid. The back portion of the tray includes connecting elements for connecting the back portion of one tray with the back portion of a second tray so that the trays are substantially co-planar. Each of the trays define at least two sections that are joined so at to be separable into discrete sections that include different numbers of niches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: GSky Plant Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold F Thorne, Takashi Sawada
  • MODULAR PLANTING TRAY AND VERTICAL WALL PLANTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200305355
    Abstract: A vertical wall display system for displaying potted plants includes trays that have a base portion and a back portion disposed at an acute angle with respect to each other. The base portion of the tray defines a plurality of niches in a linear array for receiving potted plants, each niche defines a reservoir capable of retaining a predetermined volume of a fluid. The back portion of the tray includes connecting elements for connecting the back portion of one tray with the back portion of a second tray so that the trays are substantially co-planar. Each of the trays define at least two sections that are joined so at to be separable into discrete sections that include different numbers of niches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Harold F THORNE, Takashi SAWADA
  • Planting tray
    Patent number: D896122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GSky Plant Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold F Thorne, Takashi Sawada