Patents by Inventor Manuel Maria Rodrigues

Manuel Maria Rodrigues 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).

  • Publication number: 20180000027
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a plant container. The plant container is characterised, essentially, by: a rigid frame (1) formed by at least two mounting supports (2), one for each side of the container, a top ring (3) preferably in a quadrilateral shape, supplemented with lateral and transverse (5) and longitudinal reinforcing beams (4); a soil, water or plant substrate reservoir (6) , supported on said frame; a water deposit (7); and a water transmission system to said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventor: Manuel Maria RODRIGUES
  • Publication number: 20150173312
    Abstract: A modular integrated plant system having has a liquid receiver (2) with a dosing element (3) comprising two holes, respectively, one for the passage of an air feeding tube (5) to the receiver (2) and another (6) for discharge of liquid from the receiver (2) under the action of gravity. A watertight platform (4) contains liquid from the receiver. Water flows from the receiver (2) due to a difference in height between the feeding tube (5) and the discharge tube (6), only if the water level in platform (4) is lower than the length of tube (5). An absorbing cloth is at the bottom of the component (4). A drainage means (9) removes the excess water from the platform (4), and aerating means (10) for the platform (4) has of holes positioned above the water line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: QUIZCAMP-FABRICO E COMERCIO DE PRODUTOS ALIMENTARES, S.A.
    Inventor: Manuel Maria Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 8341884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular container system for use in agriculture, gardening and construction, characterized in that it comprises a parallelepiped container 1 with two partition walls 2 forming three chambers 3, its top ends each having a sleeve 4 which forms a vertical channel 5, the lower end 6 of the said sleeve extending beyond the bottom of the container but with slightly smaller dimensions and having a groove 10 around its whole periphery; connectors 9 which join adjacent containers in a horizontal plane; a base 11 which allows the containers to rest on the ground; and a lateral support 13 exactly identical to the top end of the container 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Quizcamp-Fabrico e Comércio de Produtos Alimentares, S.A.
    Inventor: Manuel Maria Rodrigues
  • Publication number: 20100186295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular container system for use in agriculture, gardening and construction, characterised in that it comprises a parallelepiped container 1 with two partition walls 2 forming three chambers 3, its top ends each having a sleeve 4 which forms a vertical channel 5, the lower end 6 of the said sleeve extending beyond the bottom of the container but with slightly smaller dimensions and having a groove 10 around its whole periphery; connectors 9 which join adjacent containers in a horizontal plane; a base 11 which allows the containers to rest on the ground; and a lateral support 13 exactly identical to the top end of the container 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Quizcamp-Fabrico E Cormercio Produtos Alimentares, S.A.
    Inventor: Manuel Maria Rodrigues
  • Patent number: D571227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Quizcamp-Fabrico E Comercio de Produtos Alimentares, S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Quental Medeiros Pereira, Ana Cristina Leite Oliveira, Manuel Maria Rodrigues