Patents by Inventor Martti Henttonen

Martti Henttonen 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: 5050343
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for artificial irrigation of a ground area or one or several pots having plants, and comprising an irrigation tube system or an irrigation hose system containing water and eventually a fertilizer and other growth promoting and/or illness preventing substances, and several water soaking feet containing earth, or wicks for soaking and transmitting water etc. to the earth above said feet or wick, and in which the irrigation system comprises a tube or hose formed with one or more smooth tube parts and one or more flexible tube parts, means for forming a closed irrigation tube system or hose system by bowing the tubes or hoses along the flexible tube or hose parts thereby giving the irrigation tube system the intended formation, and by interconnecting the ends of the tubes or hoses under sealed condition. Holes for water soaking feet, wicks or water supply tubes can be pressed open following hole indications of the smooth and eventually also the flexible tube parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Inventor: Martti Henttonen