Patents by Inventor Robert Dale SCHUTTER

Robert Dale SCHUTTER 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).

  • Assembly for determining if hanging plants need to be watered
    Patent number: 8769870
    Abstract: A system for watering plants including a pot having a plant therein, a line carrying a hook, a watering activation switch connected to a watering system, and a pot weighing system comprising a movable arm assembly interacting with a weight switch. The pot does not move the movable arm assembly when the plant needs to be watered, whereby the movable arm assembly interacts with the weight switch to allow watering of the plant and the hook engages the plant watering activation switch to thereby activate the watering system to provide water to the plant. The pot moves the movable arm assembly when the plant does not need to be watered, whereby the movable arm assembly interacts with the weight switch to prevent activation of the watering system to prevent water from being provided to the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Dale Schutter, David Jay TerHaar
  • ASSEMBLY FOR DETERMINING IF HANGING PLANTS NEED TO BE WATERED
    Publication number: 20130014437
    Abstract: A system for watering plants including a pot having a plant therein, a line carrying a hook, a watering activation switch connected to a watering system, and a pot weighing system comprising a movable arm assembly interacting with a weight switch. The pot does not move the movable arm assembly when the plant needs to be watered, whereby the movable arm assembly interacts with the weight switch to allow watering of the plant and the hook engages the plant watering activation switch to thereby activate the watering system to provide water to the plant. The pot moves the movable arm assembly when the plant does not need to be watered, whereby the movable arm assembly interacts with the weight switch to prevent activation of the watering system to prevent water from being provided to the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Dale SCHUTTER, David Jay TerHaar