Plant-growing container

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view showing my new plant-growing container;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a first side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a second side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a third side view thereof opposite that of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a fourth side view thereof opposite that of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a sectional view thereof taken along line “9” in FIG. 7.

The dash-dash broken lines represent portions of the plant-growing container that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines represent a boundary for which the claimed design extends, but the dot-dash broken lines form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dot-dash broken lines represent a plane upon which a sectional view is viewed. Arrows upon the dot-dot-dash lines indicate a direction of viewing for the sectional view.

Claims

The ornamental design for a plant-growing container, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1023827
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 21, 2021
Date of Patent: Apr 23, 2024
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROPAGATION TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Yorkshire)
Inventor: John Cooley (Skipton)
Primary Examiner: Kathleen L Jones
Assistant Examiner: Grace Doyle
Application Number: 29/820,242