Abstract: An improved planter apparatus for holding soil and plants and the like comprising a container and a base releasably securable to the bottom of the container. The container and base are provided with press-fit locking means for connecting the base to the container. The base is convertible such that it functions as a tray in an upright configuration and as a pedestal when inverted. Downwardly depending capillary wells project from the bottom of the container into association with reservoirs disposed within the base in both of its convertible configurations. The dimension of the base is such that, when the base is attached to the container in its upright configuration, multiple planters can be nested. The nestability of the apparatus provides for convenient handling of multiple planters as well as commercial packaging and transportation cost benefits.

Abstract: A pot for culturing a plant, particularly bulbous plants from which sprouts elongate while stem roots stretch out such as Liliaceae wherein the plant can grow upright in good condition, has a good appearance, and moreover, the grown plant may not fall down and assure a satisfactory number of flowers.In other words, a pot for culturing plants has a lid having a stem opening at the center, a guide tube having openings for the passage of stem roots and a pot having a side wall and a bottom portion, wherein the lid is attached onto the upper edge of the pot with the pot combined with the guide tube.

Abstract: A decorative, terraced planter provides separate plant beds in individual compartments defined within an integrally formed housing of rigid, unitary construction. Each compartment can hold plants and soil separately from those in the other compartments, so that a mix of plants having differing soil and watering needs can be grown together within the planter. The compartments have holes at their bottoms to permit excess water to escape, and the planter preferably has a drip pan beneath the housing to catch the excess water. Stand-offs between the housing and the drip pan permit evaporation of water from the drip pan. Preferably, the tops of the compartments are at different levels, so as to form tiers or rows of plant beds, one above another, much like those of a hillside, terraced garden.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an improvement in the configuration of flower pots, and, more particularly, a flower pot with a novel design for allowing said flower pot to be moved easily for purposes such as allowing the plant to be exposed to more sunlight and facilitating rearrangement. The flower pot pertaining to the present invention is characterized by the fact that the bottom of the flower pot fabricated by molding is equipped with a supporting assembly, that the upper part thereof corresponds to the rim of the bottom of the flower pot, forming a concave unit, that said concave unit is equipped with drain holes of an appropriate size, and that said supporting assembly possesses a water-collection tray that can be drawn out to facilitate the employment thereof.

Abstract: An indoor plant growing apparatus includes a hood disposed above an open-top plant receptacle for plants and a soilless medium. The hood contains optional lighting to provide illumination for a growing plant. A water reservoir is disposed below the plant receptacle and a wick is provided near the base of the container to draw liquid such as water and nutrients to plant materials with the receptacle. A dispensing bottle provides a metered discharge of fluid into the reservoir, thus extending the maintenance intervals required. The receptacle is releasably joined to the base to allow cleaning of the plant and/or soilless medium.

Abstract: An improved growing tray apparatus including means for moveable positioning the tray with respect to a support surface such that the tray and/or the surface may be transferred while the tray is in use. The apparatus incorporates a side wall configuration which permits the tray to be secured on a pallet or similar support structure and moved therewith, but does not interfere with plant care and nurture. Off-season storage is also facilitated by the side wall configuration. Choice of construction material enhances the benefits available through use of this apparatus.

Abstract: A support device for plant and flower containers that distributes the weight of the container on substrata using a plurality of support members while providing air circulation between the container and substrata to deter compression of substrata and formation of mildew, mold and fungus on the substrata.

Abstract: A stack type plant-pot is divided into radially extending pot portions by means of partitions. Each plant-pot includes radially extending pot portions of a similar shape. The pot portions are stacked crisscross with those of another plant-pot embodying the present invention, thus providing wider cultivation areas. The plant-pot of the present invention has a wider upper periphery and a narrower lower periphery and has stacking features, for example, an upper stepped portion and a lower extension. With this arrangement, the amount of yield and cultivation may be increased within a limited area.

Abstract: A stand for plants such as potted plants which elevates the plant and pot from the floor. A base comprises frictional contact areas which contact a pot, or alternatively, a dish which may be used in conjunction with the base. The base allows the feet of differing and various configurations to be used in conjunction with the stand depending on the nature of the flooring surface. The stand may be used in conjunction with a dish having a wall and lugs which retain the stand within the dish. For added support, a second base may be used which is inserted into a void of a larger base.

Abstract: A rigid planar support for an individual potted plant which preserves carpet pile preventing matting, permanent carpet crush and stains. The plant pot support is comprised of a molded plastic disk having a plurality of strategically shaped, sized and located support legs which are semi-circular cavities vertically and arcuate shaped horizontally to provide maximum possible weight distribution and weight support for a heavy potted plant while distributing the weight on the support legs to minimize the pressure on the carpet pile and jute backing of carpet. The plastic material is waterproof to prevent moisture from passing through the disk to the carpet from the plant pot.

Abstract: Treatment of room air so as to reduce its content of gaseous and particulate liquid and/or solid contaminants and then to return the air to the ambient atmosphere, with the aid of green plants in suitable apparatus. An open-top housing is divided into upper and lower portions by a foraminous plate adapted to support a potting soil layer. The housing has in its upper portion a water-retaining support for the root ball of a plant and has in its lower portion an air-pump to draw room air in via a bottom opening, to pass it upward through the potting soil and past the plant roots, through an overlying layer of charcoal or the like, out the open top and past the plant leaves, and finally back into the room.

Abstract: An elevated work platform for raising a potted plant to a comfortable working height and providing a work area in which tools and materials, has a generally conical raised platform and a surrounding debris collecting and storage area. The work station and lid are made of plastic and can be readily moved and cleaned. The work station provides an accumulating area in which bags of soil or other items needed for the care of plants can be placed. The work station is an improvement over makeshift arrangements and also provides a user with a collector for any runoff of excess water used to water or moisten a plant or soil.

Abstract: Treatment of recirculating room air with living green plants in air-permeable potting medium, so as to reduce the air content of gaseous and particulate liquid and/or solid contaminants while the air remains in the recirculation path. The air is conducted from and to a collection location to and from the treating location, where the air is passed upward through the potting soil and past the plant roots, out therefrom and past the plant leaves, and back to the collection location. The treatment location may be located at the entrance of the air into the room, at the exhaust of the air from the room, or elsewhere. Continuous or intermittent treatment of room air in such manner through such apparatus results in prompt and effective removal of cigarette smoke and other contaminants, at the same time rendering the room atmosphere more healthful for the persons therein by purifying the air they necessarily are breathing.

Abstract: A protector for a plant growing receptacle wherein a large container receives a relatively small container so that a space is provided between the walls of the container and plant growing receptacle to form a combined water reservoir for collecting run-off rain and irrigation water, and a catch basin for collecting fertilizer leach run-off flowing from the plant growing receptacle. A portion of the container wall is provided with a heat reflecting surface, and another portion of the container wall is provided with a heat absorbing surface. A brace extends across the open end of the container for stabilizing the plant in the receptacle.

Abstract: A flower pot of this invention is of the type comprising a base and one or more side walls integrally formed with and projecting upward from the periphery of the base. The base has a plurality of hook-shaped root anchors integrally formed therewith and projecting upwardly therefrom for engagement by the roots of a plant so as to anchor the plant to the pot.

Abstract: Treatment of recirculating room air with living green plants in air-permeable potting medium, so as to reduce the air content of gaseous and particulate liquid and/or solid contaminants while the air remains in the recirculation path. The air is conducted from and to a collection location to and from the treating location, where the air is passed upward through the potting soil and past the plant roots, out therefrom and past the plant leaves, and back to the collection location. The treatment location may be located at the entrance of the air into the room, at the exhaust of the air from the room, or elsewhere. Continuous or intermittent treatment of room air in such manner through such apparatus results in prompt and effective removal of cigarette smoke and other contaminants, at the same time rendering the room atmosphere more healtful for the persons therein by purifying the air they necessarily are breathing.

Abstract: A pottery bowl with an integral catch tray. The process of forming the pottery bowl includes molding a bowl with a thickened sidewall adjacent to the bottom thereof. The bowl is then placed on a potter's wheel and a shaping tool is inserted into the thickened portion to form an integral catch tray. The shaping tool for forming the catch tray preferably has a rounded tip from which a stream of water is emitted.

Abstract: A flowerpot bowl consists of a closed bottom (12) and an encircling closed side wall (14) connected with it which at least in its upper part has a plane inner side (16) extending in the axial direction and at the same time, the bottom (12) is shaped with at leasat one sunk part (18) being in open communication with the intervening space (26) defined by the side wall (14) of the pot bowl and the flowerpot inserted in the pot bowl.

Abstract: A container for plants is defined by a bottom and side walls, and a drainage riser extending interiorly from the bottom, the riser having drainage openings adjacent the interior extremity and including an opening communicating through the bottom. A removable plug is provided for closing the bottom opening, as desired. A plant support and drainage platform is removably fitted across the enclosure above the extremity of the drainage riser, so as to define a plenum between the drainage platform and the riser.

Abstract: A tray is disclosed for retaining a flower pot having a pot bottom with drain holes. The tray has a planar bottom wall for supporting the pot bottom and restrains the pot from moving parallel to the plane of the tray bottom wall. A protrusion is formed in the tray bottom wall in registration with a pot drain hole. The protrusion has a transverse lip adapted to overlie the pot bottom and restrains transverse movement relative to the plane of the tray bottom wall.

Abstract: Treatment of room air so as to reduce its content of gaseous and particulate liquid and/or solid contaminants and then to return the air to the ambient atmosphere, with the aid of green plants in suitable apparatus. An open-top housing is divided into upper and lower portions by a foraminous plate adapted to support a potting soil layer. The housing has in its upper portion a water-retaining support for the root ball of a plant and has in its lower portion an air-pump to draw room air in via a bottom opening, to pass it upward through the potting soil and past the plant roots, through an overlying layer of charcoal or the like, out the open top and past the plant leaves, and finally back into the room.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for growing plants, the apparatus having a container, a soil support platform positioned within the container having an elevated portion and a trough, and a tube for transmitting water and oxygen below the platform. The container has a plurality of holes in its side at a height similar to or slightly above that of the elevated portion of the platform so as to permit direct flow of oxygen from outside the container to the soil on the platform. The trough has a plurality of holes to allow water in the trough thus allowing the soil to take up water by capillary action. The elevated portion of the platform also has a plurality of holes to allow the oxygen to travel beneath the platform and into the soil. The apparatus is best used with soil that is a combination of peat, wood particles, and, and perlite to facilitate capillary feeding.

Abstract: A plant receptacle for storing and displaying plant material, such as a balled plant enclosed in burlap, comprises an inverted cup-like body of polymeric or plastics material having a flexible center portion adapted to change, in response to the weight of a balled plant placed thereon, from a convex shape to a concave shape. An outer circumferential lip or skirt portion depending from the central portion substantially retains its shape, in response to the flexure of the central portion, to provide vertical and lateral support for the central portion, thereby forming a saucer or cavity for capturing and retaining moisture while the balled plant is positioned therein. The central portion forming the saucer is provided with a series of integral and radially spaced barbs for engaging the burlap to stabilize the balled plant in a vertical upright position.

Abstract: A grate for deposition in a hole in a bottom of a ceramic, clay planter pot or miscellaneous flat bottom containers to facilitate drainage and minimize erosion of soil in the container. The grate comprises a flat, resilient plastic disc having a flat upper surface and a flat lower surface. A plurality of arcuate openings are disposed through the disc. A plurality of standoffs are arranged on the flat bottom surface of the disc. There are stepped pie shaped elements which permit insertion of those elements into different sized holes in planter's pots and containers.

Abstract: A container includes inner wall means defining a vertically elongated center tube which includes an inner pole space in which an umbrella pole is received. The container includes outer wall means which surrounds the inner wall means. The inner and outer wall means define a space in which a floral arrangement is received. A lock button receiving channel may be formed along one side of the center tube. In use, a lock button which projects laterally outwardly from the pole extends into the channel.

Abstract: An ornamental plant pot made to resemble an object found in nature and including a construction which allows for drainage of excess liquid from the soil in the pot and enables dissipation of such liquid while precluding return of the liquid to the soil in the pot. The construction includes a concealed trough spaced below drain holes leading from the soil and means permitting the passage of ambient air to the trough and dissipation of the excess liquid.

Abstract: A plant receptacle for use with an umbrella-type table having a generally horizontal table top and an umbrella mounted to an umbrella supporting member extending generally vertically through an aperture located in said table top is disclosed. The receptacle comprises a first, outer container, a second, inner container and a central sleeve. The first container is generally saucer shaped and has a side wall and a bottom wall. The bottom wall of the first container has a central aperture dimensioned to permit the umbrella supporting member to extend through such aperture. The sleeve extends upwardly from the bottom wall of the first container and is open at both ends and is internally dimensioned to permit the umbrella supporting member to extend through such sleeve. The second container is adapted to be positioned upon and within the first container and is generally bowl shaped and has a side wall and a bottom wall.

Abstract: A plant container including a main container (10) and a reservoir tray (12) for receiving fluids. The main container (10) has a plurality of orifices (14) disposed in the bottom thereof. The reservoir tray (12) is rotatable about a member (16) and has a plurality of conduit members (22) disposed thereon. When the conduit members (22) are aligned with the orifices (14), fluid is allowed to pass from the main container (10) through conduits (24) to the exterior thereof. By rotating the reservoir tray (12) to either alignment with the orifices (14) or to a position in alignment with concave depressions (26), fluid can be either drained from the soil or stored in the reservoir tray (12).

Abstract: A container for use in growing plants--a flowerpot--can be effectively utilized to hide things or objects such as keys, notes, money and the like so that such things or objects can be retrieved as desired by modifying such container structures so as to include within their bottoms downwardly opening water impervious recesses. A holder or holding structure is preferably utilized in association with the recess in such a flowerpot for the purpose of supporting things or objects above the bottom of the receptacle so that such things or objects will not be damaged by water contacting the bottom of the pot.

Abstract: A combination flower pot and tray is described which can be quickly assembled without visually orienting the tray with respect to the pot. It includes a lug located at the center of the tray and extending upwardly therefrom and adapted to snap fit into an opening in the bottom of the pot. Three provisions are made for helping to orient or locate the tray with respect to the pot including side walls on the tray which conform generally to adjacent side walls on the pot, a cylindrical skirt on the bottom of the pot which fits telescopically into a mating wall between the side and bottom walls of the tray and a blunt conical point at the top of the lug to help guide it into the opening.

Abstract: A watering device for potten plants comprising a support disc and a plurality of arcuately spaced legs extending downwardly and outwardly from the disc so as to elevate said disc from the bottom of a tray. A pad is positioned on said disc, with the pad having a hinged movable tab which can be bent downwardly through an opening formed in the disc for submergence in the water in the tray. The tray is formed with arcuately spaced pockets which receive the legs of the support and which extend below the bottom wall of the tray so as to elevate the same from a supporting surface.

Abstract: A planter double walled providing a central bottom chamber and a series of spoke-like air-passageways leading from the chamber to near the top of the planter where they have air vents, the double walls bulging to the inside of the planter container to form the chamber and air-passageways and there being aeration and moisture draining openings, in the relatively depressed areas between bulged walls, leading from the container to the chamber and gravel-like filtration material covering the aeration and moisture draining openings to prevent blockage thereof, and the chamber being domed above the level of the aeration and moisture draining openings.

Abstract: A device for supporting a plant contained in a pot, and having a water reservoir and wick having a portion thereof retained in the water reservoir and a portion thereof extending into the soil of the pot.

Abstract: Knock-down plant pot separable into component parts to free the plant that it contains without affecting the radicular system of the plant. It is made up of a plant-retaining wall portion formed by arcuate segments that abut one another, a holder being provided to releasably lock the segments in firm abutting relationship, this holder including locking strips that are provided outwardly of the wall segments, each strip having a groove at its lower end. The pot further includes a saucer portion for holding the wall portion. This saucer portion has an upstanding peripheral skirt and a series of horizontal thread portions projecting inwardly from the skirt and capable of being snugly received into the grooves at the bottom of the strips so that the wall portion may be held firm in the saucer portion. These thread portions are spaced from one another a distance sufficient to allow the strips to be inserted therebetween prior to be rotated for engagement of the thread portions into the grooves.

Abstract: An improved container for plants or the like comprising a pot and a tray releasably securable to the bottom of the pot.The pot and tray are provided with snap lock means for connecting the pot and tray which snap lock means includes a plurality of upwardly extending tapered protuberances having undercut portions and extending upwardly from the tray, which protuberances are receivable in corresponding apertures in the bottom portion of the pot, and which snap lock means further includes a plurality of wedge-locking elements carried by the pot and tray which are positioned adjacent the protuberances and apertures.

Abstract: An improved container for plants or the like comprising a pot and a tray releasably securable to the bottom of the pot. The pot and tray are provided with snap lock means for connecting the pot and tray. The snap lock means includes a plurality of first and second protuberances extending upwardly from the tray with each first protuberance having a horizontal notch in one side thereof and with each second protuberance having a horizontal upwardly opening notch in the top portion thereof. The snap lock means further includes a plurality of pairs of apertures in the bottom of the pot, each pair of apertures being positioned in registration with a corresponding protuberance of the tray and each pair of apertures being separated by a horizontal locking bar sized and shaped to be received in the notches of the corresponding first and second protuberances to releasably secure the tray to the pot.

Abstract: This invention relates to a unitary structural flower pot device which provides for controlled emission of moisture about the foliage of a flower or other plant contained therein while simultaneously providing for the conventional watering of the plant root structure coupled with additional means for draining off any potentially stagnating fluid from within the plant medium.

Abstract: A planter system is provided which controls the rate of evaporation of moistening liquid and continuously supplies liquid to growth media contained therewithin. The planter system comprises a means for housing the growth media and a means for storing moistening liquid. A transferring means within the housing and storage means transports the moistening liquid from the storage means to the growth media. The housing and storage means are adapted for movement to an open or closed position. In the open position, a passageway is formed for adding water to the storage means. In the closed position, the storage means is completely enclosed, thereby minimizing evaporation so that it is not necessary to add water thereto for extended periods of time.

Abstract: A container assembly for growing and transplanting plants is disclosed. The container assembly includes an open ended pot, a drainage tray, and a drainage disc removably supported on an annular flange near the bottom end of the pot. The drainage disk is movable through the pot for displacing a volume of soil and a rooted plant through the top opening without disturbing the soil surrounding the roots of the plant. The tray sidewall and pot sidewall define an open reservoir space between the sidewall of the tray and the sidewall of the pot to permit the plant to be watered from the bottom.

Abstract: A securable container and tray combination comprising an open top container; a tray; a first set of a plurality of camming means on a lower portion of the container; and a second set of a plurality of camming means attached to the tray; wherein said first and second sets of camming means are adapted such that when the container and the tray are placed in contact and twisted the camming means of the container and the camming means of the tray will slide one upon the other to cause a wedging action that secures the container and the tray.

Abstract: A molded plant container having at least one slit along the vertical wall of the container, a separable liquid-tight fastener along the slit edges and a living hinge in a wall of the container permitting the side wall to be separated from a contained root ball. The bottom wall of the container may be provided with readily removable circular areas so as to adapt the container for use in air layering propagation of plants.

Abstract: A planter having a supporting tray and potting vessel arrangement wherein the vessel is supported with its bottom portion within a tray compartment and in juxtaposition with the compartment walls. The vessel tray combination further provides for the access of air to the compartment and for its direction up and around vegetation foliage within the vessel.

Abstract: A device for supporting a vessel, such as a flower pot and for containing water or liquid draining therefrom is disclosed. The device comprises a flat liquid impervious base covered by a layer of absorbent material which is clamped to the flat base. Sides are also included to contain liquid in excess of that that can be absorbed by the absorbent layer.

Abstract: The disclosure embraces a bowl, container or reservoir for supporting or mounting plant pots and relates more particularly to bowls, containers or reservoirs configurated to be mounted or supported upon annularly-shaped or ring-like members of a support frame, the bowls, containers or reservoirs adapted to contain moisture or water and having interior plant pot engaging portions for normally supporting plant pots above the water or moisture whereby evaporation of the water or moisture whereby evaporation of the water or moisture provides an ambient environment or aura of high humidity for the potted plants.

Abstract: A vessel for automatically sustaining vegetation includes a lower container for storing a reservoir of liquid, an upper container for supporting the vegetation and receiving liquid from the lower container, and a flow regulator for controlling the flow of liquid to the vegetation. The upper container is engageable with the lower container and includes a stem, defining at least one passageway, for extending into the liquid. The flow regulator includes a member which defines a flow port and which is rotatably attached to the stem of the upper container. In one embodiment the flow regulator may be controlled from outside the vessel by means of a control arm extending from the member.

Abstract: A plant carrier is disclosed herein for holding a plant and its soil which includes an open-ended enclosure having a bottom integrally formed at its peripheral edge with an upwardly projecting continuous sidewall diverging outwardly from the bottom. The bottom further includes a downwardly depending cup-like portion having a plurality of holes or openings formed in the annular sidewall thereof for drainage purposes. A central opening is provided in the cup-like portion which is releasably matable with a projection centrally located on a dish member so that a snap-lock releasable engagement is produced. The releasable snap-lock members cooperate not only for releasably holding the dish member to the cup-like portion but serves as a self-locating system for aligning the dish member with the cup-like portion.

Abstract: A modular horticultural structure and container system for storage and arrangement of articles more particularly plants, flowers and the like capable of inter-connection for various horizontal and vertical displays and arrangements. The modular system extend from a base and container having co-operating elements therebetween and interocculuded spaces for co-operation with supporting structures and inter-container facing and mounting devices. Each of the base-containers is adapted to be supported in space, in horizontal and vertical relationship between each other and are adapted to be used with conventional flower pots and display apparatus.

Abstract: An upper planter is expanded horizontally and vertically by connecting its large lower open end to an upper open end of a lower planter. A lower open end of a lower planter connects to a combination base and water tray. Screw threads attached to the planters and base cooperate to enable selective connecting and disconnecting. The shape of the continuous cavity formed within separate and connected planters provides room for the natural downward and outward extension of a growing plant root system.

Abstract: A hanging flower-pot comprises a body portion for receiving soil and a bowl portion detachably connected to the body portion for receiving excess water, said bowl portion being adapted to be mounted on the body portion from a forward direction thereto without any rotation.

Abstract: For a flower pot having a plurality of radially spaced holes in the bottom thereof, an interlocking saucer having a plurality of radially spaced fastener studs projecting from the bottom thereof. The fastener studs define a pot supporting plane located at least 0.1 inch (2.5mm) above the bottom of the saucer and include angled arms having a pot retaining side inclined at a greater angle than the opposite side of the arm. The fastener studs interlockingly fit with the corresponding holes of the flower pot to removably interconnect the saucer thereto.