Plant husbandry – Stand for holding a plant or growing medium receptacle
Patent
1991-09-06
1993-07-20
Raduazo, Henry E.
Plant husbandry
Stand for holding a plant or growing medium receptacle
47 60, 108 24, 108 26, A47G 700
Patent
active
052282295
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a system for growing and cultivating plants, comprising a plant table, plant boxes arranged in the table as well as a drainage system for surplus water and condensing water from the plant boxes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In many situations it is not possible or not suitable to grow plants at ground level. Many older and disabled people, and particularly those bound to their wheelchair, are not able to manage a planting efficiently at ground level.
When plants are cultivated and grown indoors to be planted outdoors later on, various types of boxes and the like are used, which are placed on tables, benches or the like. Frequent problems with the watering, the runoff of surplus water as well as the soil cultivation occur.
In, e.g., public buildings it is often difficult and expensive to make alterations in a flower or plant arrangement with flower boxes.
The object of the present invention is to suggest a plant growing system of the type mentioned above, which is versatile and allows growing indoors as well as outdoors, and which allows working in a sitting position at the table e.g. in a wheel chair and which allows fast alterations or exchanges of flower arrangements and the like depending on the wishes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This is attained by means of the system according to the present invention, which is characterized in that the table is constructed with mutually connected profiles, provided with bearing supports for soil-carrying plates or boxes, mounted in the table, which bearing supports include elements, which form channels, and in that the soil-carrying boxes or plates are provided with drainage holes, designed to be placed above said channels.
An additional object of the invention is to suggest a table, which can be built with modules, designed to be placed against a wall or in a corner or around a corner. Said modules suitably are mainly piece of pie-shaped sectors. Thus, a preferred embodiment of the table is characterized in that the table is subdivided into sectors by means of partitions, which form a first bearing support, and which partitions extend like a fan from a table corner or from the center of a long side or like spokes from the center of the table. Further, borer elements, which form second bearing supports, connect the outer ends of the partitions in order to make them jointly form the border of the table. Each sector suitably has a central angle of 45.degree., the table preferably comprising two such sectors in order to constitute a table in a corner, or four sectors in order to constitute a table in a corner, or four sectors to constitute a table which can be attached to a wall, or six sectors to constitute a table which extends around a corner or eight sectors to constitute a table having an outer regular octangonal shape.
In case the external shape of the table is a regular polygon, possibly rounded to form a circle, the table preferably is rotatably mounted on a central support with a hub rotatably mounted on the support. Said first bearing supports are elements on partitions comprising spoke profiles, which extend radially outwards from the hub in such a way that they subdivide the table into said sectors, said second bearing supports comprising elements on border profiles which connect the outer ends of the spoke profiles in order to jointly constitute the border of the table on all sides.
The above-mentioned channels primarily comprise said first bearing supports and at least one drainage opening or passage is disposed in or in connection with each such channel adjacent the center of the table, or adjacent the staring point for said fan-shaped outwardly directed partitions, respectively. Each such channel has a sufficient volume to be able to drain off surplus water from said drainage holes in the boxes or plates towards said drainage opening or passage.
Said second bearing supports, which are elements on the border of the table, preferably also constitute channels, which are able to collect surplus water from said drainage hol
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