Plant husbandry – Process
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-01
2001-02-27
Swiatek, Robert P. (Department: 3643)
Plant husbandry
Process
C047S00101T
Reexamination Certificate
active
06192624
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
1. Field of Invention
A Memorial Grove of the type described in Truong U.S. Pat. No. 5,799,488 can be costly to construct and maintain because the cost of urban and suburban land has increased in recent decades. Plant biologists have developed a few varieties of dwarf trees which permit practice of the method of Truong U.S. Pat. No. 5,799,488 at a capital investnent which is less than using conventional trees such as black walnut trees. Some dwarf trees are susceptible to damage if frequently touched by human hands. Some vandals tend to damage dwarf trees. Many problems arise when attempts are made to grow trees in the interior of a building consistently protected from the variations of the weather. It is desirable, however, to protect dwarf trees from severe weather adversities.
2. Prior Art
Truong U.S. Pat. No. 5,799,488 describes a Memorial Grove in which each tree has grown from a nutrient composition comprising the remains of a particular individual, and the seedling is nurtured to provide
Chen U.S. Pat. No. 4,780,994 describes a “skyscraper cemetery” in which the microorganisms in the Soil can compost a casket and body even when in a vault several stories above the street level.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, a seedling of a dwarf tree is nurtured in a nutrient featuring the remains of a particular individual, and the seedling is nurtured to provide a dwarf tree suitable for display, while continually maintaining its unique identification with said particular individual. After the dwarf tree has matured sufficiently for being on display, it is positioned in grove or array of trees which are spaced from the spectators walkway sufficiently to decrease the likelihood of spectators touching such Memorial Tree. Optionally such walkway and array of trees are in a building having a skylight which can be shifted to cover an area during times of adverse weather, but permitting the weather changes to be felt in the display zone whenever the skylight is in its parked position.
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patent: 2069292 (1937-02-01), Walker
patent: 2436770 (1948-02-01), Hill et al.
patent: 4135330 (1979-01-01), Aoyama
patent: 5409508 (1995-04-01), Erickson
Ewbank John R.
Swiatek Robert P.
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