Wick insertion device for a plant pot

Details Wick insertion device for a plant pot Wick insertion device for a plant pot

1991-10-29

1993-03-16

Scherbel, David A.

Plant husbandry

Receptacle for growing medium

Irrigator

A01G 2700

Patent

active

051933055

ABSTRACT:
A self-locking insertion device for a water-transmitting wick for a potted plant adapted to be watered by the wick through capillary action from a water supply, the device including a generally flat, elongated, transversely flexible and resilient main body portion having opposed walls and formed at its upper end with a slot for frictionally retaining the wick which extends therefrom into growing media in the pot. The device further includes a flexible, resilient base portion integrally formed with said main body portion and having a lateral dimension greater than a bottom opening in the pot and generally flat top flanges adapted to engage the bottom surface of the bottom wall of the pot around the opening in the pot when the device is mounted. The base is formed with an enlarged opening to receive the wick and a narrow slot extending from the opening to the exterior of the base at the bottom thereof and through which the wick can be inserted toward the opening. Opposed grooves at the juncture of the main body position and base define a neck area which is smaller in dimension than the pot opening. When the device, with the wick mounted thereon, is moved upwardly through the pot opening, the walls of the body resiliently flex inwardly to clear the opening until the wall of the pot around the opening extends into said grooves.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4932159 (1990-06-01), Holtkamp, Sr.

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