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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Randal D. A. Locke, Redway, CA (US);
Daniel Paul Dunbar, Redway, CA (US);
Teresa Marie Locke, Redway, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Disclosed is a novel combination of a conventional plant pot with one or more drain holes in its bottom or its side wall near its bottom and a perforated conduit or tube which is removably affixed to the side wall of the container and which extends from at or near the top of the basin to its bottom and which acts as an aerating root pruner which provides air and water communication between top of the basin and a drain hole and the planting soil between them. Also disclosed is a automatic watering device which includes a basin for holding a volume of water to be dispensed to a water using attachment for a volume of water, a water dispensing diaphragm fill valve attached to a source of water which regulates the volume of water maintained in the basin, which basin has a mounting rim near its open top for mounting a water using attachment on it and a seat for mounting the fill valve in the basin below a predetermined water line determined by the fill valve; and the fill valve has a port for dispensing water from it into the basin until the water reaches the water line.