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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2006
Masaki Hashimoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Katsuro Miyagawa, Takatsuki, JP;
Masayuki Saito, Ibaraki, JP;
Suntory Holdings Limited, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A plant-culturing tool comprising a planting container for accommodating a plant, and a water storage container that can accommodate the planting container in the interior of the water storage container and that can store water, a guide mechanism in which the planting container makes sliding contact with the water storage container and is guided along a floating or sinking direction thereof. The guide mechanism is composed of a long guide surface having a long sliding portion, and a short guide surface having a short sliding portion that protrudes against the long guide surface, with the two guide surfaces making slide contact each other.