Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
  • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
  • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
  • A01G9/026—Foldable pots

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• the present invention relates to a container for making an above-ground garden, especially a kitchen garden.
• Each square measures approximately 30 cm according to the Bartholomew method and the squares are grouped by 9, 12 or 16 squares of different cultures to form a mini-plot.
• the plot can be then garnished with 9, 12 or 16 different plants.
• the number of plants in each square depends on the variety and size of each and the spacing required for normal growth.
• the invention aims to meet a demand for gardening in squares, to satisfy the greatest number of amateurs, especially if they have very little or little available space to indulge in this activity.
• “gardening in squares” is to be understood to mean gardening in compartments whose shape is not necessarily a square but may be a triangle or any other polygon depending on the outside contour of the parcel if it is circular or of any shape.
• the invention therefore relates to a container of a culture substrate characterized in that it consists of a tray whose periphery of the bottom is surmounted by a flexible side wall cooperating with stiffeners arranged regularly along of this wall so that a stiffener is in front of an opposite stiffener, the edge of the wall adjacent the top of each stiffener being connected to the adjacent edge of the opposite side facing it by means of a non-extensible linear element which marks the division of the upper opening of the container into compartments of dimensions conforming to the so-called "square gardening" method.
• the linear elements constitute a bracing of the upper edge of its side wall which retains against the thrust of the culture substrate which is placed in the container.
• each linear element can be connected directly to the upper edge of the side wall but in the immediate vicinity of a stiffener.
• the periphery of the bottom is a quadrilateral and the stiffeners are arranged on each side of this quadrilateral and at each corner.
• the stiffeners consist either of rods removably slid into pockets of the side wall of the container, or rods permanently enclosed in these pockets, or finally stitching performed on the wall in the form of extra thickness. stiffening.
• the bottom is also formed by a flexible wall.
• the linear connecting elements of the vertical stiffeners are formed by flexible straps.
• the container of the invention can be stored and sold in the folded state which is an advantage for its storage and transport.
• FIG. 1 is a general view of the container of the invention
• FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate variant details of FIG. 1.
• the container is formed by a tray 1, here square, the bottom and the side wall 2 are formed by fabric panels sewn or assembled by any known means.
• This textile has various qualities, known in themselves, with respect to the culture substrate 3 it contains.
• the side wall 2 of this container is equipped with sheaths 4, here formed by stitching to accommodate stiffeners 5 which play a reinforcing role of this side wall to prevent its collapse on itself in the absence of content for example at the moment unfolding and filling the container.
• the distribution of the sheaths 4 around the side wall is such that a stiffener 5 is opposite a stiffener on the opposite side of the side wall.
• the stiffeners are integrated in the side wall of the container, either in the form of holding ribs of this wall encased in a sheath thereof, or in the form of stitching or sure- seams that gather in a rod several thicknesses of the wall itself.
• the filled container is then braced by inextensible links 6 which each connect two facing stiffeners 5 so as to crisscross the opening of the container and delimit squares of about 30 cm side to form a culture frame according to Mr. Bartholomew .
• links are preferably from a textile band, straps and the connection of each of them with the upper part of a stiffener can be achieved by a ring 7 in which the free end 5a of the stiffener is slid.
• the side wall of the container is provided with a fastener 2a waiting to the right of each stiffener and each strap 6 has a detent tab 6a can be snapped with the fastener 2a.
• the tension of the strap 6 is adjustable by any known means of connection between the strap 6 and the lug 6a.
• the bottom of the container is formed by a rigid plastic plate surmounted by the textile side wall.
• the tray 1 may affect another shape than the square shape, the side wall then being a cylindrical wall of any base whose bottom would form the cross section and whose sheaths would extend along a few generators of this wall so as to be opposed in pairs to be connected by links.
• the background is a disk and the links are diametrical at the top of the side wall, defining triangular compartments.

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  • 2009-06-11 FR FR0902830A patent/FR2946498B1/fr active Active
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  • 2010-06-10 WO PCT/EP2010/058173 patent/WO2010142770A1/fr active Application Filing
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