GB2497634A - Hoarding panel for growing vines on - Google Patents

Hoarding panel for growing vines on Download PDF

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GB2497634A
GB2497634A GB1220916.9A GB201220916A GB2497634A GB 2497634 A GB2497634 A GB 2497634A GB 201220916 A GB201220916 A GB 201220916A GB 2497634 A GB2497634 A GB 2497634A
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    • 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
    • A01G9/022—Pots for vertical horticulture
    • A01G9/025—Containers and elements for greening walls
    • 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
    • A01G9/022—Pots for vertical horticulture
    • 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
    • A01G9/12—Supports for plants; Trellis for strawberries or the like
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F13/00—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions
    • E01F13/02—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions free-standing; portable, e.g. for guarding open manholes ; Portable signs or signals specially adapted for fitting to portable barriers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F13/00—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions
    • E01F13/02—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions free-standing; portable, e.g. for guarding open manholes ; Portable signs or signals specially adapted for fitting to portable barriers
    • E01F13/022—Pedestrian barriers; Barriers for channelling or controlling crowds
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P60/00—Technologies relating to agriculture, livestock or agroalimentary industries
    • Y02P60/20—Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions in agriculture, e.g. CO2

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Abstract

The hoarding panel comprises: a facing 1 which is substantially upright in use; at least one plant medium container 11, trough or pot arranged for at least one climbing plant, such as ivy or vines, to grow up an outer face of the facing and a device for connecting the panel to a similar adjacent panel. The facing may be made of a mesh or grill alternatively the facing may be made from a smooth board, which may be roughened to enhance the mechanical connection by plant rootlets or tendrils. The facing may have a number of apertures or holes upon which the containers may be located. The container may be located on the inner face, the plants preferably going through holes 12 in the lower part and then growing up the outer face. The panel may incorporate a tubular reservoir for automatic watering. The hoarding may include a frame 3 located on the inner side of the hoarding.

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INTELLECTUAL
. . PROPERTY OFFICE Applicalion No. GB1220916.9 RTrvI Date:9 April 20H The following terms are registered trademarks and should be read as such wherever they occur in this document:
ECOSHEET
Intellectual Properly Office is an operaling name of Ihe Patent Office www.ipo.gov.uk
HOARDING PANEL
The present invention relates to a hoarding panel.
Typically, hoarding is constructed from relatively expensive plywood panels.
These can deteriorate quickly and are often seen as disposable and burned when the hoarding no longer required and is dismantled.
Plywood hoarding can be painted but is seldom attractive. It is known to erect trelliswork up hoarding and grow climbing plants up it. Whilst this is more attractive, it can detract from the security of the hoarding in rendering it climbable.
The object of the present invention is to provide an improved hoarding panel.
According to the invention I provide a hoarding panel adapted to be erected in a hoarding with a plurality of other panels of the invention, the panel comprising: * a facing, substantially upright in use and having an outer face; * at least one plant medium container so arranged for at least one climbing plant to grow up the outer face; and * means for connection of the panel to neighbouring panels in a hoarding.
Whilst I envisage that my hoarding panel could be of wood, I prefer that it should be of synthetic material, in particular recycled plastics material. A suitable *". : material is that sold under the ECOSJ-JEET trade mark by 2K MANUFACTURING * ** **; 25 LTD, www.ecosheet.com. * *
:" In some embodiments the facing may be a mesh, generally of metal, plastics material or wood.
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:. : 30 However, in the preferred embodiment the facing may be a board, the outer * *: face of which is substantially smooth face.
The outer face of the board may be untreated, particular where climbing plants that secure themselves by adhesive pads such as Virginia creeper are to be grown up the face. However, for many climbing plants that secure themselves by mechanical connection such as ivy's use of rootlets and clematis's tendrils, it is preferred to roughen the surface to some degree. Conveniently this can be done by routing small under-cut grooves in the face. Normally the grooves will be so oriented as to be vertical in use of the panel to minimise the scope for any potential intruder to climb up the panel. If horizontal grooves are to be used, these will be insufficiently large to be gripped by human fingers. Alternatively, the panel can be provided with an array of apertures, too small for finger grip and yet large enough for plant tendrils to engage in.
It will be unusual for the plant medium container to protrude through the smooth face and even less for them to be secured to the face. This is to avoid the containers providing foot purchase for an intruder. The containers may be provided in apertures in the board. However the preferred arrangement is for the containers to be provided on the inner face of the panel, the inner face being the face which is not normally visible to the public. With the containers on the inner face, the board is conveniently provided with apertures too small for foot purchase and yet large enough for plants to grow through.
The containers will normally be provided with growing medium in which the plants can be planted. * * *
Where the facing is a mesh, the plant medium containers may be provided on the inside of the mesh with respect to the hoarding. Plants can then grow through the apertures of the mesh. * .
I envisage that the panels could be interconnected by screwing through for connection to support posts. However, in so far as the panels will normally be reusable, I prefer to provide connection means that is more readily re-usable than screws. Conveniently the panels are edged with an inwards extending frame, with members of the frame being apertured for connection together. In the preferred embodiment, I provide clips which provide the joint function of connecting the panels together at their apertures and to posts which hold the panels upright.
One further feature that each panel will normally have is at least one reservoir, for example a tubular reservoir, for keeping the plants in the containers watered. The containers and the reservoir(s) can be arranged to extend rio further from the inner face of the panel than the inner edges of the frame members, whereby the panels can be stacked together, either when new before planting or indeed during transport after planting with the plants in the gaps between the boards maintained by the frame members.
To help understanding of the invention, a specific embodiment thereof will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a hoarding panel of the invention; Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of the panel of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a front view of a hoarding made up of panels as shown in Figure 1; and Figure 4 is a scrap sectional plan view two of the panels clipped to a support post.
Referring to the drawings, a hoarding panel is formed of a 2400mm x 1 200nnn sheet 1 of 18mm thick ECOSHEET of recycled plastics material. It is edged on an inside by a 100mm x 50mm section frame 2 of the same material. The uprights 3 and the horizontals 4 of the frame have slots 5 for fixing of the panel to other such panels and supports. Figure 4 shows two panels clipped to a common post 6 by means of a U shaped clamp 7 having fingers 8 engaged in slots Sand tightened with a bolt 9.
* :° The uprights and horizontals are referred to as such with reference to their normal use orientation. Each panel has a central stiffening upright 10.
* 0 Within the space delimited by the panel I and the plane of the distal edges of uprights and the horizontals, troughs 11 of the same material are provided on either side of the central upright close to the lower horizontal and open upwards towards the upper horizontal. In the panel close to the top of the troughs are openings 12 of a size to allow planting of climbing plants P in growing medium M to grow up the front face 14 of the panel.
The front face has a series of overhung, vertically extending grooves 15 s machined in its face. These provide sufficient key for the tendrils of climbing plants to secure themselves in and support the plants in growing and climbing up the other wise smooth front face of the panel.
For irrigation, the panel has a vertically (in use) oriented pipe 16, which is Ii) open at its upper end 17 at an aperture in the upper horizontal. The lower end 17 of the pipe is closed, and a drip irrigation tube 18 extends across the panel above the troughs.
For use, panels are planted up and kept in a greenhouse to allow climbing plants to cover most of their front faces. They can then be stacked -with the plants of one being housed in behind the rear face of the next panel, the frames spacing the front face from the next rear face. After transport to site, where posts are pre-erected at the pitch of the panels, the panels are erected and clipped to the posts. It remains only to irrigate them by filling the irrigation pipes from above. Non-shown sensors of water in the pipes can be provided to alert the user of the need for refilling of the pipes.
In other embodiments (not shown) the boards can be replaced with meshes, * made of metal, plastics material or wood. As in the first embodiment, the mesh can * 25 be provided on a frame for connection of the panels. Other features such as the * troughs and irrigation system can be identical.
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  1. <claim-text>CLAIMS: 1. A hoarding panel adapted to be erected in a hoarding with a plurality of other panels of the invention, the panel comprising: a facing, substantially upright in use and having an outer face; s * at least one plant medium container so arranged for at least one climbing plant to grow up the outer face; and * means for connection of the panel to neighbouring panels in a hoarding.</claim-text> <claim-text>2. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim I, wherein the facing is a mesh.</claim-text> <claim-text>3. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mesh is metal, plastics of wood.</claim-text> <claim-text>4. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the facing is a board, the outer thee of which is substantially smooth face.</claim-text> <claim-text>5. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 4, wherein the board is of synthetic material.</claim-text> <claim-text>6. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 5, wherein the synthetic material is recycled is plastics material.</claim-text> <claim-text>7. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 4, wherein the board is of wood.</claim-text> <claim-text>8. A hoarding panel as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the board has a roughened surface for mechanical connection by plant rootlets or tendrils.</claim-text> <claim-text>9. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 8, wherein the surface is provided with small under-cut grooves.</claim-text> <claim-text>10. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 9, wherein the grooves are oriented as to be vertical in use.</claim-text> <claim-text>11. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 9, wherein the grooves are oriented as to be * horizontal in use and are insufficiently large to be grippcd by human fingers.</claim-text> <claim-text>* ....: 25 12. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 8, wherein the hoard is provided with an array of apertures.</claim-text> <claim-text>13, A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 12, wherein the apertures are too small for finger grip and yet large enough for plant rootlets or tendrils to engage in.</claim-text> <claim-text>* . : 14. A hoarding panel as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the containers are :. "; 30 provided in apertures in the facing.</claim-text> <claim-text>* 15. A hoarding panel as claimed in any one of claims 1-13, wherein the containers are provided on an inner face of the facing.</claim-text> <claim-text>16. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 15 as appendant to any one of claims 4 to 12, wherein the board is provided with apertures for plants to grow through.</claim-text> <claim-text>17. A hoarding panel as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the hoarding panel includes an inward extending frame on the facing.</claim-text> <claim-text>18. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 17, wherein the connection means includes apertures in the frames.</claim-text> <claim-text>19. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 18, further including clips for connecting frames at their apcrtures.</claim-text> <claim-text>20. A hoarding pane! as claimed in claim 17, claim is or claim 19, further including at least one post for holding the panel upright.</claim-text> <claim-text>21. A hoarding panel as claimed in any preceding claim, further including at least one reservoir for keeping plants in the container watered.</claim-text> <claim-text>22. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 21, wherein the reservoir is a tubular reservoir.is 23. A hoarding panel as claimed in claim 22 as appendant to any one of claims 17-20, wherein the tubular reservoir does not extend beyond the frame.24. A hoarding pahel as claimed in claim 17, wherein the container is held within the.frame.25. A boarding panel substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 1-4 of the accompanying drawings. * S. * S.*4S... * .4I*et* *S * * 3. 0 * *4 o *0 0* * * S * *</claim-text>
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EP0356820A1 (en) * 1988-08-20 1990-03-07 Armo Gesellschaft Für Bauelemente Bau- Und Wohnbedarf Gmbh Trellis structure for growing plants against walls
EP0393735A1 (en) * 1989-03-17 1990-10-24 Rockwool/ Grodan B.V. Wall on which vegetation can grow
JPH0842201A (en) * 1994-08-02 1996-02-13 Sekisui Jushi Co Ltd Greening mesh fence
FR2902602A1 (en) * 2006-06-23 2007-12-28 Etude Et Rech Polytechnic Du V Soilless cultivation device for cultivating plants, has bench and cover with openings to let roots of plants pass through openings for implantation of plants in substrate, where plants projects from bench through openings
KR200448520Y1 (en) * 2009-07-20 2010-04-21 에코이앤씨(주) Vine pot assembly for roof and wall greening

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EP0356820A1 (en) * 1988-08-20 1990-03-07 Armo Gesellschaft Für Bauelemente Bau- Und Wohnbedarf Gmbh Trellis structure for growing plants against walls
EP0393735A1 (en) * 1989-03-17 1990-10-24 Rockwool/ Grodan B.V. Wall on which vegetation can grow
JPH0842201A (en) * 1994-08-02 1996-02-13 Sekisui Jushi Co Ltd Greening mesh fence
FR2902602A1 (en) * 2006-06-23 2007-12-28 Etude Et Rech Polytechnic Du V Soilless cultivation device for cultivating plants, has bench and cover with openings to let roots of plants pass through openings for implantation of plants in substrate, where plants projects from bench through openings
KR200448520Y1 (en) * 2009-07-20 2010-04-21 에코이앤씨(주) Vine pot assembly for roof and wall greening

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