JP2000312534A - Container for potted plant and usage thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container capable of performing the housing of potted plants, safe distribution or cultivation in a greenhouse. SOLUTION: This container is a housing unit prepared by freely detachably laminating a framelike upper chamber 3 through a pressing plate 2 on a box- shaped lower chamber 1. The lower chamber 1 has at least one fixing hole 6 for each flowerpot in the bottom plate and a water storage part is formed under each fixing hole 6 for the flowerpot. The pressing plate 2 has bored holes 11 capable of passing potted plants 19a, 19b and 19c in the lower chamber 1 upwardly therethrough in the central part and the bored holes 11 are formed so as to bring the peripheral parts of the bored holes 11 into contact with the top edges of the flowerpots and prevent the floating of the flowerpots. Furthermore, a light transmitting lid 15 is freely detachably mounted on the top of the peripheral wall in the upper chamber 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for accommodating potted plants and enabling safe distribution and cultivation to a remote place, and a method of using the same. In particular, it can be suitably used for greenhouse cultivation of tropical and subtropical plants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, with the increase of leisure and diversification of hobbies, potting and cultivation of flowers, vegetables, medicinal plants, ornamental plants, fruit trees, and the like on a veranda or terrace is becoming widespread.
In this case, it is not easy to deliver a potted plant to a remote place, for example, from a producer to a consumer, and to dare to deliver requires careful packing so as not to damage the plant, and it takes time, time, and Forced to. Another important issue is to maintain the freshness of the potted plants during delivery. Therefore, you will usually buy potted plants at the nearest retail store, but you will need a saucer for receiving soil and water, and for tropical or subtropical plants you will need to prepare a separate greenhouse Includes the problem.
Thus, it would be extremely convenient if the plants could be delivered in pots from the producer or retail store in potted condition, and the containers could be used directly as cultivation containers or greenhouses.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a completely new container that can be suitably used not only as a case for distributing potted plants but also as a cultivation container or a greenhouse.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a container for a potted plant according to the first aspect of the present invention removably stacks a frame-shaped upper chamber on a box-shaped lower chamber via a holding plate. Wherein the lower chamber has at least one flowerpot fixing hole in a bottom plate, and the holding plate has a hollow hole in the center thereof through which a potted plant of the lower chamber can pass upward. In addition, the peripheral portion of the hollowed hole is formed so as to be in contact with the upper edge of the flowerpot to prevent the flowerpot from floating, and further, the upper chamber has a light transmitting lid detachably attached to the upper end portion of the peripheral wall. It is characterized by becoming.

[0005] The light transmitting lid is formed in a roof shape to facilitate lighting into the container, or the flower pot fixing holes are formed as a plurality of concentric holes having different diameters to form a plurality of types of flower pots having different diameters. Or a water reservoir is formed below each flower pot fixing hole, and mutually engaged with the upper end of the peripheral wall of the lower chamber, the upper and lower surfaces of the peripheral edge of the holding plate, and the lower end of the peripheral wall of the upper chamber. Forming a possible uneven fitting structure,
It is preferable that the lower chamber, the holding plate, and the upper chamber be easily and reliably stacked.

Further, when the lower chamber, the holding plate and the upper chamber are made of foamed plastic, the cushioning property, the heat retaining property,
It is preferable in that it is excellent in lightness, and it is desirable that the light transmitting lid is made of a transparent acrylic resin plate because it becomes excellent in weather resistance.

It is preferable to provide a thermometer inside the container because the temperature inside the container can be easily controlled.

Further, a second invention is a method of using the container of the first invention, wherein after the potted plant is delivered in the container of the first invention, the holding plate is removed and the upper chamber is placed on the lower chamber. The potted plant is cultivated as a cultivation container or a simple greenhouse by directly stacking.

[0009]

In order to deliver potted plants in the container of the present invention, the pots are fitted and fixed in the pot fixing holes in the lower chamber, and then the upper chamber is stacked on the lower chamber via a holding plate. At this time, the plant passes through the hole in the holding plate and is located in the upper chamber, and the periphery of the hole contacts the upper edge of the flowerpot to prevent the flowerpot from rising. Note that a small gap may occur between the peripheral edge of the hollow hole and the upper edge of the flowerpot. After this, the entire container is stored in a cardboard box or the like and delivered.

Next, in order to cultivate a potted plant in the container of the present invention, once the upper chamber and the holding plate are removed from the lower chamber, an appropriate amount of water is supplied to the flower pot fixing hole in the lower chamber or the water storage section below the same. At the same time, the string is dropped from the bottom of the flower pot into the water storage section, water is drawn into the pot, and water is supplied to the roots of the plant. After this, only the upper chamber is stacked on the lower chamber to form a greenhouse, and potted plants are grown. The sunlight is taken into the container from the light-transmitting lid and warms the inside. If the temperature becomes too high, the light-transmitting lid is removed to lower the temperature.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not necessarily limited to this embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container for a potted plant of this embodiment is a box-shaped body in which an upper chamber 3 is stacked on a lower chamber 1 via a holding plate 2. Suitable materials include foamed plastic, polyethylene cardboard, plastic, water-resistant cardboard, and wood. Above all, foamed plastics such as polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyurethane are buffering, heat retaining,
It is preferable because it is excellent in light weight, water resistance and the like. The planar shape of the container may be circular, elliptical or the like in addition to the rectangular shape shown in the figure, and is not particularly limited.

The lower chamber 1 has a box frame shape as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and has a peripheral wall 5 erected on a bottom plate 4.

The bottom plate 4 has four small-diameter flowerpot fixing holes 6 at four corners on the upper surface, and one large-diameter flowerpot fixing hole 7 at the center of the upper surface, and four mounting seats 8 at four corners on the lower surface. Have.

Each of the flower pot fixing holes 6 and 7 is a bottomed hole, and large diameter portions 6a and 7a are formed in their respective openings and small diameter portions 6b and 7b are formed concentrically below the openings. Then, water storage portions 6c and 7c are further formed at the lowermost portion.
The small-diameter flowerpot fixing holes 6 at the four corners are connected to a central large-diameter flowerpot fixing hole 7 via four communication grooves 9. An uneven fitting structure 10a is formed at the upper end of the peripheral wall 5 over the entire circumference.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the holding plate 2 is plate-shaped, has a hollow hole 11 in the center, and has concave and convex fitting structures 10b and 10c formed on the lower surface and the upper surface of the peripheral portion. . The hollow hole 11 is formed in the shape of a drum so that a potted plant housed in the lower chamber 1 (two-dot chain line in FIG. 5 or see FIG. 11) can pass upward. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, a plurality of counterbore recesses 12 are provided on a part of the lower surface of the peripheral portion as necessary so as to be in contact with the upper edges of the flower pots of various sizes and prevent the flower pot from floating. It is processed according to the actual type of each flowerpot.

The uneven fitting structures 10b and 10c
Of the former, the former 10b is engaged so as to be able to freely engage and disengage with the uneven fitting structure 10a of the lower chamber 1, and the latter 10c is so as to be able to freely engage and disengage with the uneven fitting structure 10d of the upper chamber 3 described later. Each is formed (see FIG. 11).

The upper chamber 3 has a frame shape as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, and a light transmitting lid 15 is detachably mounted in a lid mounting groove 14 formed in the upper end of the peripheral wall 13. The peripheral wall 13 has an uneven fitting structure 10d formed at the lower end. The concave-convex fitting structure 10d is formed so as to removably engage with the concave-convex fitting structure 10a of the lower chamber 1 and the concave-convex fitting structure 10c of the holding plate 2.

The light-transmitting lid 15 may be a flat plate, but it is preferably a roof shaped like a house in terms of lighting efficiency and design, and the material may be a transparent one that transmits sunlight. Any material may be used, but a transparent plastic plate such as an acrylic resin plate is preferable because it is lightweight, hard to break and has excellent weather resistance. Preferably, a thermometer 16 is provided at an appropriate position on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 13.

There are two methods for manufacturing the container having the above structure. The first method comprises a lower chamber, a holding plate 2 and an upper chamber 3
Is molded separately in each mold. According to this method, the mold is small, but three molds are required.

In the second method, as shown in FIG. 10, a lower chamber 1 and an upper chamber 3 stacked in this order on a holding plate 2 are integrally molded with one mold. rear,
This is a method of dividing into three sections along two cutting lines 17 and 18 (two-dot chain line in FIG. 10) and processing further details. According to this method, the size of the mold is increased, but there is an advantage that only one mold is required.

Next, a method of using the above-described container will be described. In order to deliver potted plants of various sizes in this container, as shown in FIG. 11, the potted plants 19a, 19b are placed in the pot fixing holes 6, 7 (however, 7 is not shown) in the lower chamber 1. , 19c are fitted and fixed, and the upper chamber 3 is stacked on the lower chamber 1 via the holding plate 2 to form a container. This stacking is performed by the uneven fitting structure 1
0a, 10b, 10c, and 10d are easily and reliably performed through mutual engagement. Instead of the uneven fitting structure, an adhesive tape, a double-sided adhesive tape, a surface fastener, or the like may be used. They may be used together (not shown).

In the container thus formed, the plant itself passes through the hollow hole 11 of the holding plate 2 and is located in the upper chamber 3, and the lower surface or seat of the peripheral edge of the hollow hole 11. The bottom surface of the boring recess 12 is in contact with the upper edge of the flower pot to prevent the flower pot from rising. At this time, a slight gap may be generated between the lower surface of the holding plate 2 and the upper edge of the flowerpot. In addition, 20 in the figure is a water-absorbing cord-like body hanging from the bottom of each flower pot into the water storage portions 6c, 7c of the flower pot fixing holes 6, 7. In the water storage units 6c and 7c, the necessary water content is considered in advance according to the delivery time, and the necessary water is stored in a state where the water is absorbed by cotton or felt, and the water does not leak out of the container during the delivery. So that Of course, the nutrients may be dissolved in the water. still,
When a water storage section is not provided, a flower pot fixing hole may be used as the water storage section.

Finally, the entire container is stored in a cardboard box 21 or the like, and is taped or the like if necessary for delivery. During the delivery, the flower pots are prevented from rising, so that the plants remain in a substantially potted state and are not damaged, and the necessary moisture (or moisture and nutrients) during the delivery time is absorbed by cotton etc. Plants are delivered in a state of keeping freshness without withering because they are sealed in advance.

The delivered potted plants 19a, 19b, 1
9c is cultivated in the container as shown in FIG.
That is, the holding plate 2 is removed from the container immediately after delivery, and the upper chamber 3 is stacked directly on the lower chamber 1 to form a cultivation container or a greenhouse. In order to supply water to the potted plants 19a, 19b, and 19c, the light transmitting cover 15 is removed from the upper chamber 3, water is supplied from the opening to the communication groove 9 of the lower chamber 1, and the respective flower pot fixing holes 6,
After distributing the water to the water storage portions 6c and 7c (the fixing holes 6 and 7 when no water storage portion is provided), the light transmitting cover 15 may be attached. Of course, it may be one in which nutrients are dissolved in water.
The string-shaped body 20 hanging from the bottom of each flower pot to the water storage portions 6c and 7c (the fixing holes 6 and 7 when no water storage portion is provided) draws water into the flower pot and supplies water to the roots of the plants.

On the other hand, necessary sunlight 22 is taken into the container from the light transmitting lid 15. The temperature is controlled by a thermometer 16, and when the temperature inside the container is too high, the light transmission cover 15 may be removed to lower the temperature.

The potted plant is not particularly limited, and may be any of plants, vegetables, medicinal plants (herbs), houseplants, fruit trees, etc. In particular, since the recent diet boom, lions that are fun, delicious and capable of dieting are available. The scientific name [Richadella dulcif belonging to the family Apotaceae (Sapotaceae), which is registered under the trademark "Miracle Fruit"
ica (Schum and Thonn) Baehni] is a preferred example. Miracle fruit contains a glycoprotein called miraculin (approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare as a food additive) that causes the pulp to have a sour taste, and after eating miraculin, the lemon within a predetermined time (about 1 to 3 hours) When eating sour citrus fruits such as tea and summer oranges, fermented foods such as yogurt, and sweets such as jams, cakes and ice creams that do not use sugar, they have the property of making these sour tastes sweet, and are used as non-caloric sweeteners. Is done. In addition, the miracle fruit is an evergreen tree with red small fruits, is also excellent for ornamental use, requires sufficient sunlight, temperature, moisture, and requires a greenhouse in winter, so the container of the present invention is extremely It is suitable. That is, if the container of the present invention is used, miracle fruits that can be grown, enjoyable, delicious, and can be dieted can be delivered from producers to consumers throughout the country, and the containers can be grown as a greenhouse. Thus, miracle fruits useful for horticulture, ornamental use, and as a non-caloric sweetener can be spread.

[0028]

As described above, the container of the present invention is
It is convenient because it can be used not only for delivery of potted plants but also for cultivation containers or greenhouses. Further, since the container of the present invention is excellent in design, it can be placed not only on a terrace or a veranda, but also on an indoor table or shelf, or on a corridor or tatami mat. Further, if the potted plant is delivered by the container of the present invention, the holding plate prevents the floating of the potted plant during delivery, so that the potted plant is prevented from being damaged, and the water (or moisture and Nutrients) can be supplied from the water storage section (or the flower pot fixing hole) as appropriate, and thus are delivered with freshness maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a container showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the container shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a lower chamber.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a holding plate.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a counterbore concave portion provided on the back surface of the holding plate for preventing the flower pot from floating.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway plan view of the upper chamber.

9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing an example of the method for producing a container of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a delivery state of a potted plant using the container of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a potted plant cultivation state using the container of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lower room 2 Holding plate 3 Upper room 4 Bottom plate 5 Perimeter wall 6 Flower pot fixing hole (small diameter) 6c Water storage part 7 Flower pot fixing hole (large diameter) 7c Water storage part 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d Concavo-convex fitting structure 11 Hole 12 Counterbore recess 13 Peripheral wall (upper chamber) 14 Lid mounting groove 15 Light transmitting lid 16 Thermometer 17, 18 Cutting line 19a, 19b, 1
9c potted plant 20 string for sucking water 21 cardboard box 22 sunlight

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A box-shaped body comprising a frame-shaped upper chamber detachably stacked on a box-shaped lower chamber via a holding plate, wherein the lower chamber has at least one flowerpot fixing hole in a bottom plate. In addition, the holding plate has a hollow hole in the center portion through which the potted plant in the lower chamber can pass upward, and a peripheral portion of the hollow hole contacts an upper edge of the flower pot to prevent the flower pot from rising. And a light-transmitting lid is detachably attached to an upper end portion of a peripheral wall of the upper chamber. 2. The potted plant container according to claim 1, wherein the light-transmitting lid is formed in a roof shape. 3. The potted plant container according to claim 1, wherein the flowerpot fixing hole comprises a plurality of concentric holes having different diameters. 4. The potted plant container according to claim 1, wherein a water reservoir is formed below the flowerpot fixing hole. 5. An uneven fitting structure which is engageable with the upper end of the peripheral wall of the lower chamber, the upper and lower peripheral edges of the holding plate, and the lower end of the peripheral wall of the upper chamber. Item 2. A container for a potted plant according to item 1. 6. The potted plant container according to claim 1, wherein the lower chamber, the holding plate, and the upper chamber are made of foamed plastic. 7. The container for a potted plant according to claim 1, wherein the light transmitting lid is made of a transparent acrylic resin plate. 8. A thermometer provided in the container.
The container for a potted plant according to any one of the above. 9. After the potted plant is delivered in the container according to any one of claims 1 to 8, the holding plate is removed, and the potted plant is cultivated by directly stacking the upper chamber on the lower chamber. A method for using a container for a potted plant, characterized in that: 10. The potted plant is of the family Apotacea (Sapotacea).
e) Scientific name belonging to [Richadella dulcifica (Schum and Th
onn) Baehni].