JP2010246479A - Moss ball foliage plant and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel moss ball foliage plant excellent in visually rendering effect, and to provide a method for producing the moss ball foliage plant. <P>SOLUTION: The moss ball foliage plant 10 includes a moss ball 2 and a plant body 4 which takes roots in the moss ball 2. The surface of the moss ball 2 is covered with a felt coat 3 formed by pushing wool material with a needle. When making the moss ball foliage plant 10, the following steps are preferably carried out in sequence: A: hardening peat moss into a prescribed shape to make the moss ball 2; B: wrapping the moss ball 2 with the wool material; and C: pushing the wool material with the needle into felt state, and covering the surface of the moss ball with the felt coat 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a moss ball ornamental plant for enjoying plants close to the user and a method for producing the same.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, moss ball ornamental plants are known in which moss balls are rooted with ornamental plants. The moss ball ornamental plants are in harmony with the natural texture of the moss balls and the ornamental plants to enhance the healing effect and are widely sold as interiors. When making moss balls, for example, wrap soil or charcoal with moss and harden it into a sphere, and wind the thread around the surface to keep the shape of the moss balls so that they do not collapse.
Note that Patent Documents 1 and 2 below are known as prior arts related to the present invention.

JP 2003-325055 A Utility Model Registration No. 3135440

Such moss ball ornamental plants use moss balls of various sizes and shapes depending on the type of plant body, pot size and color, etc., but their appearance usually falls within the category of bonsai. is there. For this reason, it may feel unsatisfactory in the production effect of a moss ball.
The present invention has been made in view of such a current situation, and an object thereof is to provide a novel, mossy ball ornamental plant that is excellent in visual effect of appearance and a manufacturing method thereof.

The moss ball ornamental plant of the present invention for solving the above problems is a moss ball ornamental plant comprising a moss ball and a plant body rooted in the moss ball,
The surface of the moss balls was covered with a felt skin formed by pushing a wool material with a needle.

When manufacturing the moss ball ornamental plant of this invention, it is good to perform the following process AC in order.
A. A process of making moss balls by solidifying moss into a predetermined shape,
B. Wrapping the moss balls with wool material,
C. A step of poking the wool material with a needle to make it felt, and covering the surface of the moss ball with felt skin.
By such a manufacturing method, moss ball ornamental plants having various shapes and colors can be relatively easily produced without performing thread winding.

  According to the moss ball ornamental plant of the present invention, since the entire surface of the moss ball is covered with the felt skin, the moss surface is hidden in the felt skin. That is, the moss ball part has a stuffed toy appearance due to the felt skin, and the plant body extends from the part of the felt skin. As a result, the appearance of the moss ball ornamental plant becomes novel with high directing effect and stimulates the viewer's willingness to purchase.

  In this invention, various colors are used for the wool material used as the felt skin material. For example, by adopting blue, red, yellow, etc., it is possible to finish the moss balls with a colorful appearance.

  The moss ball felt surface may be decorated as necessary. For example, a moss ball ornamental plant can be made into a character by decorating the branches and leaves of the plant as hair, and decorating the felt surface with eyes and mouth.

Moreover, according to this invention, since the surface of a moss ball is covered with a felt skin, moss balls other than a spherical shape can be produced easily.
For example, the shape and color of the moss balls can be modeled on various vegetables, and the branches and leaves of the plant body can be regarded as vegetable leaves, whereby a novel and unique moss ball ornamental plant can be finished. Since the present invention allows the shape and color of the moss balls to be freely selected by the felt skin, such an effect is possible.

  In the present invention, any kind of plant body may be used as long as it is rooted in moss balls. In particular, it is relatively easy to make moss balls using plants rooted in cuttings such as aferrandra, rubber tree, croton, chefrelah, guinula, pachira, potos, hedera, squirt, sissas, banyan, singonium, eskinans, bridal veil, columnea. be able to.

It is a front view which shows the moss ball ornamental plant by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram of the moss ball used for preparation of the moss ball ornamental plant. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state which wrapped the moss ball of the moss ball ornamental plant with the wool material. It is a schematic diagram which shows a mode that the wool material of FIG. 3 is compressed. It is a schematic cross section which shows the state which coat | covered the moss ball of the moss ball foliage plant with the felt skin of wool material. It is a schematic cross section which shows the state which made the plant body rooted in the moss ball of FIG. It is a schematic cross section which shows the moss ball ornamental plant by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic cross section which shows the moss ball ornamental plant by 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic cross section which shows the modification of the moss ball ornamental plant by 1st Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a moss ball ornamental plant 10 according to the embodiment. In the moss ball ornamental plant 10, the surface of the moss ball 2 is covered with the felt skin 3. The plant body 4 is rooted in the moss ball 2, and the branches and leaves of the plant body 4 protrude outside from the hole in the upper part of the felt skin 3. Decorations 5 and 5 simulating “eyes” are attached to the surface of the felt skin 3.

  When producing the moss ball ornamental plant 10, for example, first, an appropriate amount of moss 6 is prepared, and the moss 6 is solidified into a dumpling to make the moss ball 2 (see FIG. 2). Put soil and charcoal inside the moss balls 2 as needed. Conventionally, a thread is wound around the moss to maintain the shape of the moss ball 2. However, in this embodiment, the thread does not have to be wound.

  Next, the moss balls 2 are wrapped with a wool material 7 to form a cotton candy-like lump, and the moss balls 2 are placed near the center (see FIG. 3). Thereafter, the wool material 7 is struck with an applique needle 8 along the surface of the moss balls 2 and compressed into a felt shape (see FIG. 4). When the wool material 7 is sufficiently compressed to form a layer, this layer becomes the felt skin 3 (see FIG. 5).

  The thickness of the felt skin 3 is about 2 to 8 mm, preferably about 5 mm. When the thickness is set to such a level, sand and straw contained in the moss balls 2 are difficult to go out, and moisture easily soaks into the moss through the felt skin 3.

After the felt skin 3 is formed on the surface of the moss ball 2, a hole is drilled in the upper part of the felt skin 3 (see FIG. 6), and the plant body 4 is inserted into the hole. After watering moderately and the plant body 4 is rooted in the moss ball 2, decorations 5 and 5 are attached to the surface of the felt skin 3 with an adhesive or the like.
In addition, about the said procedure, after attaching the decorations 5 and 5 to the felt skin 3, the plant body 4 may be cut.

  The decorations 5 and 5 are made of plastic or cardboard in advance. Decorations 5 and 5 may be sewn to the felt skin 3 with a thread.

  According to the moss ball ornamental plant 10, since the surface of the moss ball 2 is covered with the felt skin 3, the appearance becomes a soft texture such as a stuffed toy. At first glance, it can not be recognized as a foliage plant, and it can be seen that the plant body 4 extends from the felt skin 3 when viewed closely. Such a novel appearance can enhance the production effect and stimulate viewers' willingness to purchase.

  When watering the moss balls 2, the plant body 4 grows and the roots protrude from the felt skin 3. After the time has come, the plant 4 can be further grown by replanting it into a pot of an appropriate size. At the time of replanting, the felt skin 3 may be peeled off with the felt skin 3 attached, and the work is not time-consuming.

In 1st Embodiment, although the moss ball 2 was made into the spherical shape, if the shape imitating vegetables is employ | adopted, an effect can be heightened further.
For example, in 2nd Embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the moss ball 2 is formed imitating the shape of eggplant. A purple wool material is used for the felt skin 3 so that the surface of the moss ball 2 is covered with the purple felt skin 3. The branches and leaves of the plant body 4 are made to protrude from the portion of the felt skin 3 that hits, so that the viewer sees the eggplant as the whole plant.

  In the third embodiment of FIG. 8, the moss balls 2 are carrot-shaped. An orange wool material is used for the felt skin 3 so that the branches and leaves of the plant body 4 are protruded from the portion corresponding to the carrot leaf.

  According to such 2nd Embodiment and 3rd Embodiment, by setting it as a foliage plant reminiscent of vegetables, a production effect can be heightened further. Of course, decorations such as eyes and mouth may be applied to the vegetable-shaped felt surface.

Although the embodiments have been described above, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to these, and various modifications are possible. For example, the shape of the moss balls is not limited to the shape described above, and may be changed to a shape such as a cube, a rectangular parallelepiped, a triangular pyramid, or a heart shape.
Vegetable shapes such as potatoes, cucumbers, and tomatoes may be employed. Moreover, it is not limited to vegetables, It can also be set as the moss ball ornamental plant which imitated the shape and color of various fruits, such as an apple, a banana, and a tangerine.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 9, you may provide the layer of the nonwoven fabric S which consists of resin, such as polyethylene, polyester, a polypropylene, on the whole surface of the moss ball 2. FIG. In this case, the moss balls 2 are hardened in a predetermined shape, and the outside is wrapped with a sheet of nonwoven fabric S and taped. Thereafter, the felt skin 3 is formed on the outside of the nonwoven fabric S.
Thus, by providing the layer of the nonwoven fabric S, the shape of the moss ball 2 is arranged and the working efficiency at the time of forming the felt skin 3 is improved. If the shape is formed by wrapping the moss balls 2 with a cotton cloth, the needle is difficult to pass through the cotton cloth, and the workability may be deteriorated. Is not going to get worse.

2 Moss ball 3 Felt skin 4 Plant 5, 5 Decoration 6 Water moss 7 Wool material 8 Applique needle 10, 20, 30 Moss ball ornamental plant

Claims (3)

A moss ball ornamental plant comprising a moss ball and a plant body rooted in the moss ball,
The moss ball ornamental plant characterized in that the surface of the moss ball is covered with felt skin formed by poking wool material with a needle.   The moss ball ornamental plant according to claim 1, wherein the shape of the moss ball and the color of the felt skin are a shape and color imitating vegetables or fruits. A method for producing a moss ball ornamental plant according to claim 1 or 2,
A. A process of making moss balls by solidifying moss into a predetermined shape,
B. Wrapping the moss balls with wool material,
C. A method for producing a moss ball ornamental plant, comprising a step of making the wool material felt with a needle and coating the surface of the moss ball with a felt skin.

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