JP5961602B2 - Planting container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a planting container formed by planting container dexterity sheet.

  In rooftop greening systems and plant factories of research institutions, square (rectangular) bread-shaped planting containers made of, for example, polystyrene foam are used (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). Since it is formed in a square (rectangular) bread shape, it can be easily transported after planting in a planting container. Therefore, additional installation and installation location can be changed easily. This is particularly convenient when used over a large area such as a rooftop greening system.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-176850 FIG. JP 2012-44983 A FIG.

  However, for example, when transporting unused planting containers in transport after shipment from the factory, or when storing a large number of unused planting containers, they cannot be stacked so as not to be bulky due to the shape of the containers. Thus, this kind of planting container is inconvenient for transporting and storing unused ones in large quantities.

  In addition, Patent Document 2 discloses a planting container that can be used by assembling a sheet-like one, but there is a problem because it is expensive to manufacture and is troublesome to assemble. Moreover, there is a possibility that a gap may be formed at the corner between the side wall portions, which is not suitable for hydroponics.

The present invention has such circumstances proposed in consideration of, its purpose, large amounts of plant cultivating vessel efficiently transported in the state of a sheet, planting assembled by kills plant cultivating dexterity sheet storage It is to provide a planting container .

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the planting container according to claim 1 is a rectangular bread-shaped by folding a sheet for a planting container formed in a flat plate shape by surrounding a square central portion with a square ring-shaped outer periphery. A planting container formed in the above, comprising an L-shaped clip formed with an L-shaped slit in plan view from the bottom side, and the central part is made of a hard plate, the central part and the outer peripheral part The crease part consisting of all the side part and the corner part of the outer peripheral part and the corner part is formed of a soft material, and the outer peripheral part is a crease part between the central part and the outer peripheral part. It is characterized in that it is bent along the fold, folded along the crease at the corner, and held by the clip so that the folded and raised corner is inserted into the slit of the clip.

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According to the planting container of this invention , since the hard board is used for the center part of the sheet | seat for planting containers, the bottom part of the assembled planting container is stabilized. Therefore, even when moving by a cart after planting in a planting container, there is no risk of spilling of soil and water inside.

Moreover, since the sheet | seat for planting containers for forming a planting container becomes the structure mentioned above, it is easy to handle and can convey and store a lot of planting containers in the state of a sheet | seat efficiently. And can be easily assembled into a container shape.

Even when a large amount of planting containers are required in a rooftop greening system or a research institution plant factory, etc., it can be assembled easily, so it can be stored in a sheet until it is used as a planting container. It does not have to be bulky even if it is stacked, so the storage space is small.

Moreover, the plant cultivating dexterity sheet, if so done form at the time of hard軟同molding, manufacturing in large volumes in easy easy Do facilities.

According to the first embodiment forms state of the present invention (Example) is a plan view of a planting container dexterity sheet for forming a planting container. (A) is a perspective view showing a formation example of the formed have use a planting container dexterity sheet planting container. (B) is a perspective view which shows the other example of the clip for shape-retaining a planting container, (c) is a development view which shows another example. (A), (b) is a top view of the sheet | seat for planting containers for forming the planting container based on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. In (a) and (b), two examples of different usage modes of the planting container sheet are shown. (C) is the elements on larger scale of the sheet | seat for planting containers for forming the planting container based on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the planting example of a planting container. (B) is a perspective view which shows the usage example of a planting container.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Ru engaged in various embodiments described below, the plant cultivating dexterity sheet 10 (hereinafter, simply referred to as sheet 10) for forming a planting container is a central portion 11 of the angular shape at the outer peripheral portion 12 of the rectangular annular It is a sheet 10 for a planting container that is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape that is enclosed and capable of forming a square bread-shaped planting container 20 as shown in FIG. (See FIG. 1 and FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (c)).

  In the following plurality of embodiments, the rectangular sheet 10 and the rectangular pan-shaped planting container 20 formed thereby are exemplified, but other rectangular shapes may be used. For example, the present invention can also be applied to an angular shape such as a triangle, a rhombus, and a trapezoid.

  The central part 11 is made of a hard plate. The fold portions 15A and 15 between the central portion 11 and the outer peripheral portion 12 of the mouth shape around the fold portions 15B and 15 at the corner portion 14 of the outer peripheral portion 12 are made of a soft material ( As described above, refer to FIGS. 1 and 3A to 3C).

  Note that the fold portions 15A, 15B, and 15 refer to the peripheral portions including the fold 16 when the planting container 20 is formed. The fold 16 is virtual in the sheet 10 and is indicated by a broken line in each figure. In addition, the crease | fold 16 may have drawn the line | wire for a mark so that it can visually recognize.

Hereinafter, each embodiment will be described individually.
1, according to a first exemplary form status of the present invention (Example) is a plan view of a planting container dexterity sheet for forming a planting container.

  The sheet 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a central portion 11 and rectangular side portions 13, 13,... Arranged on four sides of the central portion 11 of the outer peripheral portion 12, which are formed of a hard plate. Yes. The linear four side edges including the fold 16 arranged around the central portion 11 constitute folds 15A, 15A,..., And the folds 15A, 15A,. It is made of material. Further, the four rectangular (square) corner portions 14, 14,... Constitute the fold portions 15B, 15B,... Including the fold 16, and each of them is formed of a soft material. Yes. These two types of folds 15A and 15B are continuous with each other. In order to distinguish these two types of crease portions 15A and 15B, hereinafter, the former is referred to as a fold portion (side) 15A, and the latter is referred to as a fold portion (corner) 15B.

  Thus, the sheet 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a cross-hatched part formed of a hard plate and the other parts formed of a soft material. The parts excluding the part with the cross-hatching constitute the fold parts 15A and 15B.

  The material of the hard plate may be either synthetic resin or metal. The soft material may be a material that can be bent and is not easily divided even when it is bent, and is preferably made of a flexible synthetic resin material, but may be a thin metal plate that can be bent. Moreover, if it is the sheet | seat 10 for planting containers aiming at hydroponics, what does not let water pass is suitable, but if it aims at soil cultivation, water, such as a fibrous material, for example You may pass through.

  According to the sheet 10 thus configured, it is easy to handle because it is not bulky, a large amount of the planting container 20 can be efficiently transported and stored in the form of a sheet, and can be easily assembled into a container shape. it can. Even if a large amount of planting containers 20 are required in a rooftop greening system or a plant factory of a research institution, assembling is easy, so keep them in sheet form until they are used as planting containers 20. It does not have to be bulky even if it is stacked, so the storage space is small.

  Such a sheet 10 is formed by hard and soft simultaneous molding. You may shape | mold by the different material shaping | molding method which pours two types of materials into a metal mold | die simultaneously or sequentially. Alternatively, a hard plate made of metal may be inserted into the mold, and then molded by an insert molding method in which a resin as a soft material is injected into the mold.

  Thus, if the method of forming the sheet | seat 10 by hard-soft simultaneous shaping | molding is used, the sheet | seat 10 for planting containers can be manufactured in large quantities with simple equipment.

  Next, the planting container 20 formed by processing the sheet 10 will be further described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

  The planting container 20 has a rectangular pan shape, and is formed by bending the sheet 10 shown in FIG.

  That is, the outer peripheral portion 12 of the sheet 10 is bent and raised along the folds 16 and 16 of the fold portions (sides) 15A and 15A to form a general outer shape, and the fold portions (corners) 15B, 15B,. .. Folding along the folds 16, 16,..., And attaching the clips 30, 30 as shown in the figure to the folded container corners 23, 23,. A planting container 20 can be formed. By being bent in this way, the center portion 11 of the sheet 10 is disposed on the bottom portion 21 of the planting container 20, and the outer peripheral portion 12 of the sheet 10 is disposed on the side wall portion 22.

  The clip 30 is an L-shaped member in plan view as shown in FIG. 2A, and has an L-shaped slit 31 that extends upward from the bottom surface side. By inserting the container corner 23 into the L-shaped slit 31, the folded portion is retained without being restored to its original shape, and the container corner 23 is stabilized. By attaching the clip 30 in this manner, the side walls 22, 22,... Can be prevented from returning to a flat state.

  The clip 30 may be formed with bifurcated hooks 32 and 32 as shown in FIG. Alternatively, the clip 30 shown in FIG. 2B may be formed by bending the plate shown in the developed view of FIG. The clip 30 shown in FIG. 2C may be applied to the outside of the container corner 23 and formed into a clip shape while being bent.

  Note that the folded corner of the container corner 23 may be fixed using an adhesive tape, an adhesive, a staple, or the like. Moreover, when not using it as hydroponics, you may make it cut | disconnect or cut the corner part 14 of the sheet | seat 10 in an appropriate position, and may fix it.

  According to the planting container 20 shown above, since the hard board is used for the center part 11 of the sheet | seat 10 for planting containers, the bottom part 21 of the assembled planting container 20 is stabilized. Therefore, even when it moves with a cart after planting in the planting container 20, there is no possibility that the soil and water inside will spill. Moreover, since the hard board is used also for the side wall parts 22, 22, ..., the whole container becomes firm.

Next, Ru engaged to another embodiment of the present invention, the plant cultivating dexterity sheet for forming a planting container, will be described with reference to FIG. 3 (a) ~ (c) .

Figure 3 (a), (b), the Ru engaged to the second embodiment, a plan view of a planting container dexterity sheet for forming a planting container, FIG. 3 (a), (b), Two examples of different usage modes in the planting container sheet according to the present embodiment were shown. In the sheet 10, the central portion 11 is made of a hard plate, and all the sides including the side portions 13 and the corner portions 14 of the outer peripheral portion 12 around it are made of a soft material. That is, the site | part except the center part 11 which attached | subjected the cross hatching in FIG. 3 (a), (b) comprises the crease | fold part 15. FIG.

  If the sheet | seat 10 for planting containers is comprised in this way, the planting container 20 (refer FIG. 2 (a)) will be provided by providing the crease | fold 16 in a different position like FIG. 3 (a), (b). Shapes and dimensions can be varied. That is, the height of the side wall portion 22 (see FIG. 2A) can be made different, and the size of the bottom portion 21 (see FIG. 2A) can be made different.

  If the entire periphery of the central portion 11 is formed of a soft material as in the examples of FIGS. 3A and 3B, the fold portion 15 can be secured widely, and various folds 16 can be used in various ways. A shaped planting container 20 (see FIG. 2A) can be formed. For example, the opening of the planting container 20 (see FIG. 2A) can be made larger or smaller than the bottom. In addition, since the sheet | seat 10 shown to FIG. 3 (a), (b) does not have the boundary of the fold part in the outer side of the center part 11, and the crease part in the corner part 14, it is shown as a crease part in a figure Reference numeral 15 is added.

FIG. 3 (c), Ru engaged to the third embodiment of the present invention is a partially enlarged plan view of a planting container dexterity sheet for forming a planting container. This sheet 10 is formed by forming a fold part (side) 15A and a crease part (corner) 15B in a line corresponding to the actual crease 16. That is, as shown in FIG. 3C, the central portion 11 and the four side portions 13 of the central portion 11 of the outer peripheral portion 12 are formed of a hard plate, and the crease at the corner portion 14 is also formed. The two triangular parts excluding the part (corner) 15B are also formed of a hard plate, and the linear crease part (side) 15A and the crease part (corner) 15B excluding them are formed of a soft material. .

  Thus, since the site | part (fold part (side) 15A, crease part (corner) 15B) along the crease 16 is formed with the soft material, it only folds and folds according to the formation part of a soft material. The planting container 20 (refer FIG. 2 (a)) can be formed easily. Moreover, since the site | part consisting of a hard board increases, the side wall part 22 (refer Fig.2 (a)) of the planting container 20 becomes sturdy.

  The various planting containers 20 shown above can be used as containers for hydroponics, for example, as shown in FIG. If the planting container 20 is filled with water, the styrofoam plate 35 having a hole 35a is floated, and the plant 37 (seedling) such as vegetables is fixed in the hole 35a so that the roots are immersed in water. Can be used for cultivation.

  Of course, this planting container 20 can also be used as a container for soil cultivation. What is necessary is just to open the hole (not shown) for draining in the bottom part 21, and use it. A hole may be formed in the fold part (side) 15A or the crease part (corner) 15B (see FIG. 1) made of a soft material, and water can be drained by a fold part made of a fibrous soft material. May be.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG.4 (b), if the several planting containers 20 and 20 are installed in the multistage planting table 39 which has a trolley | bogie function, a household planting tray set can be comprised easily. Also, it can be moved easily.

10 sheet for planting container, sheet 11 central part 12 outer peripheral part 13 side part 14 corner part 15A crease part, crease part (side)
15B crease, crease (corner)
15 Folded part 16 Folded 20 Planting container 21 Bottom part 22 Side wall part 23 Container corner part 30 Clip 31 Slit 32 Hook part 35 Styrofoam plate 35a Hole 37 Plant 39 Planting stand

Claims (1)

A planting container that is formed in a square bread shape by bending a sheet for a planting container that is formed in a flat plate shape by enclosing the central part of a square shape with an outer periphery of a square ring shape,
It is provided with an L-shaped clip in which an L-shaped slit in plan view extending upward from the bottom side is formed,
The central part is made of a hard plate,
The fold part between the central part and the outer peripheral part and the side part of the outer peripheral part , the crease part consisting of all of the corner parts are formed of a soft material,
The outer peripheral portion is bent and raised along a fold portion between the central portion and the outer peripheral portion, folded along the fold portion in the corner portion, and the folded and raised corner portion of the clip is A planting container characterized by being retained by the clip so as to be inserted into the slit.

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