KR20140121095A

KR20140121095A - Compact Pot with Integrated Container and Medium

Info

Publication number: KR20140121095A
Application number: KR1020130037311A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김동현; 김동한
Original assignee: 김동현; 김동한
Priority date: 2013-04-05
Filing date: 2013-04-05
Publication date: 2014-10-15

Abstract

The present invention is characterized by a compact flowerpot with integrated cultivating container and plant medium, the compact flowerpot comprises: a cultivating container having an inner space with a predetermined height and an opened upper surface; a plant medium embedded in the inner space; and a lid covering the upper surface of the cultivating container. According to the present invention, the cultivating container and the plant medium are integrally manufactured, and then circulated and used, and the cultivating container and the plant medium are discarded as an integration body when the use thereof is completed, thereby conveniently conducting the existing city agriculture, particularly, cultivating plants (crops) using the porch, roof, or piece of land in the city.

Description

(Compact Pot with Integrated Container and Medium)

The present invention relates to pots capable of cultivating plants (crops) conveniently in a porch, rooftop or spatulate space by integrating a cultivation vessel and a plant culture medium.

Farming is a basic activity for solving food, clothing, and food, which is both a culture and an indispensable part of human life. From the past, agricultural culture dominated our country. Most of the population live in an urbanized environment where the population of rural produc- tion is only 5.67 million in 2010. The eating habits have changed a lot due to the introduction of western food culture, Yet, there is a farming culture deep in our country.

Recently, various forms of so-called "urban agriculture" are being activated. According to the Hankyoreh 21 (Apr. 16, 2012), 19.1% of the over 20 year olds living in urban areas across the country grow their own crops by themselves, their spouses and heads of household.

Urban agriculture generally refers to the farming activities of urban people for the purpose of self - helping or habitat of some vegetables.

Such urban agriculture plays a positive role in various aspects such as preservation of life, atmosphere, soil, environment, culture, emotion, leisure, education and so on. The Urban Agriculture Forum summarizes the values of urban agriculture as follows: ① Economic value: Vegetables made on the veranda have no energy value. Vegetables produced at remote sites are expensive to transport and are expensive and increase household spending. ② Environmental value: Global warming is serious. Urban vegetable gardens have the effect of preventing heat island itself and improve the quality of the atmosphere and maintain the pleasant life of citizens. ③ Educational value: A garden is a miniature version of nature in which life grows. A garden is a place of precious education for a child who grows by learning the life in nature and touching the earth and learning the growth process of the plant. ④ Welfare Value: Dr. Schreber's prescription from Germany was a cure through the gardens, and Michelle Obama planted vegetables in the garden for the fight against obesity among American children. This kind of garden is a welfare-level general hospital. ⑤ Social values: Urban agriculture is a community recovery movement that works and shares together. By cultivating vegetables with family members, we can cultivate infinite values of emotion sharing with family and neighbors.

Urban agriculture, on the other hand, takes the shape of weekend farms, gardening fields, roof garden, and pottery garden on the veranda.

However, there is a problem that weekend farms have limited spatial / geographical limits and are only available to a small number of families who are relatively close to each other. Also, in a city with a lot of buildings, there is not a lot of squatting space, but it is covered with concrete or asphalt, which makes it difficult to utilize it for agricultural purposes. In addition, a potted garden (a boxed garden) on a rooftop garden or a veranda can be purchased separately by purchasing a cultivation vessel (such as a pot or a box) and a plant badge (such as soil and compost or cultivation ground) You have to work. In this process, the surroundings become dirty, so it is very inconvenient to clean up the stove (clean the water and clean the water ...). In addition, it is difficult to precisely match the purchased pollen with the plant badge, so the remaining pollen or plant badge must be stored or disposed of separately. It is a reality that it is difficult to reuse because it is decolorized / corroded if it is used once, because it is usually made of plastic material, whether it is a box type or a cylindrical type.

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It is an object of the present invention to provide a compressed flower pot of a new structure in which a cultivating container and a plant culture medium are integrated and are manufactured, circulated, utilized and discarded.

In order to accomplish the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, A plant culture medium embedded in the inner space; And a lid for covering the upper surface of the cultivation vessel. The cultivation vessel and the plant culture medium are integrated with each other.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the cultivation vessel and the plant culture medium are manufactured in an integrated state and are distributed and used, they can be discarded as a whole. Therefore, . &Lt; / RTI >

Since the pots according to the present invention are integrated with the cultivation vessel and the plant culture medium, the conventional culture vessel (pots, boxes, etc.) and the plant culture medium (such as soil and compost or cultivation soil) are separately purchased and used for complex and cumbersome pre- To the cultivation vessel) is not required.

1A and 1B are sectional views of pollen according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively.
2 is a sectional view of still another embodiment of the pollen according to the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view of a compact flower pot and a flow chart showing its use.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only the contents and scope of technology of the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention based on these examples.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a packaging apparatus comprising: a cultivation container having an interior space of a predetermined height formed therein and an upper surface thereof opened; A plant culture medium embedded in the inner space; And a lid covering the upper surface of the cultivation vessel. The planting vessel and the plant culture medium are integrated with each other. In other words, the present invention is an integral pot that contains a plant culture medium in various kinds of ordinary flower pots and is sealed with a lid to prevent the plant culture medium from flowing out during distribution. In the present invention, the plant medium 30 is not particularly limited. For example, any kind of conventionally known and future developments, such as manure soil mixed with soil and compost, or artificial soil mixed with zeolite, diatomaceous earth, vermiculite, cocofit, masato, loess, pulp, Possible is obvious. The cultivation vessel 10 and the lid 20 are preferably made of a plastic material which is usually used for the production of potted flowers in consideration of economy, ease of handling, and the like, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The structure and size of the cultivation vessel and the lid may be appropriately selected as needed.

The lid according to the present invention is characterized in that the lid has: a) a protruding protrusion upwardly formed around an outer periphery of the protruding protuberance so that an outer surface of the protruding protuberance is in close contact with an inner surface of the upper portion of the packaging container; or 2) May be in close contact with the outer surface of the upper portion of the cultivation vessel. Exemplary cross-sectional views thereof are shown in Figs. 1A and 1B, respectively.

The lid may be non-disassemblyly coupled to the cultivation vessel by, for example, thermal fusion welding or the like. At this time, the user should cut or cut a part of the lid and then watering - planting or planting in the usual way. When using the pollen according to the present invention, smooth air flow and drainage to the plant culture medium 30 may be required. For this purpose, the user may arbitrarily drill a ventilation hole and a water discharge hole on the side or bottom surface of the cultivation vessel 10, or may preliminarily tap it at the time of manufacture, and then let the user untape and use the tape (not shown).

Meanwhile, the lid may be detachably coupled to the cultivation vessel. In this case, the user removes the lid and uses the lid of the cultivation vessel as a pot support. Thus, the user does not need to prepare a separate pot support. A cross-sectional view of the lid as a pot support is shown in Fig. The disassemblable coupling of the lid and the harvesting container may be accomplished in a variety of ways, such as by conventional simple fitting, screw fitting or partial heat welding. It is also desirable to increase the convenience of distribution and prevent the separation of the lid and the cultivation vessel in the distribution process by individually or in a predetermined number of heat shrinkable packaging.

In the present invention, as the plant medium (30), the sanitary napkins and heavy weights are heavy, so they are burdened to be used for cultivation on the veranda or rooftop, especially in terms of effort and cost for transportation and handling. Therefore, it is preferable to use a lightweight sole that is light and easy to handle. However, the lightweight soil is bulky and occupies a lot of work space and it is difficult to logistics. Accordingly, the present invention provides a cultivating container capable of shrinking up and down (folded and unfolded), and a compact integrated potted plant to which a compressed plant medium is applied. A cross-sectional view of the compact flower pot and a flow chart showing its use are shown in FIG.

For example, if a sidewall is manufactured in the form of a flexible hose or a water bottle of a bellows, a cultivating vessel capable of expanding and contracting up and down can be obtained. Examples of the compressed plant culture medium 30 that is expanded by moisture supply include a cultivation soil base material portion composed of, for example, coco peat, peat moss, vermiculite and zeolite, and a chitosan complex containing a predetermined fertilizer (compost) A vegetable culture medium 30 in which natural adhesives such as xanthan gum, agar, guar gum, carrageenan or locust bean gum are mixed with a wetting agent at a certain ratio, and the mixture is compressed to 1/2 to 5/1 can be applied.

In the case of a compressed flower pot, for example, it is distributed in a size of 1/2 to 5/1, the user opens a hole in the lid or opens the lid, extends the cultivation container by pulling up, Lt; / RTI >

It is possible to provide various information to the user by utilizing the pollen according to the present invention. For example, a description of the cultivation method of representative crops or advertising advertisement is displayed (printed) on the side of the cultivation vessel 10, so that the user can conveniently cultivate and manage the crops. Furthermore, since various advertisement promotions can be carried out using pollen, for example, local governments can be utilized as tools for activating urban agriculture.

Since the plant medium (30) of the pollen according to the present invention contains a sufficient amount of nutrients, it is not necessary that the roots of the crops grow long (unlike the crops of which interest is the target of interest). Therefore, the depth of the plant culture medium 30 (height of flowerpot) need not be deep. However, in this case, the bearing capacity of the root weakens, which may cause the crop to fall down or slow the growth.

It is preferable to interpose a biodegradable porous mat, for example, a bottom mat (not shown) of a coir material between the plant medium 30 and the bottom of the cultivation vessel 10 Part of the badge is also cut into the mat). The roots of the planted plant digs up the mat and the crop itself is strongly supported.

On the other hand, in order to enhance the supporting power of the roots, the entire plant culture medium 30 can be produced in the form of a biodegradable molding mat. For example, a mat type plant culture medium 30 in which a lightweight soil and a molding material (pulp, rice straw, rice husk, sawdust, coconut pit, coir, etc.), natural adhesive agent, humectant, etc. are mixed with water, Can be applied.

In addition to supporting the plant, the mat also has a moisturizing function.

The composition and production method of the mat type plant culture medium 30 are well known in the art, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Using the pots according to the present invention as described above, it is possible to cultivate the crops very conveniently and easily in a veranda of a building, a rooftop of the building, or a squatting space (not the surface of the soil).

In addition, it is advantageous that manpower can be saved and work environment can be improved because the complicated and cumbersome pre- and post-preparation steps can be omitted at the time of cultivating crops using potted plants and soil.

10. Growing container
20. Lid
30. Plant badge

Claims

A cultivation vessel in which an inner space of a predetermined height is formed and an upper surface thereof is opened;
A plant culture medium embedded in the inner space; And
A lid covering an upper surface of the cultivation vessel;
Wherein the plant cultivation vessel and the plant culture medium are integrated with each other.

The method according to claim 1,
The lid
(1) an upward protruding step is formed in the periphery of the outer periphery so that the outer surface of the protruding jaw is in close contact with the inner surface of the upper part of the cultivating vessel, (2) a protruding step is formed in a downward direction around the outer periphery, Wherein the plant cultivation vessel and the plant culture medium are integrated with each other.

3. The method of claim 2,
The lid is releasably engaged with the cultivation vessel
A flowerpot that integrates the cultivation vessel and the plant badge which is characterized by using the lid as a flowerpot support when using a flowerpot.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The cultivation vessel is capable of expanding and contracting up and down,
Wherein the plant culture medium is a compressed culture medium.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Wherein the side of the cultivation vessel is provided with a description of the cultivation method of the representative crop or an advertisement PR.