TWM672823U - Plant Attachment Device - Google Patents

Abstract

A plant attachment device is suitable for being provided with a cultivation medium and a plant planted in the cultivation medium. The plant attachment device comprises a shell unit and a plurality of coupling units arranged on the shell unit. The shell unit can be provided for the plant and the cultivation medium to be attached, and comprises a front shell and a rear shell opposite to each other. The front shell and the rear shell together define a storage space. The coupling units are used to detachably couple the front shell and the rear shell. The effectiveness of this novel device is that the detachable shell unit facilitates installation and provides an attachment environment that is easily ventilated and drained, and can also be connected to another plant attachment device to be combined and assembled into the shape, size and appearance desired by the user.

Description

Plant attachment device

The present invention relates to an attachment device, in particular to a plant attachment device that can be assembled with each other.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a conventional plant attachment device is suitable for use with a growing medium 91 and a plant 92 planted therein. The device comprises a plate 93, a hook 94 mounted on the plate 93, and a fixing member 95 mounted on the plate 93. The fixing member 95 is, for example, a fishing line or a plastic film.

The plate 93 includes a main body 931 and a plurality of protruding columns 932 protruding from the main body 931. The growing medium 91 can be attached to the main body 931, and the plant 92 can be fixed to the main body 931 by wrapping the fixing member 95 around the protruding columns 932.

The plant attachment device can be placed directly on the floor or hung on the wall via the hook, but the plate-like structure is not easy to ventilate and drain. In addition, the plate shape is fixed during manufacturing, and the appearance or size cannot be changed according to needs. Therefore, there is still room for improvement.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a plant attachment device that can overcome at least one disadvantage of the prior art.

Therefore, the novel plant attachment device is suitable for being set up with a cultivation medium and a plant planted in the cultivation medium. The plant attachment device includes a shell unit and a plurality of coupling units arranged on the shell unit.

The shell unit can be used for the attachment of the plant and the cultivation medium, and includes a front shell and a rear shell opposite to each other. The front shell and the rear shell together define a containing space.

The coupling units are used to detachably couple the front shell and the rear shell. Each coupling unit includes a convex buckle provided on one of the front shell and the rear shell, and a groove provided on the other of the front shell and capable of correspondingly engaging with the convex buckle.

The utility model has the advantages that the detachable shell unit and the accommodation space facilitate installation and provide an attachment environment with easy ventilation and drainage.

Therefore, another object of the present invention is to provide a plant attachment device that can overcome at least one disadvantage of the prior art.

Therefore, the novel plant attachment device is suitable for use with multiple assemblies and is provided with a cultivation medium and a plant planted in the cultivation medium. The plant attachment device comprises a housing unit, a plurality of coupling units provided on the housing unit, and a plurality of connecting units provided on the housing unit.

The shell unit can be used for the attachment of the plant and the cultivation medium, and includes a front shell and a rear shell opposite to each other. The front shell and the rear shell together define a containing space.

The coupling units are used to detachably couple the front shell and the rear shell. Each coupling unit includes a convex buckle provided on one of the front shell and the rear shell, and a groove provided on the other of the front shell and capable of correspondingly engaging with the convex buckle.

The connecting units can be used to be detachably assembled with another plant attachment device.

The effect of the present invention is that the combination units and the connection units can be combined to form the shape and appearance desired by the user.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals in the following description.

Referring to Figures 2 to 4 , a first embodiment of the novel plant attachment device is suitable for use with a growing medium 81 and a plant 82 planted within the growing medium 81. The plant 82 may be, for example, but not limited to, a Staghorn fern. The growing medium 81 may be made of, for example, sphagnum moss, shredded bark, potting soil, or peat moss for growing the fern. The plant attachment device comprises a housing unit 1 to which the growing medium 81 and plant 82 are attached, a plurality of coupling units 2 disposed on the housing unit 1, and a plurality of connecting units 3 disposed on the housing unit 1.

Referring to Figures 4 to 7 , the housing unit 1 includes a front housing 11 and a rear housing 12 , which are positioned opposite each other. The front housing 11 and the rear housing 12 together define a housing space 13 . This housing space 13 can be used to house the growing medium 81 and also facilitates drainage and air flow, ensuring that the growing medium 81 is in a suitable condition for growing the plant 82 .

The front housing 11 comprises a front housing portion 111 and a front connecting portion 112 extending rearward from the periphery of the front housing portion 111. The front housing portion 111 has four integrally formed and interconnected front housing surface sections 113. Each front housing surface section 113 has a hexagonal front center surface 114 and six adjacent pentagonal surfaces 115 extending obliquely rearward from the six sides of the front center surface 114. The front housing surface sections 113 are closely arranged in a hexagonal shape, forming two front housing surface grooves 116.

The rear housing 12 comprises a rear portion 121, a rear connecting portion 122 extending from the periphery of the rear housing 121 toward the front housing 11, and several mounting holes 123 for mounting on a wall 83. The rear housing 121 has several positioning posts 124 formed on its inner side and four integrally formed and interconnected rear housing sections 125. The positioning posts 124 abut against the front housing 11 from the inside to prevent forward and backward displacement of the rear housing 12 and front housing 11 when assembled. The shape of each rear housing section 125 corresponds to that of each front housing section 113. Each rear shell surface region 125 has a hexagonal rear center surface 126 and six adjacent pentagonal surfaces 127 extending obliquely forward from the six sides of the rear center surface 126. The rear shell surface regions 125 are closely arranged in a hexagonal pattern. The rear shell surface regions 125 of the rear shell portion 121 form two rear shell surface grooves 128.

The rear connecting portion 122 and the front connecting portion 112 are sleeved together. In the first embodiment, the front connecting portion 112 is located on the outside. However, in other embodiments, the rear connecting portion 122 may also be located on the outside.

The number of mounting holes 123 can be one, two, three, or more, and the shape and location are not limited to those shown. These holes can be used to attach components such as suction cups 84 (see FIG. 3 ) or angle hooks to the wall 83. The mounting holes 123 can also be used to attach the plant 82 to the housing unit 1 by, for example, but not limited to, passing a fishing line 85 through the holes or applying a permeable membrane. These holes 123 also allow the roots of the plant 82 to penetrate deeply. Furthermore, the fishing line 85 can be tied to an appropriate location to match the shape of the growing medium 81 (see FIG. 2 ). The tying method is not limited to the illustrated method.

The coupling units 2 are disposed on the front connecting portion 112 and the rear connecting portion 122 and are used to detachably couple the front shell 11 to the rear shell 12. Each coupling unit 2 includes a protrusion 21 disposed on one of the front connecting portion 112 and the rear connecting portion 122, and a groove 22 disposed on the other of the front connecting portion 112 and the rear connecting portion 122 and engageable with the protrusion 21. In the first embodiment, the protrusion 21 is disposed on the rear connecting portion 122, and the groove 22 is disposed on the front connecting portion 112. However, in other embodiments, the protrusion 21 may also be disposed on the front connecting portion 112, and the groove 22 may be disposed on the rear connecting portion 122.

The connecting units 3 can be used to be detachably assembled with another plant attachment device. Each connecting unit 3 includes a side seat 31 and a side column 32 that are corresponding and detachably combined with each other, and a stacking hole 33 and a stacking buckle 34 that are corresponding and detachably combined with each other.

Each of the side seats 31 and each of the side posts 32 are disposed on the outer surfaces of the mutually nested front connecting portion 112 and the rear connecting portion 122. In the first embodiment, the front connecting portion 112 is located on the outer side of the rear connecting portion 122, and therefore each of the side seats 31 and each of the side posts 32 are disposed on the outer surface of the front connecting portion 112. However, in other embodiments, the rear connecting portion 122 may also be located on the outer side of the front connecting portion 112, and then each of the side seats 31 and each of the side posts 32 are disposed on the outer surface of the rear connecting portion 122. Each of the side seats 31 defines a side groove 311 that can be coupled to the corresponding side post 32 of another plant attachment device.

Each stacking hole 33 is disposed on one of the front shell portion 111 and the rear shell portion 121, and each stacking buckle 34 is disposed on the other of the front shell portion 111 and the rear shell portion 121. Each stacking hole 33 can be coupled to a corresponding stacking buckle 34 of another plant attachment device. In this first embodiment, each stacking hole 33 is disposed on one of the front pentagonal surfaces 115, and each stacking buckle 34 is disposed on one of the rear pentagonal surfaces 127. However, in practice, the arrangement positions are not limited to this, and can correspond to another plant attachment device. Each of the stacking buckles 34 is a snap buckle, and a slit is formed around the stacking buckle 34 to achieve the effect of elastic connection, but the embodiment is not limited to this, and can be used to combine with the corresponding stacking holes 33. The stacking holes 33 can also allow the roots of the plant 82 to penetrate deeply.

The number of the side seats 31 , the side posts 32 , the stacking holes 33 , and the stacking buckles 34 is not limited to that shown in the figure.

This new plant attachment device can be used individually or in groups. When used together, it can be connected to another plant attachment device via the connecting units 3. Referring to Figures 8 and 9, the side seats 31 and side posts 32 allow multiple plant attachment devices to be connected side by side to achieve an expanded surface area. Referring to Figures 10 and 11, the stacking holes 33 and stacking buckles 34 allow multiple plant attachment devices to be stacked front to back to increase the thickness. Each of the rear shell grooves 128 can be overlapped with one of the front shell areas 113 of another of the plant attachment devices in a shape corresponding thereto, and each of the front shell grooves 116 can be overlapped with one of the rear shell areas 125 of another of the plant attachment devices in a shape corresponding thereto.

Referring to Figures 12 and 13, a second embodiment of the novel plant attachment device is similar to the first embodiment, except that the front shell surface areas 113 also collectively form a removable removal block 14. The removal block 14 has several removable removal sections 141 and several ribs 142 around its periphery. Each front center surface 114 is spaced apart from the adjacent front pentagonal surfaces 115 and is connected to several of the front pentagonal surfaces 115 by the ribs 142. The removal sections 141 are mitered, making them thinner than the front pentagonal surfaces 115, facilitating cutting and removal.

During planting, the second embodiment can remove the removable block 14 to create a front opening 143 that connects the accommodating space 13 to the outside world, allowing the cultivation medium 81 and the plant 82 to be placed directly within the accommodating space 13. The removable block 14 can be removed by, for example, but not limited to, cutting or pulling. The location where the removable block 14 is removed from the front shell surface 113 can be the ribs 142 (see FIG. 13 ) or the removable sections 141 . The front opening 143 can be cut to the appropriate size based on user needs. Furthermore, there is no limit to the number of plants 82 that can be planted.

In summary, the novel plant attachment device can achieve the purpose of attaching the plant 82 to the cultivation medium 81 and maintaining a good cultivation environment through the shell unit 1 and the coupling unit 2, and through the connecting units 3, multiple plant attachment devices can be used in combination to achieve the shape and style desired by the user, so the purpose of the novel device can be achieved.

However, the above description is merely an example of the present invention and should not be used to limit the scope of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made within the scope of the patent application and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present patent.

1: Housing unit 11: Front housing 111: Front housing 112: Front connecting portion 113: Front housing surface area 114: Front center surface 115: Front pentagonal surface 116: Front housing surface groove 12: Rear housing 121: Rear housing 122: Rear connecting portion 123: Mounting hole 124: Positioning column 125: Rear housing surface area 126: Rear center surface 127: Rear pentagonal surface 128: Rear housing groove 13: Accommodation space 14: Removal block 141: Dismantling section 142: Rib 143: Front opening 2: Combination unit 21: Protrusion 22: Groove 3: Connection unit 31: Side seat 311: Side groove 32: Side column 33: Stacking hole 34: Stacking buckle 81: Cultivation medium 82: Plant 83: Wall 84: Suction cup 85: Fishing line

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: FIG1 is a three-dimensional diagram of the existing plant attachment device, and is used with a cultivation medium and a plant planted in the cultivation medium; FIG2 is a diagram of a usage state, illustrating a first embodiment of the present plant attachment device, and is used with a cultivation medium and a plant planted in the cultivation medium; FIG3 is a side sectional view, illustrating the first embodiment being set on a wall by two suction cups, and being used with the cultivation medium and the plant; FIG4 is a three-dimensional assembly diagram, illustrating the structure of the first embodiment; FIG5 is a three-dimensional exploded diagram, illustrating the structure of the first embodiment; FIG6 is a front view, illustrating a front view of the first embodiment Figure 7 is a rear view illustrating the structure of a rear shell of the first embodiment; Figure 8 is a three-dimensional exploded view illustrating the state of the first embodiment being combined with another plant attachment device on the left and right; Figure 9 is a front exploded view illustrating the state of the first embodiment being combined with another plant attachment device on the left and right; Figure 10 is a three-dimensional exploded view illustrating the state of the first embodiment and another plant attachment device being stacked front and back; Figure 11 is a side sectional view illustrating the state of the first embodiment and another plant attachment device being stacked front and back; Figure 12 is a three-dimensional view illustrating a second embodiment of the novel plant attachment device; Figure 13 is a usage flow chart illustrating the state of the second embodiment being used in conjunction with the cultivation medium and the plant.

1: Shell unit

11: Front shell

111: Front shell

112: Front connection

113: Front shell area

114: Front center plane

115: Front pentagonal surface

116: Front shell groove

12: Rear shell

121: Rear shell

2: Binding unit

22: Groove

3: Connection unit

31: Side Seat

311: Side groove

32: Side pillars

33: Overlapping hole

Claims (17)

A plant attachment device is suitable for being provided with a cultivation medium and a plant planted in the cultivation medium. The plant attachment device comprises: a shell unit, to which the plant and the cultivation medium can be attached, and includes a front shell and a rear shell opposite to each other, the front shell and the rear shell jointly defining a storage space; and a plurality of coupling units, provided on the shell unit, for detachably coupling the front shell and the rear shell, each of the coupling units comprising a protrusion provided on one of the front shell and the rear shell, and a groove provided on the other of the front shell and the rear shell and capable of correspondingly engaging with the protrusion. A plant attachment device as described in claim 1, wherein the front shell has a front shell portion and a front connecting portion extending rearward from the periphery of the front shell portion, the rear shell has a rear shell portion and a rear connecting portion extending from the periphery of the rear shell portion toward the front shell portion, the front connecting portion and the rear connecting portion are mutually socketed, and the combining units are arranged on the front connecting portion and the rear connecting portion. A plant attachment device as described in claim 2, wherein the front shell portion has four integrally formed and interconnected front shell surface areas, and the rear shell portion has four integrally formed and interconnected rear shell surface areas, and the shape of each rear shell surface area corresponds to the shape of each front shell surface area. A plant attachment device as described in claim 3, wherein each front shell surface area has a hexagonal front center surface, and six front pentagonal surfaces that extend obliquely backward from the six side edges of the front center surface and are adjacent to each other; each rear shell surface area has a hexagonal rear center surface, and six rear pentagonal surfaces that extend obliquely forward from the six side edges of the rear center surface and are adjacent to each other. A plant attachment device as described in claim 3, wherein the front shell surface areas are closely arranged in a hexagonal shape, and the rear shell surface areas are closely arranged in a hexagonal shape. A plant attachment device as described in claim 3, wherein the front shell surface areas jointly form a removable removal block, and the removal block has a plurality of removable demolition sections and a plurality of ribs around its periphery. A plant attachment device as described in claim 1, wherein the rear shell has at least one mounting hole and the front shell has at least one overlapping hole. A plant attachment device is suitable for use with multiple assemblies and is provided for a cultivation medium and a plant planted in the cultivation medium. The plant attachment device comprises: a housing unit for the plant and the cultivation medium to be attached, and comprising a front housing and a rear housing opposite to each other, the front housing and the rear housing jointly defining a storage space; a plurality of coupling units provided in the housing; Units are provided on the housing unit for detachably combining the front housing and the rear housing, each of the combining units includes a protrusion provided on one of the front housing and the rear housing, and a groove provided on the other of the front housing and the rear housing and capable of correspondingly engaging with the protrusion; and a plurality of connecting units are provided on the housing unit and can be used for detachably assembling with another plant attachment device. A plant attachment device as described in claim 8, wherein the front shell has a front shell portion and a front connecting portion extending rearward from the periphery of the front shell portion, the rear shell has a rear shell portion and a rear connecting portion extending from the periphery of the rear shell portion toward the front shell portion, the front connecting portion and the rear connecting portion are mutually socketed, and the combining units are arranged on the front connecting portion and the rear connecting portion. A plant attachment device as described in claim 9, wherein each of the connecting units includes a side seat and a side column that correspond to each other and are detachably coupled, and the side seat and the side column are arranged on the outer surfaces of the front connecting portion and the rear connecting portion that are socketed with each other, and each of the side seats defines a side groove that can be coupled and connected to the side column corresponding to another plant attachment device. A plant attachment device as described in claim 9, wherein each of the connecting units includes a stacking hole and a stacking buckle that correspond to each other and are detachably coupled, the stacking hole is arranged on one of the front shell and the rear shell, and the stacking buckle is arranged on the other of the front shell and the rear shell, and each of the stacking holes can be coupled and connected to the stacking buckle corresponding to another plant attachment device. A plant attachment device as described in claim 9, wherein the front shell portion has four integrally formed and interconnected front shell surface areas, and the rear shell portion has four integrally formed and interconnected rear shell surface areas, and the shape of each rear shell surface area corresponds to the shape of each front shell surface area. A plant attachment device as described in claim 12, wherein each front shell surface area has a hexagonal front center surface, and six front pentagonal surfaces that extend obliquely backward from the six side edges of the front center surface and are adjacent to each other; each rear shell surface area has a hexagonal rear center surface, and six rear pentagonal surfaces that extend obliquely forward from the six side edges of the rear center surface and are adjacent to each other. A plant attachment device as described in claim 12, wherein the front shell surface areas are closely arranged in a hexagonal shape, and the rear shell surface areas are closely arranged in a hexagonal shape. A plant attachment device as described in claim 14, wherein the front shell surface areas of the front shell portion form two front shell surface grooves, each of the front shell surface grooves can be overlapped with the shape of one of the rear shell surface areas of another plant attachment device, and the rear shell surface areas of the rear shell portion form two rear shell surface grooves, each of the rear shell surface grooves can be overlapped with the shape of one of the front shell surface areas of another plant attachment device. A plant attachment device as described in claim 12, wherein the front shell surface areas jointly form a removable removal block, and the removal block has a plurality of removable removal sections and a plurality of ribs around its periphery. A plant attachment device as described in claim 8, wherein the rear shell has at least one mounting hole.