WO1994026092A1 - Conteneur pour plantes - Google Patents

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WO1994026092A1
WO1994026092A1 PCT/AU1994/000250 AU9400250W WO9426092A1 WO 1994026092 A1 WO1994026092 A1 WO 1994026092A1 AU 9400250 W AU9400250 W AU 9400250W WO 9426092 A1 WO9426092 A1 WO 9426092A1
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plant container
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Graham Davis
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Dulverre Pty. Ltd.
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Priority to AU67172/94A priority Critical patent/AU6717294A/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
    • A01G9/029—Receptacles for seedlings
    • A01G9/0291—Planting receptacles specially adapted for remaining in the soil after planting

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  • the invention relates to containers for plants.
  • Containers for plants have come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are made from many materials. Typically these containers have either a uniform sectional shape, eg a cylinder, or an increasing cross-sectional shape from the base to an upper opening, eg a truncated cone. These shapes allow the plant to be easily located or removed from the container.
  • One common method for growing a plant is to allow the plant or seedling to grow in a container of one size.
  • the plant or seedling is allowed to develop root growth in one container and then is placed in a container with an opening which has a larger horizontal cross-sectional area to allow the plant or seedling to develop an increased root mass.
  • Such containers were traditionally manufactured from a suitable clay though in recent times are manufactured from plastics material.
  • the most popular plant container is plastic and has a conical shape which dimensionally increases from the base to the upper opening. Not only does the shape facilitate the easy removal of plants from the container, it also allows such type of containers to be easily stacked and economically transported.
  • a container which prevents the roots of a plant from cracking a nearby sidewalk by having the container buried in the ground.
  • the container has an upper opening and an open base and sidewalls of an impenetrable material, such as plastic, which are divergent.
  • the container is placed below the level of the soil roots are deflected down away from the surrounding concrete.
  • a container for a plant having an upper opening to receive a plant, a base and at least one wall extending therebetween, the wall being of degradable material, and the upper opening having a horizontal cross- sectional area which is less than the horizontal cross-sectional area of the base.
  • the container wall or walls substantially diverge from the upper opening to the base.
  • Such a container exhibits greater stability as the area of the base is greater than that of the upper opening end which provides improved support to the container contents.
  • This arrangement also promotes root growth to extend in a downward and outward direction thereby increasing the root mass of the plants. Additionally, as the wall is degradable over time, after a predetermined time the plant and container can be placed into a larger second container. The original container does not present an impenetrable barrier to the expanding root system. Further as the plant is not removed from its original container there is less likelihood of damage to the root systems of the plant.
  • the container wall is corrugated with circular or angular ridges. These corrugations extend down the walls towards the base. These corrugations increase the surface area of the container promoting root growth to extend in a downward and outward direction.
  • the base and upper opening are rectangular and the walls are planar. More preferably the container is a square based frusto-pyramid shape.
  • the base of the container is made from a rigid degradable material such as a paper based material (eg cardboard).
  • the rigid material may at least be partially coated with a degradable substantially water resistant coating.
  • die container may have more than one substantially water resistant coating depending on the time period required for the container to remain rigid.
  • the rigid degradable material is both easily removed from the plant without damaging the plant and degradable over a reasonable period of time (eg twenty-six weeks).
  • Such a container is particularly suited to commercial growers of plants, cuttings and seedlings. These persons usually grow plants from seed and have a need to move the seedling plant from smaller to larger containers.
  • the container in another preferred form of the invention, includes two parts with a first part having an open base, the upper opening and the wall and a second part having the base to cover the open base of the first part.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the container of the invention
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the container of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of another form of the container of the invention.
  • Figure 4 is a plan view of the container of Figure 3;
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view of the container of Figure 1 with a plant in place
  • Figure 6 is a front partial cross-section of the container of Figure 5;
  • Figure 7 is a perspective view of another form of the container of the invention where the walls are corrugated circular ridges;
  • Figure 8 is a sectional view of the container in Figure 7;
  • Figure 9 is a perspective view of another form of the container of the invention where the walls are corrugated to form angular ridges; and Figure 10 is a section of the perspective view of the container of Figure 9.
  • Figure 11 is a perspective view of the container of Figure 1 having two parts.
  • Figure 12 is a perspective view of the container of Figure 3 having two parts.
  • plant container 1 has an upper opening 2 and a base 3.
  • Diverging walls 4 extend from base 3 and define upper opening 2.
  • the base 3 is a regular rectangle whilst the walls 4 are of irregular rectangular shape.
  • the cross-sectional area of the upper opening 2 is smaller than the area of the base 3 and provides additional stability to the container 1.
  • Figures 3 & 4 depict an alternate shaped container according to the invention.
  • Plant container 5 has an upper opening 6 and a base 7.
  • a diverging wall 8 extends from base 7 and defines upper opening 6.
  • the base 7 is a circular and with the wall 8 define an open frusto-cone.
  • the cross-sectional area of the upper opening 6 is smaller than the area of the base 7 and provides additional stability to the container 1.
  • Figure 5 shows container 1 with a sizeable plant 9 located in it.
  • Base 3 is very stable as it provides a significant surface area which would need to be tipped if the plant is to fall over.
  • Figure 6 shows the path of roots when the plant 9 is located in container 1.
  • the root path is out and down similar to the root structure that would occur if the plant was located in the ground. This further consolidates the plant in container 1 to provide additional stability.
  • Figure 7 shows a container where the diverging wall 4 has corrugations 10. These corrugations are more particularly shown in Figure 8 and are formed from a sheet folded to form circular ridges.
  • Figure 9 also shows a container 1 with diverging walls 4 where the diverging walls 4 are corrugated. However the angular ridges 11 have a triangular cross- section. In both cases the circular ridges 10 or angular ridges 11 of the corrugated diverging walls 4 improve the direction of the roots of a plant in an outward and downward direction.
  • Figures 11 depicts a plant container 1 with two parts, the first part 12 having an upper opening 2, the open base 3 and a wall 4, the second part 13 having a base 14 to cover the open base 3 of the first part.
  • Figure 12 depicts a plant container 5 with two parts, the first part 15 having an upper opening 6, the open base 7 and wall 8, the second part 16 having a base 17 to cover the open base 7 of the first part.
  • the container may be manufactured from known paper based sheet material such as corrugated cardboard or formed by molding paper based material, these techniques will be readily known to those skilled in the art.

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  • Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un conteneur pour plantes comportant une ouverture supérieure pour recevoir la plante, une base et au moins une paroi s'étendant entre l'ouverture et la base, la paroi étant constituée d'un matériau dégradable, l'ouverture supérieure ayant une section transversale horizontale moins grande que la section transversale horizontale de la base.
PCT/AU1994/000250 1993-05-13 1994-05-13 Conteneur pour plantes WO1994026092A1 (fr)

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AU67172/94A AU6717294A (en) 1993-05-13 1994-05-13 Container for plants

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WO1999001023A1 (fr) * 1997-06-30 1999-01-14 Tina Maria Geary Bac pour plantes
FR2770082A1 (fr) * 1997-10-23 1999-04-30 Nortene Technologies Conteneur pour la culture d'un plant, procede de culture et pince pour la mise en place du conteneur
WO2004054368A2 (fr) * 2002-12-13 2004-07-01 Borbely Jozsef Procede de production d'un materiau d'emballage biodegradable
GB2402858A (en) * 2003-06-18 2004-12-22 Laurence Millar A pyramidal plant pot with openable sides
FR2862487A1 (fr) * 2003-11-21 2005-05-27 Alain Perchat Dispositif de conteneur pour jeune plant
WO2013087950A1 (fr) * 2011-12-13 2013-06-20 Arnanz Rivas Angel Berceau de transplantation pour pépinière
WO2021217200A1 (fr) * 2020-04-27 2021-11-04 Pact Renewables Pty Ltd Composites à base de minéraux

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GB399175A (en) * 1932-03-23 1933-09-25 Peggy De Billinghurst Freda Bo Receptacle for germination of seeds and growth of plants
US2758419A (en) * 1952-12-17 1956-08-14 Joseph F Schmitz Plant container
US3028705A (en) * 1961-01-03 1962-04-10 Paul J Howard Multiple container for plants
US3631627A (en) * 1968-10-24 1972-01-04 Jacobus Leendert Van Zijverden Forcing boxes for bulb plants
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FR2312191A2 (fr) * 1975-01-29 1976-12-24 Sifer Caisse de culture
GB2055031A (en) * 1979-07-25 1981-02-25 Edge R J Improvements in plant pots
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WO1999001023A1 (fr) * 1997-06-30 1999-01-14 Tina Maria Geary Bac pour plantes
GB2341530A (en) * 1997-06-30 2000-03-22 Tina Maria Geary Plant container
GB2341530B (en) * 1997-06-30 2002-05-08 Tina Maria Geary Plant container
FR2770082A1 (fr) * 1997-10-23 1999-04-30 Nortene Technologies Conteneur pour la culture d'un plant, procede de culture et pince pour la mise en place du conteneur
WO1999021408A1 (fr) * 1997-10-23 1999-05-06 Nortene Technologies Conteneur pour la culture d'un plant, procede de culture et pince pour la mise en place du conteneur
WO2004054368A3 (fr) * 2002-12-13 2004-10-14 Jozsef Borbely Procede de production d'un materiau d'emballage biodegradable
WO2004054368A2 (fr) * 2002-12-13 2004-07-01 Borbely Jozsef Procede de production d'un materiau d'emballage biodegradable
GB2402858A (en) * 2003-06-18 2004-12-22 Laurence Millar A pyramidal plant pot with openable sides
FR2862487A1 (fr) * 2003-11-21 2005-05-27 Alain Perchat Dispositif de conteneur pour jeune plant
WO2013087950A1 (fr) * 2011-12-13 2013-06-20 Arnanz Rivas Angel Berceau de transplantation pour pépinière
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EP2792233A4 (fr) * 2011-12-13 2015-08-12 Rivas Angel Arnanz Berceau de transplantation pour pépinière
WO2021217200A1 (fr) * 2020-04-27 2021-11-04 Pact Renewables Pty Ltd Composites à base de minéraux
GB2610096A (en) * 2020-04-27 2023-02-22 Pact Renewables Pty Ltd Mineral-based composites

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