Patent ID: 8689485
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A01G,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A vertical planter for cultivating plants, comprising a plurality of planter blocks, each planter block comprising: a plant receiver block that is open at the top and having a rectangular cross-sectional shape and a depth sufficient to hold a plant; and two conical end pieces, each having a wide top opening and walls that taper downwardly to a narrow bottom portion to a depth similar to the depth of the plant receiver block having a bottom portion, where the conical end pieces are in fluid connection with the planter receiver block through two support sections, where one support section emanates at an angle from a rear corner of the plant receiver block and the other support section emanates at the angle from an opposite rear corner of the plant receiver block; where the plant receiver block, the two conical end pieces and two support sections share a continuous top edge, also where the height of the plant receiver block top edge and the height of the two conical end pieces top edges are approximately the same; where the top edge of the support sections is recessed from top edges of the plant receiver block and conical end pieces; and where the support sections have a depth that is less than the depth of the plant receiver block and the depth of the conical end pieces such that the bottom portions of the plant receiver block and the conical end pieces extend below the support sections.