Patent ID: 7818918
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A method for orienting a planting pot comprising: obtaining a planting pot having indicia on a side of the pot and one or more alignment recesses on a bottom portion of the pot, the one or more recesses including first and second angled surfaces joined at a radially oriented upper end; positioning the pot above a compartment of a tray, the tray having a plurality of compartments, each compartment having one or more alignment protrusions on a bottom portion of the compartment, the one or more alignment protrusions including first and second angled surfaces joined at a radially oriented upper end; releasing the pot; and allowing the pot to move in a downward direction such that the weight of the pot causes the angled surfaces of the one or more alignment recesses of the pot to contact and slide along the angled surfaces of the one or more alignment protrusions of the tray to align the indicia in an outwardly facing direction with respect to the outer perimeter of the tray.