Patent ID: 7210266
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A container for enclosing the roots and root tips of a plant intended to be transplanted and for receiving growing medium, including the plant root and root tips and comprising opposite top and bottom edges and a bottom wall, a side wall extending between said top and bottom edges, said side wall surrounding a central axis of said container with said axis extending centrally and perpendicularly from said bottom wall, said sidewall being divided into a plurality of layers spaced along said axis with the layer adjacent said bottom edge having a selected radius, the radius of each succeeding layer increasing in size up to the layer adjacent said top edge, each said layer having an upper edge and a lower edge and with the adjacent edges of adjacent layers being spaced apart a selected distance by at least one bridging member, thereby defining a gap between the edges of said layers, the top edge of some of said layers being connected to the lower edge of some of said layers by a said bridging member that slopes outwardly relative to the central axis from said upper edge to said lower edge, said upper edge at a position relative to said lower edge that is closer to the central axis and that is closer to the bottom wall, and said bridging members between two adjacent layers being spaced apart from each other about said axis, wherein each said layer includes a plurality of ribs spaced apart circumferentially about said central axis at the selected radius, a pair of said ribs partially defining a panel portion, and each said panel portion being curved outwardly relative to said selected radius.