Patent ID: 6243985
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
An automatic watering apparatus comprising a plurality of elongate trays, each one of said elongate trays further comprising:a medial tray portion permanently joined at each end thereof by an end tray portion so as to support a. liquid in the elongate tray;at least two of the plurality of elongate trays positioned at selected heights, one above the next and spaced so as to enable placement of plants therebetween, the plants resting on the trays;a water conducting means joining pairs of the elongate trays through frictional engagement of terminal ends of said water conducting means in apertures in the end tray portions thereof;the medial tray portions providing a supporting floor of corrugated sheet material and further providing a pair of laterally spaced side walls for containing the liquid;the end tray portions each adapted by a slot means for accepting an end of one of the medial tray portions and further adapted for sealing the medial tray portion therewith such that one of the medial tray portions and two of the end tray portions support the liquid therewithin in liquid-tight enablement; anda pair of end tray portion covers for each of the medial trays with end tray portions, each of the covers adapted for snap-engagement over one of the end tray portions so as to rigidize the end tray portion.