Patent ID: 7093391
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. In combination with a plant pot having a drainage hole in a bottom portion thereof, a drainage tray for draining plant treating fluids from said plant pot comprising: a base member having a bottom with one or more side walls extending generally vertically upward from the periphery thereof, said bottom and said one or more side walls forming a reservoir in said base member for the collection of the fluids from the plant pot, said reservoir having a generally open top portion, said bottom of said base member having an upwardly facing surface and a downwardly facing surface, said upwardly facing surface is concave such that the center of said bottom is higher than the periphery of said bottom to facilitate flow of fluids in said reservoir to said one or more side walls, said one or more side walls having an upper marginal surface thereon, said upper marginal surface configured to support the plant pot thereon; one or more stabilizer members on said downwardly facing surface of said bottom, said one or more stabilizer members extending generally downward from said bottom, said one or more stabilizer members sized and configured to generally support the center of said bottom higher than the periphery of said bottom; a drainage orifice in said base member at the intersection of said bottom and one of said one or more side walls, said drainage orifice having an inlet disposed in said reservoir and an outlet disposed outside of said reservoir; and a tubular member connected to said drainage orifice to receive the fluids from said reservoir through said outlet of said drainage orifice.