Patent ID: 6675533
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: A01G,A47G

Abstract:
A water storage device usable with a wick device inserted into and extending from the bottom surface of a planting pot usable with means of securely coupling planting pots of variable sizings within said water storage device, usable with means for orderly contiguous alignment of a plurality of said water storage devices with secured potted plants, and usable a means for elevation comprising:a planting pot; a housing including an interior which forms a reservoir in said housing for sealingly holding liquid nutrients; a top comprising an opening therein which communicates said reservoir with the exterior of said housing; an elastic compliant member defining a plane, positioned around said top opening, through which said planting pot is received and held, a portion of the planting pot passing entirely though the plane of said compliant member, said compliant member supporting the planting pot inside said reservoir in a secured upright manner, said compliant member having an exterior shape similar to the said housing top opening; an interior shelf below the plane of the compliant member for supporting the bottom of said compliant member; an alignment mechanism in the bottom of said water storage device for aligning a plurality of said water storage devices with secured potted plants contiguously on a horizontal plane; a plurality of elevated support members on the bottom of said device of substantially equal length to support the bottom of said water storage device to space apart the moisture containing housing from the setting surface; a drainage portal in the side of said housing positioned to maintain a predetermined water level; a liquid nutrient addition portal substantially above the predetermined water level for permitting the addition of liquid nutrients directly into the reservoir; and a raised lip around the top opening in a plane parallel to said interior shelf for supporting said compliant member between the lip and the interior shelf, wherein the interior shelf comprises a retaining ring of sufficient width to both provide bottom support for the said compliant member and to connect to the interior surface of the top plane of said water storage device forming an upper support for an interior hanging mechanism for the water storage device.