Garden Watering system

A system for surrounding and watering garden plants. The inventive device includes a guarded spray assembly having a perimeter conduit for positioning about a plant. A water inlet permits coupling of the perimeter conduit to a water supply line, whereby pressurized water is sprayed through dispensing apertures onto the surrounded plant. A plurality of water outlets are mounted about the perimeter conduit and permit fluid coupling of a plurality of the guarded spray assemblies together.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to fluid distributing devices and more 
particularly pertains to a garden watering system for surrounding and 
watering garden plants. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
The use of fluid distributing devices is known in the prior art. More 
specifically, fluid distributing devices heretofore devised and utilized 
are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious 
structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs 
encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the 
fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. 
Known prior art fluid distributing devices include U.S. Pat. No. 5,232,159; 
U.S. Pat. No. 5,168,678; U.S. Pat. No. 4,420,902; U.S. Pat. No. 4,212,134; 
and U.S. Design Pat. No. 257,064. 
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and 
requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a garden watering 
system for surrounding and watering garden plants which includes a guarded 
spray assembly having a perimeter conduit for positioning about a plant, a 
water inlet permitting coupling of the perimeter conduit to a water supply 
line such that pressurized water is sprayed through dispensing apertures 
onto the surrounded plant, and a plurality of water outlets mounted about 
the perimeter conduit for permitting fluid coupling of a plurality of the 
guarded spray assemblies together. 
In these respects, the garden watering system according to the present 
invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs 
of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily 
developed for the purpose of surrounding and watering garden plants. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of fluid 
distributing devices now present in the prior art, the present invention 
provides a new garden watering system construction wherein the same can be 
utilized for surrounding and watering garden plants. As such, the general 
purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in 
greater detail, is to provide a new garden watering system apparatus and 
method which has many of the advantages of the fluid distributing devices 
mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a garden 
watering system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or 
even implied by any of the prior art fluid distributing devices, either 
alone or in any combination thereof. 
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a system for 
surrounding and watering garden plants. The inventive device includes a 
guarded spray assembly having a perimeter conduit for positioning about a 
plant. A water inlet permits coupling of the perimeter conduit to a water 
supply line, whereby pressurized water is sprayed through dispensing 
apertures onto the surrounded plant. A plurality of water outlets are 
mounted about the perimeter conduit and permit fluid coupling of a 
plurality of the guarded spray assemblies together. 
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features 
of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that 
follows may be better understood, and in order that the present 
contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional 
features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which 
will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention 
in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its 
application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the 
components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the 
drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being 
practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood 
that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose 
of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon 
which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the 
designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the 
several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, 
that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions 
insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present 
invention. 
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent 
and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the 
scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar 
with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a 
cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of 
the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention 
of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to 
be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new garden 
watering system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of 
the fluid distributing devices mentioned heretofore and many novel 
features that result in a garden watering system which is not anticipated, 
rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art fluid 
distributing devices, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new garden 
watering system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and 
marketed. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new garden 
watering system which is of a durable and reliable construction. 
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new garden 
watering system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with 
regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then 
susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making 
such garden watering systems economically available to the buying public. 
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new 
garden watering system which provides in the apparatuses and methods of 
the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously 
overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith. 
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new garden 
watering system for surrounding and watering garden plants. 
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new garden 
watering system which includes a guarded spray assembly having a perimeter 
conduit for positioning about a plant, a water inlet permitting coupling 
of the perimeter conduit to a water supply line such that pressurized 
water is sprayed through dispensing apertures onto the surrounded plant, 
and a plurality of water outlets mounted about the perimeter conduit for 
permitting fluid coupling of a plurality of the guarded spray assemblies 
together. 
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various 
features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with 
particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this 
disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating 
advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should 
be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there 
is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1-8 thereof, 
a new garden watering system embodying the principles and concepts of the 
present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 
will be described. 
More specifically, it will be noted that the garden watering system 10 
comprises a guarded spray means 12 for positioning circumferentially about 
an unillustrated area of ground and a plant situated and growing from such 
ground for dispensing water from a water supply line 14 onto the plant and 
surrounding ground. A water inlet means 16 is mounted to the guarded spray 
means 12 for coupling the guarded spray means to a water supply line 14 as 
illustrated in FIG. 1 of the drawings. A water outlet means 18 is mounted 
to the guarded spray means 12 for coupling to a coupling hose 20 which can 
optionally be utilized to couple to the water inlet means 16 of another 
guarded spray means 12, whereby a plurality of remotely positioned plants 
can be watered. 
Referring now to FIGS. 2 through 5, it can be shown that the guarded spray 
means 12 according to the present invention 10 preferably comprises a 
perimeter conduit 22 of continuous construction. The perimeter conduit, as 
shown in FIG. 5, is defined by an inner wall 24 spaced from and parallel 
to an outer wall 26, with an upper wall 28 and a lower wall 30 extending 
between the inner and outer walls so as to couple the same together in the 
spaced and parallel orientation and to define an interior spaced through 
which water or other fluids can flow through the perimeter conduit 22. A 
plurality of dispensing apertures 32 are directed through the inner wall 
24 and into communication with an interior of the perimeter conduit 22 
such that a pressurized injection of water into the interior of the 
perimeter conduit will result in a dispensing of such water through the 
dispensing apertures 32 towards a center of the perimeter conduit 22, as 
shown in FIG. 1 of the drawings. 
As shown in FIG. 6, the water inlet means 16 according to the present 
invention 10 preferably comprises an interior threaded fitting 34 mounted 
to the outer wall 26 of the perimeter conduit 22 and into fluid 
communication with an interior thereof for permitting threaded coupling 
with a water supply line 14 such as a garden hose or the like to permit a 
pressurized injection of water into the perimeter conduit 22. Similarly 
and as shown in FIG. 7, the water outlet means 18 according to the present 
invention 10 preferably comprises an exterior threaded fitting 34 mounted 
to the outer wall 26 of the perimeter conduit 22 and into fluid 
communication with the interior thereof. A closed cap 38 is normally 
mounted to the exterior threaded fitting 36 so as to preclude fluid 
communication therethrough. By this structure, the closed cap 38 can be 
selectively removed from the exterior threaded fitting 36 to permit the 
joining of a coupling hose 20 to the water outlet means, whereby such 
coupling hose 20 can be engaged to the water inlet means 16 of another 
guarded spray means 12 as shown in FIG. 1 of the drawings. 
Referring now to FIG. 8, it can be shown that the perimeter conduit 22 of 
the guarded spray means 12 is preferably shaped so as to define a circle 
40. Alternatively, the perimeter conduit 22 may be shaped so as to define 
an oval 42 or an oblong oval 44. Further alternative shapes of the 
perimeter conduit 22 include squares, rectangles, or any other polygonal 
shape defining a closed loop. It should be further noted that the 
perimeter conduit 22 need not be continuous or closed in configuration, 
but yet may be separated along a portion thereof so as to permit lateral 
positioning of the guarded spray means 12 about a growing plant. 
In use, the garden watering system 10 according to the present invention 
can be easily utilized to effect dispensing of water radially about a 
plant and the surrounding soil. The present invention 10 can be utilized 
in a plurality of guarded spray means 12, connected in series or otherwise 
so as to permit simultaneous watering of a plurality of remote plants. If 
desired, additional plants can be planted around the invention so as to 
disguise the same. The present invention may also be constructed of a 
substantially deformable material and utilized in combination with 
ground-piercing stakes which extend over an upper edge of the perimeter 
conduit 22 so as to permit custom forming of the perimeter conduit to a 
desired shape. 
As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the 
present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. 
Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and 
operation will be provided. 
with respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the 
optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to 
include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of 
operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to 
one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those 
illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are 
intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the 
principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and 
changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired 
to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and 
described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may 
be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.