Patent ID: 7386954

Claim:
A watering and transport device for plants, comprising: a rectangular base platform and a plurality of storage platforms, the base platform having a first side and a second opposite side and four corner regions in which each is disposed, perpendicularly thereto, a support socket, each support socket receiving a frame strut in a vertical position, the frame strut being provided with a continuous longitudinal slot, and a number of insertion recesses adjacent to and/or opposite the longitudinal slot, wherein the frame struts are capable of being arranged in the support sockets in a position for transporting the device in which on each side of the base platform, the longitudinal slots of the two frame struts face each other and their insertion recesses face away from one another, and wherein said frame struts are capable of being arranged in the support sockets in a position for storing plants in which on each side of the base platform, the insertion recesses of said frame struts face each other and the longitudinal slots face away from one another, and wherein the plurality of storage platforms are capable of being stacked one on top of the other on the base platform, each storage platform is rectangular and has one mounting member in each corner region, which has an insertion end portion ending freely, wherein in the storage position of the frame struts, the insertion end portions of each storage platform can be inserted into four insertion recesses located at the same height and, in the transport position of the frame struts, the insertion end portions project into the longitudinal slots, wherein each support socket has an upper rim portion located at such a height (h) above the base platform that there is a vertical space between it and the insertion end portions of the mounting members of the storage platform when it is stacked at the bottom such that said mounting members do not rest on the support sockets when the frame struts are in the transport position.