Patent ID: 8453381

Claim:
A self-watering plant container comprising: a container body having a bottom and at least one wall defining a watertight interior volume with an open top and a pair of conduit openings, the pair of conduit openings being defined in opposite sides of the at least one wall; a conduit extending through the interior volume between the conduit openings; a float valve assembly connected to the conduit within the interior volume, and including a float valve controlling fluid communication between the conduit and the interior volume through a float valve fluid outlet; and a soil retention element arranged inside the interior volume over the float valve assembly and the conduit, the soil retention element having a semi-cylindrical wall extending upwardly between opposite edges thereof to cover the float valve assembly and the conduit, wherein a plurality of corrugations with hollow interiors are included on the semi-cylindrical wall, the edges of the soil retention element wall resting directly on the bottom of the container body and extending in parallel with the conduit and terminating at the opposite sides of the at least one container body wall in which the pair of conduit opening are defined; wherein the conduit terminates in releasable inlet and outlet connections outside the container body adjacent the conduit openings.