Patent ID: 8533995

Claim:
An automatic watering device for plants, comprising: a hollow chamber having a lower end and an upper end opposite the lower end, the chamber being adapted for placement within a plant container; wherein the plant container has soil therein, the chamber being disposed in the soil; a sealed float disposed within the chamber, the float having a lower end and an upper end opposite the lower end; a lower magnet disposed within the lower end of the chamber, the lower end of the chamber and the lower magnet further having an orifice disposed therethrough; an upper magnet disposed within the upper end of the chamber; a water inlet and a valve seat disposed through the upper end of the chamber; a lower ferrous metal contact disposed upon the lower end of the float; an upper ferrous metal contact disposed upon the upper end of the float; and a water shutoff valve protruding from the upper end of the float, the shutoff valve engaging the valve seat of the upper end of the chamber when the upper ferrous metal contact of the float is magnetically secured to the upper magnet of the chamber.