PLANT PROTECTOR

• US 20140083001A1
• Filed: 11/26/2013
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Edison Nation LLC (Vinco Ventures, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Edison Nation LLC (Vinco Ventures, Inc.)
• Inventors: Alcov, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US14/090,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20140083001A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 47/20.1
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 13/10 Devices for affording protection against animals, birds or other pests A01G13/0243 takes precedence; scaring or repelling devices A01M29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 13/105 Protective devices against slugs, snails, crawling insects or other climbing animals
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/14 Catching by adhesive surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/2055 Holders or dispensers for solid, gelified or impregnated insecticide, e.g. volatile blocks or impregnated pads
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 29/08 using reflection, colours or films with specific transparency or reflectivity
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 29/12 using odoriferous substances, e.g. aromas, pheromones or chemical agents
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 29/24 using electric or magnetic effects, e.g. electric shocks, magnetic fields or microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 29/30 preventing or obstructing access or passage, e.g. by means of barriers, spikes, cords, obstacles or sprinkled water

Abstract

An example plant protector includes a planar body having a top surface and a bottom surface defined within a major edge, a minor edge, a left edge and a right edge. A decorative pattern is formed on the planar body, and a plurality of highly reflective materials are configured for removable coupling to the planar body to reflect different wavelengths of light. The planar body surface is configured to assume a hollow, conical shape when portions of the top and bottom surfaces are overlapped at the left and right edges.

Claims

1. A plant protector comprising:

an interior surface and an exterior surface defined between major and minor openings;

a highly reflective material applied to the interior surface;

a thin, conductive foil loop applied to the interior surface;

a thin, foil sheet coupled at the minor opening; and

a bottom surface comprising a material reflecting or emitting a color which does not attract insects.

2. The plant protector of claim 1, wherein the highly reflective material is selected and arranged to reflect a wavelength of light configured to attract pollinators for a particular plant variety.

3. The plant protector of claim 1, wherein the highly reflective material is selected and arranged to reflect light of a wavelength configured to increase budding and flowering of a particular plant variety.

4. The plant protector of claim 1, wherein the highly reflective surface is selected and arranged to reflect light of a wavelength configured to increase vegetative growth of a plant to increase the plant height at the expense of lower foliage.

5. The plant protector of claim 1, further comprising a light-permeable material.

6. An eco-safe plant protector, comprising:

a planar body having a top surface and a bottom surface defined within a major edge, a minor edge, a left edge and a right edge;

a decorative pattern formed when the planar body is attached to a plant;

a plurality of highly reflective materials configured for removable coupling to the planar body to reflect different wavelengths of light; and

wherein the planar body is configured to assume a hollow, conical shape when portions of the top and bottom surfaces are overlapped at the left and right edges, with a bottom surface comprising a material reflecting or emitting a color which does not attract insects.

7. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 6, further comprising a copper material coupled to the planar body at the minor edge, and wherein the copper material is configured to cover a hole formed by the minor edge when the planar body surface has assumed the conical shape.

8. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 6, wherein at least one of the plurality of highly reflective materials is selected and configured on the planar body to reflect light of wavelengths between about 430 nm and 490 nm.

9. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 6, wherein at least one of the plurality of highly reflective materials is selected and configured on the planar body to reflect light of wavelengths between about 490 nm and 560 nm.

10. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 6, wherein at least one of the plurality of highly reflective materials is selected and configured on the planar body to reflect light of wavelengths between about 650 nm and 700 nm.

11. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 6, wherein the plurality of highly reflective materials are selected and configured on the planar body to reflect a number of contrasting colors of light.

12. The plant protector of 6, further comprising an electro-statically charged strip applied to the planar body between the left and right edges, wherein the electro-statically charged strip forms a circumferential ring intermediate to the major and minor edges when the planar body surface has assumed the frustoconical shape, wherein the electro-statically charged strip has a width effective to prevent snails and slugs from crossing thereover.

13. An eco-safe plant protector comprising:

a body having a top, a bottom and an outer edge, with an opening at or near a center of the body, with a slit from the outer edge of the body to the center of the opening, the body having a decorative shape pattern selected such that when two edges created by the slit are overlapped, the decorative shape is retained;

wherein the top of the body has a highly reflective color selected to increase plant growth and to repeal pests;

wherein the bottom of the body has a color selected to not attract insets,

a copper material is applied over the opening on the bottom of the body; and

a material configured to discharge an electrostatic charge applied to form a boundary around a perimeter of the body with a means of attachment.

14. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 13, wherein a non-chemical pest deterrent is applied to the body.

15. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 13, further comprising a plurality of bodies in a roll, wherein individual plant protector bodies are separable from one another in the roll.

16. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 13, wherein the body is shaped to accommodate foliage of a plant.

17. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 13, further comprising tinsel, streamers, or other plurality of extensions.

18. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 13, further comprising a reflective holographic film on the body.

19. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 13, further comprising a material configured to reflect or emit iridescence.

20. The eco-safe plant protector of claim 13, wherein the body is shaped as a multi-lobed flower, a snowflake, or other shape having a repeating pattern about a perimeter of the body.