×

Nestable and stackable transplanting system

  • US 4,296,569 A
  • Filed: 10/22/1979
  • Issued: 10/27/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An assembly adapted for growing a plurality of plants intended to be transplanted, said assembly comprising a support tray, a plurality of integrally interconnected sleeves, said tray having sidewalls and a grid-like upper structure, said sidewalls being inclined upwardly and inwardly from an open bottom of said support tray to said grid-like upper structure, said upper structure comprising a plurality of vertical wall means spaced apart longitudinally and laterally of said tray, said vertical wall means defining a first predetermined vertical dimension from the uppermost surface of the grid-like structure to the lowermost surface of the vertical wall means, the sidewalls defining a second predetermined vertical dimension from the uppermost surface of the grid-like structure to the lowermost edge surface of the tray, the second predetermined vertical dimension being greater than the first predetermined vertical dimension, said plurality of integrally interconnected sleeves including a plastic sheet forming web means interconnecting the upper extremities of the sleeves, the sleeves depending downwardly from the web means and arranged in a pattern permitting the web means to be disposed on the uppermost surface of the grid-like structure with the sleeves depending between the vertical wall means, each of the sleeves having walls tapering downwardly and inwardly from the uppermost extremity to the lowermost extremity thereof, the vertical dimension of the sleeve being substantially greater than said first predetermined vertical dimension and less than said second predetermined vertical dimension, whereby a plurality of said assemblies are stackable and nestable with each sleeve nesting in a sleeve below, the upper sleeve being spaced from the below sleeve so that said assemblies are freely denested from each other.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×