Modular planting apparatus

• US 4,420,902 A
• Filed: 09/29/1981
• Issued: 12/20/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1980
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Maxwell A. Rayner
• Original Assignee: Maxwell A. Rayner
• Inventors: Rayner, Maxwell A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bagwill, Robert E.
• Application Number:
  US06/308,553
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: 47/33, 47/66, 47/68, 47/82-83, 47/86, 47/39, 46/26
• US Class Current: 47/86
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/027 Pots connected in horizontal rows

Abstract

A modular planting apparatus which includes a plurality of tubular modules having access slots in the tops of the side walls and connectors for joining adjacent modules.

Claims

1. A modular planting apparatus comprising a plurality of separate tubular modules each having a continuous side wall having an access opening therethrough whereby the interior of each module is adapted to contain planting material, an end cap secured to each end of each tubular module, at least one connector block interposed between adjoining tubular modules and connecting means associated with each connector block for connecting an adjacent end cap of a tubular module thereto.

2. A modular planting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein each end cap is of a size which is complementary to the internal dimension of an associated tubular module whereby each end cap is located completely within the tubular module.

3. A modular planting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein each connector block is provided with at least one face having a recess therein adapted to receive an end of a tubular module therein.

4. A modular planting apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein each connector block is provided with a plurality of faces each having a recess therein for receiving an end of a tubular module.

5. A modular planting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the peripheral edge of said end cap is beveled and an inner ring and an outer ring are secured to opposite faces of each end cap adjacent said peripheral edge by means of bolts extending through aligned apertures in said clamping rings and said end cap to define a peripheral recess for receiving a sealing compound to bond said end plate to the interior surface of a tubular module.

6. A modular planting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein each end cap is bonded to an adjacent interior surface of a tubular module.

7. A modular planting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein each tubular module has a cylindrical configuration.