Grid plate

• US 5,287,649 A
• Filed: 06/05/1992
• Issued: 02/22/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ritter GmbH (Avantor, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Eugen Prestele
• Inventors: Prestele, Eugen
• Primary Examiner(s): Neuder, William P.
• Application Number:
  US07/894,612
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 404/70, 404/36, 47/33, 47/83, 52/660
• US Class Current: 47/33
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 20/00 Cultivation of turf, lawn or the like; Apparatus or methods therefor hand-held edge trimmers or shears for lawn A01G3/06; edging for lawn A01G9/28; lawn-mowers A01D34/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/033 Flat containers for turf, lawn or the like, e.g. for covering roofs
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 9/004 Pavings specially adapted for allowing vegetation individual spacer elements E01C5/006
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 11/002 consisting of two or more layers, at least one of the layers permitting turfing of the roof
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 30/254 Roof garden systems; Roof coverings with high solar reflectance
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 80/32 Roof garden systems

Abstract

A grid plate is comprised of a base and vertical one piece side walls which form chambers open to the top, the bottom of each chamber being provided with a drainage hole and the bottom having projections on a plate rim which protrude beyond the rim of the grid plate and grip the bottom area of an adjacent grid plate, the plate rim of the grid plate intersecting at least every second rim-bordering chamber, the chambers forming additional chambers with side walls of adjacent grid plates and the side walls of a pair of grid plates only coming into contact along their vertical edges.

Claims

1. A grid plate comprising a base and vertical side walls integral to the base which form chambers open to the top, the bottom of each chamber being provided with a drainage hole and the base having projections on a plate rim which protrude beyond the plate rim and grip the base area of an adjacent grid plate, the plate rim of the grid plate intersecting the rim-bordering side walls of at least every second rim-bordering chamber to form intersected laterally open chambers, the intersected laterally open chambers being completed by rim-bordering side walls of adjacent grid plates to additional laterally closed chambers, the rim-bordering side walls of adjacent grid plates being in contact only along vertical edges of the side walls intersected by the plate rim.

2. A grid plate as defined in claim 1, in which the plate rim intersects all rim-bordering side walls each forming laterally open partial chambers, the partial chambers of adjacent grid plates each forming an additional chamber.

3. A grid plate as defined in claim 1, wherein along plate rims of adjacent grid plates of a chamber closed by side walls of one grid plate an intersected chamber of the adjacent grid plate faces which is formed into a closed chamber by a rim bordering side wall of the one grid plate, the chambers between these chambers being formed by partial chambers of the pair of grid plates.

4. A grid plate as defined in claim 2, further comprising chambers formed of honeycomb sections, wherein in rim-bordering chambers with side walls which are parallel tot he plate rim, the plate rim intersects the sides walls extending diagonally thereto at a distance from the side walls which are parallel to the plate rim.

5. A grid plate as defined in claim 2, further comprising chambers formed of honeycomb sections, wherein in rim-bordering chambers with side walls extending vertically to the plate rim, the plate rim intersects the side walls extending diagonally thereto at a distance from the side walls extending vertically to the plate rim.

6. A grid plate as defined in claim 4, further comprising chambers formed of honeycomb sections, wherein in rim-bordering chambers with side walls extending vertically to the plate rim, the plate rim intersects the side walls extending diagonally thereto at a distance from the side walls extending vertically to the plate rim.

7. A grid plate as defined in claim 4, large and small partial chambers alternating on the plate rim, small partial chambers completing large partial chambers in a pair of adjacent grid plates.

8. A grid plate as defined in claim 5, large and small partial chambers alternating on the plate rim, and small partial chambers completing large partial chambers in a pair of adjacent grid plates.

9. A grid plate according to claim 6, large and small partial chambers alternating on the plate rim, and small partial chambers completing large partial chambers in a pair of adjacent grid plates.

11. A grid plate as defined in claim 7, the projections on the large partial chambers being contoured to match the shape of a small partial chamber completing a large partial chamber.

12. A grid plate as defined in claim 7, the projections on the small partial chambers expanding conically from their base and having slots into which the rim-bordering ends of the side walls of the adjacent grid plate engage.

13. A grid plate as defined in claim 1, each drainage hole being surrounded by a vertical wall the height of which is less than that of the side walls.

14. A grid as defined in claim 8, the projections on the large partial chambers being contoured to match the shape of a small partial chamber completing a large partial chamber.

15. A grid plate as defined in claim 9, the projections on the large partial chambers being contoured to match the shape of a small partial chamber completing a large partial chamber.

16. A grid plate as defined in claim 8, the projections on the small partial chambers expanding conically from their base and having slots into which the rim-bordering ends of the side walls of the adjacent grid plate engage.

17. A grid plate as defined in claim 9, the projections on the small partial chambers expanding conically from their base and having slots into which the rim-bordering ends of the side walls of the adjacent grid plate engage.

10. A grid plate as defined in claim 19, in which the projections are located on alternate partial chambers.