US3842537A
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Plant growth composition and structure
Assignee: BISHOP FLORAL CO
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Filing: 1973-10-19
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Granted: 1974-10-22
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Expires: 1993-10-19
Abstract
Abstract In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a solid shaped growth medium of adhered particulate coconut-husk pulp and severed coconut-husk fibers, and water-soluble adhesive adhering the mass together in a predetermined shape including plantinsertion holes and water-insertion holes in an upper surface of typically a flower-pot shaped structure, and the process of making the composition and the preferred shaped structure of adhered mixture which preferably includes the particulating of the pulp into particle form and grading the same into typically particles of less than one-sixteenth inch diameter and particles of more than one-sixteenth inch ranging up to one-fourth inch, and grading the fibers and employing the fibers ranging from onefourth inch to 3 inches, admixing these selected groups in a 1:1: 1 weight ratio, and thereafter preparing and absorbing into the pulp-fiber mixture water-soluble adhesive by subjecting the pulpfiber mixture to a solution of the adhesive, and shaping the adhesive-containing mixture into a flower-pot shape with the plant-insertion and the water-insertion holes in the upper surface being formed, and thereafter drying the shaped holescontaining pot into a dry solid state.
Inventors
- 👤 V Bishop
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 15:04
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01G; A01G24/00; A01G24/20; A01G24/22; A01G24/27; A01G24/25; A01G24/40; A01G24/42; A01G24/23
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
44 words
A GROWTH COMPOSITION COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: COCONUT-HUSK PULP IN PARTICULATE FORM, AND SEVERED COCONUT-HUSK FIBERS, THE PULP BEING OF TWO PREDETERMINED PARTICLE SIZE RANGES AND THE FIBERS BEING SEVERED AND OF PREDETERMINED FIBER LENGTH, AND THE PULP AND FIBERS BEING ADMIXED WITH ONE ANOTHER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
44 words
A GROWTH COMPOSITION COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: COCONUT-HUSK PULP IN PARTICULATE FORM, AND SEVERED COCONUT-HUSK FIBERS, THE PULP BEING OF TWO PREDETERMINED PARTICLE SIZE RANGES AND THE FIBERS BEING SEVERED AND OF PREDETERMINED FIBER LENGTH, AND THE PULP AND FIBERS BEING ADMIXED WITH ONE ANOTHER.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
115 words
The growth composition of claim 1, in which the two separate predetermined ranges include a first group of particles of cross-sectional diameters less than one-sixteenth inch, and a second group of particles of cross-sectional diameters of more than one-sixteenth inch ranging up to about one-quarter inch, the first group being present in a predetermined first percentage by weight of the composition, and the second group being present in a predetermined second percentage by weight of the composition and ratio to the first group, and the fibers being present in a predetermined percentage by weight of the composition and ratio to the first group and to the second group each respectively, the ratios being by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The growth composition of claim 2, in which the ratio of the second group to the first group is 1:1 and of the fibers to the first group is 1:1, in which fibers range from one-quarter inch to 3 inches.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
82 words
A molded growth structure comprising in combination: molded into a predetermined stably-fixed shape, a composition in a dried state comprising water-soluble adhesive, coconut-husk pulp in particulate form, said pulp being present in two predetermined particle size ranges, and severed coconut-husk fibers, the pulp fibers being admixed with one-another, and the water-soluble adhesive being distributed throughout the mixed pulp and fibers in an absorbed state characterized by absorption of the water-soluble adhesive in a water solution thereof by the admixed pulp and fibers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
82 words
A molded growth structure comprising in combination: molded into a predetermined stably-fixed shape, a composition in a dried state comprising water-soluble adhesive, coconut-husk pulp in particulate form, said pulp being present in two predetermined particle size ranges, and severed coconut-husk fibers, the pulp fibers being admixed with one-another, and the water-soluble adhesive being distributed throughout the mixed pulp and fibers in an absorbed state characterized by absorption of the water-soluble adhesive in a water solution thereof by the admixed pulp and fibers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
A molded growth structure of claim 4, a first group of the two pulp particle size ranges including particles of less than one-sixteenth inch in diameter, and a second group of more than one-sixteenth inch up to one-quarter inch, and in which fiber lengths range from about one-quarter inch to about 3 inches.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
A process comprising in combination: particulating coconut-husk pulp into particulate form, in two separate, predetermined particle size ranges, severing and grading coconut-husk fibers to a predetermined length, and admixing the particulate pulp and the severed fibers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A process comprising in combination: particulating coconut-husk pulp into particulate form, in two separate, predetermined particle size ranges, severing and grading coconut-husk fibers to a predetermined length, and admixing the particulate pulp and the severed fibers.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
A process of claim 6, including admixing water and water-soluble adhesive together to form a solution thereof, and admixing the solution with the admixed pulp and fibers in a solution amount for the water-soluble adhesive to be absorbed throughout the admixture of pulp and fibers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process of claim 7, including shaping the admixture after the adhesive solution has been absorbed thereinto, into a predetermined shape, and drying the shaped adhesive-containing admixture.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process of claim 8, including forming downwardly extending hole-depression in an upper surface of the shaped admixture such that a plant is downwardly insertable thereinto.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process of claim 9, including forming an additional downwardly extending hole-depression in an uppersurface of the shaped admixture such that a quantity of water may be poured thereinto.
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