Horticultural container assembly having false bottom and saucer

Claim 1

A horticultural container device including a longitudinally extending annular hollow wall having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion having a support edge rim at the lower end thereof, an integral bottom extending from said support edge rim transversely across the interior of said wall to close said lower portion, said integral bottom forming with said upper portion of said wall an open-end pot, said integral bottom having an upstanding annular wall portion positioned a predetermined distance radially inward from said wall whereby a saucer is provided in the bottom of the pot, a separable base mounted in the pot on said wall, said separable base having at least one drain aperture radially inward of said annular wall portion of the saucer and, drain-vent passage means including at least one radial passage extending inward and upward from said support edge rim through said lower portion of said wall outward of and at the base of said upstanding annular wall portion and an interconnecting passage extending between said upstanding annular wall portion and said separable base whereby a drain-vent passage is provided that is in communication at one end with the exterior of said wall past said support edge rim and at its other end with said saucer below said base.