EP0049122B1 - Vorrichtung zur Schaustellung von Pflanzen - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Schaustellung von Pflanzen Download PDF

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EP0049122B1
EP0049122B1 EP81304428A EP81304428A EP0049122B1 EP 0049122 B1 EP0049122 B1 EP 0049122B1 EP 81304428 A EP81304428 A EP 81304428A EP 81304428 A EP81304428 A EP 81304428A EP 0049122 B1 EP0049122 B1 EP 0049122B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
    • B65D85/52—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for living plants; for growing bulbs

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  • the invention is concerned with botanical display devices for plants, especially pot plants or shrubs.
  • An application of the display device is in the marketing of plants, particularly in supermarkets, general stores and garden centres.
  • German Patent Specification 1804926 It is known from German Patent Specification 1804926 to enclose a pot plant in a net bag. However, the plant cannot be stored in this way for any period of time and no growing environment for the plant is provided. Any attempt by the plant to grow will be obstructed by the net and specific steps have to be taken to water the plant if it is to survive. It is highly likely that, at least in supermarkets, plants on display for any period of time-will not be satisfactorily watered.
  • the invention seeks to overcome the problem of providing a botanical display device in which a growing plant can survive for a significant period of time without receiving attention.
  • the invention provides a botanical display device for a growing plant, particularly for merchandising the plant on an all year round basis, in which the plant has its root in compost and the compost and the plant are within a self-sustaining tube of transparent material, the tube having openings at both top and bottom ends, characterised in that: the compost is in the form of a block and the inner face of the tube forms a boundary for the block such that moisture condensing within the tube will drain down the inner face of the tube and into the compost block, hence providing a self-watering environment; a meshwork sock is stretched over the outside of the tube and is drawn together at the top of the tube to provide a perforated bottom support for the compost through which moisture may be transferred upwardly and also to provide a perforated top closure for the display device.
  • the block of compost is contained in an open-topped plastics bag, the side walls of the bag being sandwiched between the inner face of the tube and the compost, and the bottom of the bag being perforated.
  • the plastics bag may be a sliding fit in the tube.
  • the tube is preferably formed from flat sheet wrapped around the compost block and the plant, the vertical edges of the sheet being secured together to form the tube.
  • the tube may be of circular cross-section and a label may be applied to the outside of the tube, protected by the meshwork sock.
  • the sock may be formed of a net fabric.
  • the block of compost may protrude below the bottom of the transparent tube and the part of the sock drawn together at the top of the tube may be bunched to provide a handgrip for carrying the display device.
  • the intended purpose of this display is the selling of small plants and shrubs, particularly in supermarkets, general stores and garden centres. It is desirable for this purpose that the plant shall be readily visible in its natural growing attitude, but at the same time it is also desirable that the purchaser shall be able to handle the plant easily. (Supermarket customers are generally used to being able to lift an article to be purchased from an open shelf, and simply place it in a shopping trolley.) Traditional methods of displaying plants in pots or trays are not suited to supermarket operations. On the other hand when a plant is simply placed in a plastics bag, the mouth of which is drawn together, it is constricted and certainly not displayed to any advantage.
  • a display device for this shrub essentially comprises an open topped plastics bag 11, a cylindrical tube 12 and a perforated sock 14.
  • the roots of the shrub 10 are surrounded by a cylindrical compost block 13, which is contained in the black polyethylene bag 11.
  • This kind of plastics bag is frequently used for containing compost blocks when plants are displayed without protective covering.
  • the base of the bag 11 is perforated.
  • the tube 12 is constructed from a sheet of 250 micron clear polyvinylchloride and the two opposite vertical edges of the sheet are formed with interlocking formations (not shown) whereby a vertical joint can be formed. Alternatively, the two opposite vertical edges of the sheet may be secured together by staples or by use of an adhesive.
  • the tube 12 is large enough for the shrub 10 to grow naturally inside it as illustrated. In other words, the dimensions of the tube are such that when the shrub is placed in it, the shrub is not constricted to any substantial extent.
  • the tube is self-sustaining, open at both top and bottom ends, and completely transparent.
  • the bag 11 containing the shrub 10 is positioned in the lower end of the tube 12. In fact, the bag 11 is a sliding fit in the tube 12 so that it is easily fitted into the tube and presents a neat appearance when in position.
  • the sock 14 is made of nylon netting which can be stretched, and the tube 12 is placed within the sock.
  • the construction of the sock is such that it is stretched over the cylindrical wall of the tube 12, thus providing the diamond- shaped pattern as illustrated all over the out- sidELOfthe tube.
  • the patterning of the tube by the stretched netting greatly enhances the aesthetic attraction of the display in a manner which cannot be readily explained logically. Perhaps there is a psychological clash producing a jarring effect on the observer, between the "natural” as represented by the growing plant and the "synthetic" as represented by the purely transparent plastics tube, and this clash is greatly muted by the effect of the netting. In any event, the enhancement in the appearance of the display produced by the stretched netting is very marked.
  • the sock 14 also provides a perforated closure or support 16 across the open bottom of the tube.
  • a perforated closure or support 16 across the open bottom of the tube.
  • the part of the sock 14 protruding above the top end of the tube 12, is then drawn together and a clip or elastic band 20 applied around the gathered-together portion of the sock. This has the effect of stretching part of the sock across the top end of the tube 12, to provide a perforated closure 22.
  • a short bunched length 24 of the sock which can be used as a hand grip for the entire display.
  • Planting and cultivation instructions may be printed on the polyethylene bag 11 as indicated at 18, and these will be clearly visible through the tube 12. Since the sock 14 is made of fine thread, it presents no appreciable impediment to reading the instructions. Also, a label 25 may be inserted between the outside of the transparent tube 12 and the sock 14. The sock therefore provides a convenient method of retaining the label in position on the tube.
  • the label 18 may bear an illustration of the plant when in flower or fruit and it may also bear additional descriptive and/or advertising matter.
  • a series of displays such as that illustrated in the drawing can be placed in a shallow tray containing water, on the shelf of a supermarket or the like. Because the compost block 13 will be in contact with the water through the perforated bottom wall of the bag 11, and the lower portion 16 of the sock does not prevent this, the plant is able to recieve a moisture supply, so long as it is on display. Also, whilst the top end of the tube is effectively closed, so that it is not possible for anyone to interfere with the plant, there is adequate ventilation through the perforated top 22 of the display. Hence, the plant is able to continue to grow naturally whilst in the display device, and because it is not constricted to any substantial extent by the display device, it is shown to the best possible advantage to potential customers. Moreover, if someone decides to purchase the plant, it is a simple matter to lift the entire display by means of the hand grip 24, and the display device protects the shrub 10 during transportation.
  • the tube 12 need not be made in the material which has been specified above.
  • the tube could be made in any other transparent plastics material.
  • the sock 14 need not necessarily be made in nylon, though clearly it should preferably be made in a material which is moisture resistant.
  • the invention also broadly comprises the display of a growing plant in a transparent container, with a net stretched around the outside of the container.

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1. Botanische Ausstellungsvorrichtung für eine wachsende Pflanze, insbesondere für den ganzjährigen Verkauf der Pflanze, worin die Wurzeln einer Pflanze (10) sich in Kompost (13) befinden und der Kompost und die Pflanze in einem selbsttragenden Rohr (12) aus durchsichtigem Material angeordnet sind, wobei das Rohr (12) am oberen und am unteren Ende Öffnungen aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kompost (13) in Form eines Blocks vorliegt und die Innenseite des Rohres (12) eine Grenze für den Block bildet, so daß die im Inneren des Rohres kondensierte Feuchtigkeit an der Innenseite des Rohres nach unten und in den Kompostblock abläuft, wodurch eine sich selbst bewässernde Umgebung geschaffen wird; daß ein Netzstrumpf außen über das Rohr gestreckt und am oberen Ende des Rohres (12) zusammengezogen ist, um eine perforierte Bodenabstützung für den Kompost zu erzeugen, durch die Feuchtigkeit nach oben gefördert werden kann, und um weiterhin einen perforierten oberen Abschluß für die Ausstellungsvorrichtung zu erzeugen.
2. Botanische Ausstellungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, worin der Kompostblock (13) in einem oben offenen Kunststoffbeutel (11) enthälten ist, wobei die Seitenwände des Beutels zwischen der Innenseite des Rohres und dem Kompost eingefügt sind und der Boden des Beutels perforiert ist.
3. Botanische Ausstellungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, worin der Kunststoffbeutel (11) gleitend in das Rohr (12) eingepaßt, ist.
4. Botanische Ausstellungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, worin das Rohr (12) aus einer ebenen Folie gebildet ist, die um den Kompostblock (13) und die Pflanze (10) gelegt ist, wobei die vertikalen Ränder der Folie aneinander befestigt sind, um das Rohr zu bilden.
5. Botanische Ausstellungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, worin das Rohr einen kreisförmigen Querschnitt hat.
6. Botanische Ausstellungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, worin ein Etikett (25) auf der Außenfläche des Rohres (12) angebracht und durch den Maschenstrumpf (14) geschützt ist.
7. Botanische Ausstellungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, worin der Strumpf aus einem Netzgewebe gebildet ist.
8. Botanische Ausstellungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, worin der Kompostblock (13) über das untere Ende des durchsichtigen Rohres (12) vorsteht.
9. Botanische Ausstellungsvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, worin ein Teil des Strumpfes (12) der am oberen Ende des Rohres zusammengezogen ist, gebündelt ist, um einen Handgriff zum Tragen der Ausstellungsvorrichtung zu erzeugen.
EP81304428A 1980-09-27 1981-09-25 Vorrichtung zur Schaustellung von Pflanzen Expired EP0049122B1 (de)

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