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Plant transportation system

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  • Publication Date:
    April 27, 2021
  • Additional Information
    • Patent Number:
      10986,944
    • Appl. No:
      16/875484
    • Application Filed:
      May 15, 2020
    • Abstract:
      A plant transportation system includes a vase and a sealant receptacle. The vase includes a mouth, a throat and a reservoir. The sealant receptacle is housed in the throat. The sealant receptacle closes the throat from allowing items therethrough except through the sealant receptacle. The sealant receptacle is configured to allow stems therethrough, and retentively hold sealant therein all around occupant stems from the top and from the bottom.
    • Inventors:
      C.I. Toyota Tsusho de Colombia S.A. (Bogotá, CO); CONSULTING & OUTSOURCING GLOBAL NETWORK S.A.S. (Cajica, CO)
    • Assignees:
      C.I. Toyota Tsusho de Colombia S.A. (Bogota, CO), CONSULTING & OUTSOURCING GLOBAL NETWORK S.A.S. (Cajica, CO)
    • Claim:
      1. A plant transportation system, comprising: a vase, the vase including a mouth, a throat and a reservoir; and a sealant receptacle housed in the throat, the sealant receptacle including a semi-open-topped, closed-sided and semi-closed-bottomed hollow construction, including a cover extending across the throat, and a sealant tray extending across the throat behind the cover, the cover defining one or more cover apertures configured to allow stems therethrough, and inhibit semi-liquid sealant in the sealant receptacle from escaping therethrough around occupant stems, and the sealant tray defining a sealant tray aperture configured to allow stems therethrough, and inhibit semi-liquid sealant in the sealant receptacle from escaping therethrough around occupant stems.
    • Claim:
      2. The plant transportation system of claim 1 , wherein the sealant receptacle is configured to allow a defined amount of stems therethrough, and with respect to the defined amount of stems that the sealant receptacle is configured to allow therethrough, the cover defines multiple cover apertures each configured to allow only some stems therethrough, and the sealant tray defines a single, common sealant tray aperture configured to allow all stems therethrough.
    • Claim:
      3. The plant transportation system of claim 1 , wherein the cover is recessed inside the throat behind the mouth, and the sealant tray is intermediately along the throat.
    • Claim:
      4. The plant transportation system of claim 1 , wherein the sealant receptacle includes sleeving extending between the cover and the sealant tray, the sleeving closing the sealant receptacle from the side.
    • Claim:
      5. The plant transportation system of claim 1 , wherein the sealant receptacle includes a catch tray extending across the throat behind the sealant tray, the catch tray defining a catch tray aperture configured to allow stems therethrough, and inhibit escaping semi-liquid sealant in the sealant receptacle from escaping therethrough around occupant stems.
    • Claim:
      6. The plant transportation system of claim 5 , wherein the sealant receptacle is configured to allow a defined amount of stems therethrough, and with respect to the defined amount of stems that the sealant receptacle is configured to allow therethrough, the cover defines multiple cover apertures each configured to allow only some stems therethrough, the sealant tray defines a single, common sealant tray aperture configured to allow all stems therethrough, and the catch tray defines a single, common catch tray aperture configured to allow all stems therethrough.
    • Claim:
      7. The plant transportation system of claim 5 , wherein the cover is recessed inside the throat behind the mouth, the sealant tray is intermediately along the throat, and the catch tray is terminally along the throat.
    • Claim:
      8. The plant transportation system of claim 5 , wherein the sealant receptacle includes sleeving extending between the cover and the sealant tray, and between the sealant tray and the catch tray, the sleeving closing the sealant receptacle from the side.
    • Claim:
      9. The plant transportation system of claim 1 , wherein the throat is frustum-shaped, the sealant receptacle is frustum-shaped, and the sealant receptacle is supported by the throat by frustum-in-frustum interfacing, and lodged in the throat by friction.
    • Claim:
      10. A method for making a horticultural arrangement, comprising: in a vase including a mouth, a throat and a reservoir, filling the reservoir with liquid through the mouth; inserting a sealant receptacle including a semi-open-topped, closed-sided and semi-closed-bottomed hollow construction, including a cover defining one or more cover apertures configured to allow stems therethrough, and a sealant tray defining a sealant tray aperture configured to allow stems therethrough, into the throat through the mouth until housed in the throat, with the cover extending across the throat, and the sealant tray extending across the throat behind the cover; inserting stems through the sealant receptacle successively through the cover apertures and the sealant tray aperture, leaving occupant stems inside the sealant receptacle; and filling the sealant receptacle with semi-liquid sealant between the cover and the sealant tray, whereby, with the cover apertures inhibiting the semi-liquid sealant in the sealant receptacle from escaping therethrough around the occupant stems, and the sealant tray aperture inhibiting the semi-liquid sealant in the sealant receptacle from escaping therethrough around the occupant stems, the sealant receptacle retentively holds the semi-liquid sealant therein all around the occupant stems, and the liquid is sealed from leaving the reservoir.
    • Claim:
      11. The plant transportation system of claim 1 , wherein the sealant receptacle is configured to allow a predetermined number of stems of roses therethrough, and with respect to the predetermined number of stems of roses that the sealant receptacle is configured to allow therethrough, the cover defines multiple cover apertures each configured to allow only single stems of roses therethrough, and the sealant tray defines a single, common sealant tray aperture configured to allow all stems of roses therethrough.
    • Claim:
      12. The plant transportation system of claim 11 , wherein the predetermined number of stems of roses that the sealant receptacle is configured to allow therethrough is between ten and eighteen inclusive.
    • Claim:
      13. The plant transportation system of claim 3 , wherein the throat narrows toward the junction between the throat and the reservoir.
    • Claim:
      14. The plant transportation system of claim 5 , wherein the sealant receptacle is configured to allow a predetermined number of stems of roses therethrough, and with respect to the predetermined number of stems of roses that the sealant receptacle is configured to allow therethrough, the cover defines multiple cover apertures each configured to allow only single stems of roses therethrough, the sealant tray defines a single, common sealant tray aperture configured to allow all stems of roses therethrough, and the catch tray defines a single, common catch tray aperture configured to allow all stems of roses therethrough.
    • Claim:
      15. The plant transportation system of claim 14 , wherein the predetermined number of stems of roses that the sealant receptacle is configured to allow therethrough is between ten and eighteen inclusive.
    • Claim:
      16. The plant transportation system of claim 7 , wherein the throat narrows toward the junction between the throat and the reservoir.
    • Claim:
      17. The plant transportation system of claim 1 , wherein the sealant receptacle is housed in the throat as a unitary module, and removable from the throat through the mouth as a unitary module.
    • Claim:
      18. The plant transportation system of claim 4 , wherein the cover, the sealant tray and the sleeving are removably secured with one another, and the sealant receptacle is housed in the throat as a unitary module, and removable from the throat through the mouth as a unitary module.
    • Claim:
      19. The plant transportation system of claim 8 , wherein the cover, the sealant tray, the catch tray and the sleeving are removably secured with one another, and the sealant receptacle is housed in the throat as a unitary module, and removable from the throat through the mouth as a unitary module.
    • Claim:
      20. The plant transportation system of claim 1 , further comprising: liquid in the reservoir; stems inserted through the sealant receptacle successively through the cover apertures and the sealant tray aperture, leaving occupant stems inside the sealant receptacle; and semi-liquid sealant filling the sealant receptacle between the cover and the sealant tray.
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    • Primary Examiner:
      Wong, Jessica B
    • Attorney, Agent or Firm:
      Darrow, Christopher G.
      Darrow Mustafa PC
    • Accession Number:
      edspgr.10986944