July 12 , 1927.
A._BRO$NICK
FLOWER Box
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.Filed Dec.12. 1925
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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.
Patented July 12, 1927.
ANDREW EnosNIcK, or NEW DEEEY, PENNSYLVANIA.
FLOWER Box.
Application >filed December 12, 1925. Serial No. 75,020.
This invention relates to improvements lin lugs 10> which are integrally formed in the
flower boxes and has as its general object to corners of the container l between the side
provide la flower box of such _construction and end walls thereof, at points suitably
as to promote the healthy growth of flowers spaced above the bottom 5 of the said con
or plants.
Another object of the invention is to pro
vide a flower box so constructed as to per
t-ainer l. Vertically extending ribs 11 are
formed upon the outer surfaces of the side
and end walls 7 and 8 of the container 2
mit air to readily reach the roots of the and, by contacting the inner surfaces of the
flowers or plants and thus promote their corresponding walls of the container l,
rapid and healthy growth.
serve to space the walls of the container 2
Another object of the invention is to pro from the walls of the container l, a -suliÍ
vide a liower box of such construction that cient distance to provide a space l2 through
the soil contained therein may readily ab which air may circulate. The bottom 9 of
sorb moisture and in a more uniform man the inner container 2 is formed with a plu
rality of perforations 13 which are sulfi
ner than in ordinary flower boxes.
Another object of the invention is to pro~ ciently large to provide for the passage of
vide a flower box which will not be sub moisture and air upwardly through the bot~
ject to deterioration from the moisture pres~ tom 9 and to be absorbed by the soil con
ent therein and which will not be liable to tained within the said inner container 2, it
leak and will likewise be attractive in ap being understood that the soil and the grow-ving" plants are arranged within this con
pearance.
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tainer.
The end walls 8 of the container 2
ln the accompanying drawings:
Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sec are provided at their upper edges with han so(
tional view through the flower box embody dles 14: adapting the inner container to be
ing the invention.
Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.
lifted out of the outer container l or lowered
into the same.
In the use of the flower box, the inner
conainer 2 is filled with earth in which the
Figure 3 is a view in end elevation, a por
tion of the out-er container of the box be
ing broken away and a part being shown plants to be propagated are rooted either
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by transplant-ing or by the planting of
in section.
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The flower' box embodying the invention seeds in the soil, and water is poured into
comprises an outer container indicated in the outer container l until the water level
general by the numeral l, and an inner con is slightly below the bottom 9 of the inner
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tainer indicated in general by the numeral container 2. The ribs ll upon the outer sur
2, and the outer container is designed to faces of the walls 7 and 8 of the container
contain water for supplying moisture to the Q serve to equi-distantly space the walls
soil which is within the inner container 2, of the said container from the correspond
the said outer container likewise housing the ing walls of the outer container and thus
inner container. Both containers are pref air is permit-ted to circulate through the
erably made of lglass or other vitreous ma space between the walls and over the surface
terial and both containers are preferably of of the water in the outer container, thereby
rectangular form although they may assume evaporating the water and permitting the
some other shape if found desirable. The
outer container comprises side walls 3, end
walls 4, and a bottom 5, and the same is
provided upon the outer sides of its end
soil within the inner container to absorb the
moisture thus created. In this manner, the
soilis kept in a moist state and air is sup
plied to the roots of the flowers or plants,
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walls with integral handles indicated by thereby materially facilitating their growth
the numeral 6 adapting the flower box as a and keeping them in a healthy state‘at all
whole to be readily lifted and moved from times. An advantage in forming the con
tainers, or at least the outer container, of
place to place.
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The inner container 2 comprises side walls
7, end walls 8, and a~ bottom 9, and this con
tainer is of slightly smaller dimensions, ex
teriorly, than the interior dimensions of the
container l, and is designed to rest at the
corners of its bottom 9 upon supporting
glass, is that the water level therein may be
readily observed at all' times. Furthermore,
both containers, being made of glass or other
vitreous material, there is no deterioration of
either container and the exterior of the con-`
tainer 2 and both the exterior and interior of
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the container l may be kept in a cleanly upon the lugs to hold said bottom spaced
above the bottom of the outer container and
condition.
Having` thus described the invention, what the handles above the upper edge of the
outer container, and ribs carried by the
I claim is:
A rectangular flower box comprising` an outer Walls of the inner container for en
outer container for Water having lugs With gaging the inner surfaces of the outer conin its corners disposed above the bottom tainer to space said container to provide an
thereof, an inner soil container removably air space about the inner container.
mounted in the outer container and having
In testimony whereof I ai‘hx my signature.
handles upon its upper edge, the bottom'orl
the inner container being adapted to rest
ANDREW BROSNICK. '[L.r s]
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