JP4901424B2 - planter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a planter for cultivating plants such as flowers, foliage plants, trees, and vegetables.

  Conventionally, a planter is known as a plant cultivation container for cultivating horticultural plants such as flowers, foliage plants, trees, and vegetables. This planter has various shapes and sizes, and can be freely installed in gardens, verandas, indoors, etc., so it is widely used.

  Plant cultivation with a planter requires securing sunlight, fertilizer, and water in the container. Therefore, the soil to be put in the planter requires drainage, good water retention, and a lot of humus is mixed with air. There are restrictions such as using cultivated soil that contains. Moreover, the cultivation period of the plant in the planter is generally 4 to 6 months from sowing or seedling planting to full bloom or harvesting, and during this period, sunlight, water, fertilizer, etc. are necessary. Since water is essential, watering is usually done on a daily basis.

  When the planter is watered, the air contained in the cultivated soil escapes to the outside, and the humus soil contained in the cultivated soil dissolves to reduce the volume of the cultivated soil. Usually, the volume of cultivated soil decreases at a rate of about 10% in one month and about 30% in six months. When this phenomenon of weight loss occurs, the height of the surface of the cultivated soil is lower than when planting is started by putting the cultivated soil into the planter, which causes the side wall of the planter to become an obstacle to the grower. It is difficult to appreciate the entire cultivated plants such as flowers, which are the best time for them.

  In addition, cultivated plants usually branch many downward from the stem (stem) in order to absorb moisture and nutrients from the cultivated soil, and grow roots that gradually become narrower, thick roots, medium roots and fine roots. However, when a weight reduction phenomenon occurs in the cultivated soil, as shown in FIG. 9, there is almost no space for growing the fine roots at the ends of the roots of the cultivated plants, and the growth of the fine roots is inhibited. Inhibition of the growth of fine roots has also caused the problem of causing poor growth of cultivated plants.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, it comprises a combination of a cylindrical planter body having a bottom and a cylindrical frame body having the same diameter as the opening of the planter body, and the upper part of the planter body and the cylindrical frame body There has been proposed a planter in which wide screw grooves are formed on the entire circumference of the peripheral wall, and a cylindrical frame body is screwed and integrated with these screw grooves on the upper part of the planter body (see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 57-45527 (second row, lines 16 to 21) (FIGS. 1 and 2)

  The planter of Patent Document 1 can adjust the height of the planter by rotating upward or downward by rotating a cylindrical frame screwed to the upper part of the planter body. Since the height of the planter can be adjusted, as described above, when the height of the cultivated soil decreases due to daily watering, the height of the planter is moved according to the surface of the soil for cultivation, You can appreciate the whole cultivated plants such as flowers.

  In addition, in anticipation of a decrease in the volume of cultivated soil due to daily watering, the amount of cultivated soil is increased in advance, and the height of the surface of the cultivated soil is increased to ensure a space for growing fine roots of cultivated plants. Thus, growth of cultivated plants can be promoted.

  The planter disclosed in Patent Document 1 integrates a planter body and a cylindrical frame by screw connection. Therefore, it is necessary to form the planter body and the cylindrical frame into a cylindrical shape, and in other shapes such as a box shape, the height of the planter is adjusted by relative rotation with each other by screw connection. There was a problem that could not be applied.

  Moreover, when adjusting the height of the said planter, cultivation soil enters between the screw groove of a planter main body, and the screw groove of a cylindrical frame, and friction becomes large. If the friction is increased, it is difficult to rotate the cylindrical frame, and it is difficult to adjust the height of the planter by rotating the cylindrical frame.

  Then, this invention makes it a subject to provide the planter which can adjust the height of a planter easily according to the surface of cultivation soil.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured such that the side wall of the frame body is fitted so as to be movable up and down while contacting the inner side wall of the planter body.

  In this way, when the frame body is fitted to the upper part of the inner wall of the planter body, the cultivated soil is put up to the upper part of the frame body, and the height of the surface of the cultivated soil is lowered by watering etc., the frame Move your body down. By moving this frame, the height of the planter can be easily adjusted according to the surface of the cultivated soil.

  As a configuration of the present invention, it comprises a combination of a box-shaped planter body and an earth retaining frame body having upper and lower ends opened and having side walls, and the frame body can be moved up and down along the inner wall of the planter body. It was made to fit together.

  In this configuration, the planter body is formed so as to be inclined inwardly toward the lower end of each side wall thereof, and the frame body includes a pair of a first frame piece and a second frame piece, respectively. Each frame piece connects a plate-like long side wall portion and a short side wall portion along the corner portion of the inner side wall of the planter body, and the first frame piece includes the long side wall portion and the short side wall portion. The upper end of the side wall portion is provided with a frame-like flange portion whose lower side is open, and the second frame piece is provided at the upper end of the long side wall portion and the short side wall portion with respect to the width in the inner and outer directions of the flange portion. A large flange portion having a frame shape with an open large bottom is provided, and the pair of first frame pieces and the pair of second frame pieces are opposed to each other on a diagonal line of the planter body. And the flange part of the adjacent first and second frame pieces With fitted a flange portion with each other, the overlapped each long and short side wall can be configured to the formation of the frame body.

  According to this configuration, when the planter body is formed so that each side wall thereof is inclined inwardly toward the lower end, each frame piece is slid in a direction in which the range of the overlapping portion of the frame body is increased. The frame can be moved downward while the side wall of the frame is in sliding contact with the inner side wall of the planter body.

  In addition, when an inner frame is provided inside the planter body, and the distance between the inner frame and the planter body is set to an interval at which the frame body can be inserted, the planter body and the inner frame A frame can be inserted. For this reason, when this frame is inserted into the planter body, the cultivation soil in the planter body or the root of the cultivated plant does not get in the way, and the frame can be easily inserted.

  Since this invention was comprised as mentioned above, the height of a planter can be easily adjusted according to the surface of cultivation soil.

  In addition, at the start of cultivation, the amount of cultivated soil and the surface height of the cultivated soil are secured by adding more cultivated soil in anticipation of the decrease in the volume of cultivated soil due to watering. As a large (large capacity) planter It can be used and larger types of plants can be cultivated.

  By adding a lot of cultivated soil and ensuring the height of the surface of the cultivated soil, the increase in the height increases the space for growing the roots of the cultivated plant, especially the fine roots, and the cultivated plant grows better. .

  Furthermore, it is not necessary to use a large (large capacity) planter used to secure the surface height of the cultivated soil, and the installation space can be reduced.

  Moreover, since the planter does not change the base area (installation space), it can be arranged as in the past. Moreover, in addition to the combination of the shape of the cultivated plant, it is possible to arrange using different planter heights, increasing the degree of freedom in layout and exerting the display effect.

  A planter according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the planter 1 according to this embodiment includes a combination of a box-shaped planter body 2 and a frame-shaped earth retaining frame 3 having upper and lower ends and side walls. 3 is fitted to the opening 4 of the planter body 2 so as to be movable up and down.

  The planter body 2 is formed in a box shape having an upper end opened and a bottom portion at the lower end, and the pair of opposed long side walls 5 and 5 and short side walls 6 and 6 are inwardly directed toward the lower end. It is inclined to. An outwardly extending collar 14 is provided on the side wall of the peripheral edge of the opening 4 at the upper end.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the frame 3 includes a pair of first frame pieces 7 and a pair of second frame pieces 8. Each 1st frame 7 is connected so that the plate-shaped long side wall part 9 and the short side wall part 10 may follow the corner part formed of the long side wall 5 and the short side wall 6 of the planter main body 2 (refer FIG. 1). . At the upper ends of the side end portions of the long side wall portion 9 and the short side wall portion 10, a frame-like flange portion 11 whose lower side is opened over the entire length is provided.

  The long side wall portion 9 and the short side wall portion 10 of each first frame body 7 are inclined inwardly toward the lower end, and when inclined in this way, the frame body 3 is fitted to the planter body 2. At this time, the long side wall portion 9 and the short side wall portion 10 of the first frame piece 7 can be brought into sliding contact with the long side wall 5 and the short side wall 6 inclined inward of the planter body 2.

  The second frame piece 8 is provided with a large flange portion 12 larger than the width of the flange portion 11 in place of the flange portion 11 of the first frame piece 7. The same as the frame piece 7. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the large flange portion 12 of the second frame piece 8 is formed in a frame shape having an open bottom, and the interval W2 between the inner side and the outer side is the flange portion of the first frame piece 7. 11 is formed larger than the width W1 in the inner and outer directions. When this interval W2 is formed to be larger than the width W1, as shown in FIG. 4, the flange portion 11 of the first frame piece 7 can be fitted to the large flange portion 12 of the second frame piece 8 without a gap. .

  The first frame piece 7 may not be provided with the flange portion 11, and the long side wall portion 9 or the short side wall portion 10 of the first frame piece 7 may be inserted into the large flange portion 12 of the second frame piece 8.

  The pair of first frame pieces 7 and 7 and the pair of second frame pieces 8 and 8 are mutually on the diagonal line of the planter body 2 with the flange portion 11 and the large flange portion 12 facing upward. Place them facing each other. In this state, the flange portion 11 of the first frame piece 7 is fitted to the large flange portion 12 of the second frame piece 8 adjacent thereto, and the long side wall portions 9 and 9 of the respective frame pieces 7 and 8, The short side wall portions 10 and 10 are overlapped to form the frame body 3 (see FIG. 1).

  The frame body 3 formed in this manner can slide the first frame piece 7 and the second frame piece 8 in the direction in which the range of the overlap portion 13 of the long and short side wall portions 9 and 10 increases. While being in sliding contact with the inner wall of the planter body 2, it can be easily moved downward.

The planter 1 of this embodiment is configured as described above. Next, a method of using the planter 1 will be described.
First, as shown in FIG. 5, a frame body in which a pair of first frame pieces 7 and a pair of second frame pieces 8 are combined on the long side wall 5 and the short side wall 6 at the periphery of the opening 4 of the planter body 2. Fit the bottom of 3. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5A, the flange portion 11 (the large flange portion 12) of the frame body 3 is positioned upward from the collar 14 of the planter body 2 with a predetermined interval. Cultivation soil is put to the upper end of the frame 3. In this state, plant seeds, seedlings, bulbs, etc. are planted.

  Next, even if the height of cultivation soil falls by watering a cultivated plant, according to the width | variety which reduced, said 1st, 2nd frame pieces 7 and 8 are overlapped part 13 thereof. Each of the long side wall portion 9 and the short side wall portion 10 of the frame 3 is moved downward while being in sliding contact with the long side wall 5 and the short side wall 6 of the planter body 2. Let At this time, the amount of cultivated soil is increased in anticipation of a decrease in the height of the cultivated soil (see FIG. 5 (a)). Because the space to do is secured, the growth of cultivated plants is improved.

  After that, when the cultivated plants such as flowers are in full bloom, the frame 3 can be removed from the planter body 2 so that the cultivated soil is put up to the upper end of the planter body 2, and the cultivated plants such as flowers are planters. It can be viewed without being obstructed by the long side wall 5 and the short side wall 6 of the main body 2 (see FIG. 5B).

  In addition, without removing the frame 3, as shown in FIG. 5 (c), with the frame 3 in the state where the planter body 2 and the cultivated soil have entered the upper end of the frame 3, cultivation plants such as flowers are placed. You can also appreciate it.

  Moreover, as Embodiment 2 of this invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the said planter main body 2 is formed in the long side wall 5 and the short side wall 6 at right angle, respectively, and the said frame 3 is the same as the said planter main body 2 Further, the long side wall 15 and the short side wall 16 may be formed at right angles to each other.

  Further, as Embodiment 3 of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, an inner frame 17 having upper and lower ends opened inside the planter body 2 is provided, and the inner frame 17 has an outer wall surface and a planter body. The distance between the inner wall surface and the inner wall surface is set to a distance at which the frame 3 can be inserted. Thereby, the frame 3 can be inserted between the planter body 2 and the inner frame 17. For this reason, when inserting this frame 3 in the planter main body 2, the cultivation soil in the planter main body 2 or the root of a cultivated plant does not get in the way, and the frame 3 can be inserted easily.

  Further, the inner frame 17 may be divided into four parts in the same manner as the frame body 3 and overlap each other with a predetermined width. The side walls of the inner frame 17 may be formed at right angles to each other and provided inside the planter body 2 in the case of the second embodiment.

The perspective view which shows the planter of embodiment The exploded perspective view which shows the frame of a planter same as the above Sectional drawing which shows the flange part of each frame piece of a planter same as the above The partial perspective view which shows the state which fitted each frame piece of the planter same as the above Simplified diagram showing the use of the planter The perspective view which shows the planter of Embodiment 2. The perspective view which shows the planter of Embodiment 3. The perspective view which shows the use condition of the planter of Embodiment 3. Simplified diagram showing the use state of a conventional planter

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Planter 2 Planter main body 3 Frame body 4 Opening part 5 Long side wall 6 Short side wall 7 First frame piece 8 Second frame piece 9 Long side wall part 10 Short side wall part 11 Flange part 12 Large flange part 13 Overlapping part 14 Collar 15 Long Side wall 16 Short side wall 17 Inner frame

Claims (2)

It consists of a combination of a box-shaped planter main body (2) and an earth retaining frame (3) having upper and lower ends opened and having side walls, and the planter main body (2) has its side walls toward the lower end. Inclined inward, the frame (3) is composed of a pair of first frame piece (7) and second frame piece (8),
Each said frame piece (7, 8) connects a plate-shaped long side wall part (9) and a short side wall part (10) so that the corner part of the inner side wall of a planter main body (2) may be followed, and the said 1st The one frame piece (7) is provided with a frame-like flange portion (11) having an open bottom at the upper ends of the side end portions of the long side wall portion (9) and the short side wall portion (10). The two frame pieces (8) are opened at the upper ends of the side end portions of the long side wall portion (9) and the short side wall portion (10) with a lower width than the width in the inner and outer direction of the flange portion (11). A frame-shaped large flange (12) is provided,
The long side wall portion (9) and the short side wall portion (10) of each frame piece (7, 8) are inclined inwardly toward the lower end,
A pair of the first frame pieces (7) and a pair of the second frame pieces (8) are arranged opposite to each other on the diagonal line of the planter body (2), and are adjacent to each other. The flange portion (11) of the frame piece (7, 8) and the large flange portion (12) are fitted to each other, and the long and short side wall portions (9, 10) are overlapped to form the frame body (3). A planter formed and fitted so that the frame (3) can move up and down along the inner wall of the planter body (2) An inner frame (17) is provided inside the planter main body (2), and the interval between the inner frame (17) and the planter main body (2) is set to an interval at which the frame (3) can be inserted. The planter according to claim 1, wherein the planter is characterized.

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