CN1299232A - Devices for making flower beds and floral decorations - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for conveniently making flower nursery and flower decorations on horizontal ground or sloping ground by using bonsai or potted landscape plants. The device comprises at least one plate or sheet (1) of predetermined configuration (2) which is laid flat on the ground (7), the plate or sheet (1) having a plurality of seating openings (3) of predetermined size over its entire extent, each opening being adapted to receive and locate a pot (10,12) therein. The upper surface of the plate (1) preferably has a coloured zone corresponding to the flower bed to be reproduced.

Description

Devices for making flower beds and floral decorations

The present invention relates to a device for conveniently making flower beds, flowerbeds and other flower decorations of various shapes and sizes on various terrains, such as hillsides or flat lands, and hillsides are also slopes.

Currently, flower decorations are made by professionals. These professionals usually determine the positions of various plants with guy wires and measuring tools, so as to recreate the desired predetermined pattern according to the floor plan drawn on a small scale.

Traditional craftsmanship requires a large number of manual measuring tools that are difficult to accurately grasp, and the implementation methods of these measuring tools are varied and sometimes inconvenient. Therefore, the complexity of the selected pattern is greatly limited.

Because the gardener who makes the flower bed cannot see the whole picture of the flower bed at the production site, this work requires more delicacy. Even at a distance from a flower bed, it is impossible for the gardener to have a complete understanding of it, especially when starting to make said flower bed.

Because making such flower beds and flower decorations requires a high professional level and takes a long time, so their cost is increased, and thus it is not easy to realize for some small enterprises or units.

Also, if the same flower bed is to be replicated in multiple places, it takes a long time and a lot of effort to do it each time.

Finally, for this reason present curlicues can only be produced in gardens, which limits the choice and number of places suitable for receiving such curlicues.

Some documents have described devices that are considered to facilitate the production of curlicues, but the solutions proposed so far are incomplete and inadequate.

French patent application FR2604332 and German patent DE4419402 only describe perforated plates or boxes in which pots can be placed high, with their horizontal axes. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare special equipment to store these flower pots, because the plants have the natural characteristic of growing to high places, so the decorative effect obtained is still very random. Furthermore, since all the weight of the pots and plants must be supported, the device must be thick and heavy, even a three-dimensional device, so it is not possible to have a simple lightweight sheet that can be folded or rolled.

Patent application WO 94/19926 and French patent application FR 2726968 relate to cultivation devices in the form of very large beds with marked marks or slit marks. These devices, for example, cover entire gardens, and they are mainly used for growing trees. The operation of such devices, in particular their deployment and positioning, is practically impossible, and their use is less rational and more expensive than positioning and cultivation directly on the ground.

European patent application EP0448153 discloses a composite system comprising a sheet and plant bags moored on said sheet. Such systems are also inherently heavy and difficult to maneuver and position. In addition, making a variety of curlicues was not considered. Its scope of application can only be limited to row

Plant bags in rows, or limited to plant bags packed in regular grids.

Finally, European patent application EP0285202 discloses a seedbed which ensures the maintenance of artificial soil, but which is not at all the object of the present invention.

The present invention aims to completely overcome the above-mentioned defects or deficiencies, and provides a device for conveniently making flower beds and flower decorations, so that it can be made quickly and accurately, and even unskilled people can make it quickly and accurately, so it is more economical. How about the flower beds, even in the case of composite flower beds, will not affect the quality of production.

For this reason, the main object of the present invention is to provide a kind of device of making flower bed and flower ornament with bonsai plant, and this device mainly comprises at least one board or sheet of predetermined shape, and this board is placed on the ground flatly, and is arranged on this board or sheet. A set of seating openings of predetermined size, each opening adapted to receive and position a planter in the opening.

Like this, the basic idea of the present invention is to provide a plate or sheet that is drilled with holes, and it can arrange bonsai plants according to predetermined flower beds, and can adjust bonsai plants, and the openings that offer on said plate or sheet are corresponding to various plants. The size and shape of the flowerpots vary, and the distance between the openings depends on the space required for various plants to grow. The plates or sheets are placed directly on level or sloped ground.

The board or sheet preferably has colored lines or areas on the side opposite the ground-facing side, which lines or areas correspond to the flower beds to be reproduced. In this way, a bonsai plant of a given color can be placed in an area opening of the plate or sheet marked with the same color. This allows direct selection of plants, more precise and reliable reproduction of exactly the desired flower beds, and more complex combinations of flower beds of various colors.

Having areas of different colors allows workers making related planters or floral arrangements to better perceive the planter from up close or from a distance during reproduction. After blooming, the colored area remains visible as long as the plants have not covered the board or sheeting, so the bed can be known and the ornamentation seen before the plants mature.

The plate may be a drilled rigid plate. Alternatively, the sheet may be more or less flexible, so that it can be stored and transported relatively loosely, and the sheet placed on the ground is not affected by irregularities in the ground.

Other properties can also be explored for plates or sheets. In particular, the plate or sheet is water permeable, for example made of a microporous material, so as not to impede rainwater from penetrating or flowing into the soil beneath the plate. If the plate is coated with paint forming areas of color, this paint should also be water seepage or porous. It is also ecologically advantageous to manufacture the panels or sheets from biodegradable materials. The board or sheet can also have thermal insulation properties, and due to the existence of the board or sheet, the board or sheet can also constitute a "fence" that prevents the water in the soil from evaporating quickly. Finally, such plates or sheets contain substances for treating the soil, allowing the substances to diffuse in the soil, for example fertilizing substances or insecticidal substances.

In the device of the present invention mainly used for making flower beds and flower decorations on slope land, the edge of the opening of the plate or sheet is attributed to a cylindrical surface, and the direction of the generatrix of the cylindrical surface forms a non-right angle with the plane of the plate or sheet. In this way, the pots or trays containing the plants can be set according to a different inclination from that of the slab. Specifically, the pots or plates are placed in a vertical position, that is to say with their axes pointing vertically, while the plates or sheets are inclined according to the slope of the slope. In this way, the device ensures effective fixing of the pots or pans on the sloping ground; moreover, the device can remediate the slope and make the slope itself more solid.

In the latter application, the device according to the invention is preferably used with cylindrical flower pots, but the upper fixing edge of the flower pot lies in an inclined plane, that is to say that the plane is not at 90° to the central axis of the flower pot Angle.

Overall, the resulting device allows for an easier and faster positioning of flower beds or floral decorations, whereby the production of flower beds or floral decorations no longer has to be performed by highly skilled professionals. With this device, all flower beds, even the most complex ones, can be produced quickly and reliably, which makes it possible to give them new uses, for example in the field of advertising or promotion. The reproduced flower beds can cover large areas, and several simple panels can be juxtaposed together to cover large areas without the need to transport and handle bulky or heavy panels. Furthermore, according to the defined configuration, the plate containing the openings can be reproduced in multiple samples with many modern methods in industry, such as printing with laser cutting and ink injection machines, assuming that the plants made at different sites have a similar composition, Then its advantage lies in saving time and having considerable economic benefit. Finally, the portion of the plate or sheet between the locations of the pots prevents the growth of grass or other unwanted vegetation. Therefore the benefit of device of the present invention is practical, beautiful, economical.

The present invention will be better understood later by describing the embodiment of the device for making flower beds and flower decorations in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are only given as examples:

Fig. 1 is the front view of device of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the vertical sectional view of the device of the present invention being arranged on the inclined ground;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the detail of Figure 2;

As shown in FIG. 1, the device 1 of the present invention is a plate, and its periphery 2 is a predetermined shape, which can be a common geometric shape such as a rectangle, or any polygonal or curved shape. Within the scope of the plate 1, there are more or less openings 3, the size of the arrangement of the openings is predetermined, and the upper surface 4 of the plate 1 has a colored area 5, and these areas are mutually drawn by the straight line drawn on the surface 4. or curve 6 apart. The lines 6 together with the perimeter 2 of the plate 1 define for example three areas 5a, 5b and 5c which receive flower pots or flower trays of blue, red and yellow colour, respectively. Like this, no matter for the position of each flower that constitutes this flower bed, or for the color of these flowers, this device all draws the flower bed shape that needs to duplicate in advance.

In particular, here in an area 5a shaped as a curved strip, the opening 3a is perforated along the line 6 delimiting this area 5a. In the area 5b, the openings 3b are perforated along the line 6 delimiting this area 5b, and in the remaining area of this area 5b, other openings 3c are arranged en quiconce. In the area 5c the openings 3d are arranged along the line 6 delimiting this area 5c, in the remaining area of this area 5c the other openings 3c are arranged in a grid.

The openings 3a, 3b and 3d can be pre-drilled along the line 6 with a slave laser machine. The colored areas 5 and lines 6 can be made with an ink injection machine; this injection machine is connected to an information control system. The panel 1 thus produced is economical, even if produced as a unit or a series of small units.

Fig. 2 represents the application of this device, and Fig. 3 represents the detailed enlarged view of Fig. 2, specifically, Fig. 2 represents to be used for making floral ornament on inclined ground 7, and this inclined land can be the ground of slope 8, and its inclination is defined as a. The plate 1 is placed on the ground 7 with its colored side 4 being visible and its opposite side 9 abutting against the ground 7 .

In the red area 5 of the plate 1 , each opening 3 receives a flower pot or flower tray 10 containing a plant bearing red flowers 11 . Likewise, in the blue area 6 of the plate 1 , each opening 3 receives a flowerpot or flower tray 12 containing a plant growing one or more blue flowers 13 . In this way, the plants are positioned according to the flower bed to be replicated.

Specifically as shown in Figure 3, each opening 3 of the plate 1 is preferably oval, and the edge 14 of the opening 3 belongs to a cylindrical surface, and the angle B formed by the generatrix of the cylindrical surface and the plane of the plate 1 is the gradient of the slope 8 Complementary angle of A. In this way, when the plate 1 is placed on the inclined ground 7, these generatrices are all vertical, so that the central axis 15 of the placed flowerpot 10 can be directed vertically.

In order to cooperate with the opening 3 of the plate 1 , each pot 10 or 12 is cylindrical in basic shape, but its fixed upper edge 16 lies in an inclined plane forming an angle C with the central axis 15 of the pot 10 or 12 (equal to angle B defined above).

The flower pots 10 or 12 mounted on the board 1 form flower pots in which a certain amount of soil 17 is housed. There is a layer of mineral salt 18 below these soils, and the mineral salt also forms a water storage tank.

The board 1 is made of a water permeable biodegradable material, which is a pulp or cardboard pulp material. Preferably pots 10 or 12 are made of the same material.

Having described above the device constructed with a single plate 1, it should be noted that the device according to the invention can be made of several perforated plates or sheets juxtaposed in order to make large flower beds or flower decorations.

What do not exceed the scope of the present invention have:

Changes in the shape and/or material of the perforated plate or sheet;

Transform the number or distribution of colored areas of the board;

The arrangement used is not on a sloping ground, but on a substantially horizontal ground, thereby facilitating the production of simple flower beds, in which case it is no longer required that the edges of the opening be inclined to the plane of the plate or sheet.

Claims (12)

1. A device for making flowerbeds and flower decorations with bonsai or panscape plants on substantially horizontal ground or on sloped ground, characterized in that the device comprises at least one plate or sheet (1) with a predetermined shape (2), which will The plate rests on the ground (7), the plate or sheet (1) has a set of predetermined size placement openings (3) throughout its extent, each opening (3) is used to receive a flower pot (10, 12) and hold it in the opening. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said plate or sheet (1) has colored lines and/or areas on the side (4) opposite to the side (9) that is in contact with the ground (7) (5,6), these lines or areas correspond to the flower beds that need to be replicated. 3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that said plate or sheet (1) has several openings (3a, 3b, 3d) arranged along a line (6), and a grid is arranged within the range of the colored area (5). grid or in a staggered arrangement (3c, 3d). 4. Device according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that each plate (1) is a perforated rigid plate. 5. Device according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that said sheet (1) is a flexible sheet which can be folded or coiled. 6. Device according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that the plate or sheet (1) is water permeable, the plate or sheet being in particular made of a microporous material. 7. The device according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that said plate or sheet (1) is made of biodegradable material. 8. Device according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that the plates or sheets (1) contain substances which treat the soil (7) and diffuse them in the soil, such substances as fertilizing substances or insecticidal substances. 9. According to the device described in any one of claims 1-8, the device is mainly used for making flower beds and flower decorations on sloped land (7), such as slopes (8), wherein the The edge (14) of the opening (3) of the plate or sheet (1) is attributed to a cylindrical surface whose generatrix forms a non-perpendicular angle (B) with the plane of the plate or sheet (1). 10. Device according to claim 9, characterized in that the edges (14) of the openings (3) are arranged so that their axes (15) are directed vertically when the pots or pans (11, 20) are positioned, while the plates Or the sheet (1) is inclined according to the slope (A) of the slope (8). 11. Device according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the device is used with cylindrical flower pots (10, 12), but with the upper fixed edge (16) of the flower pot lying in an inclined plane, which is in line with the The central axes (15) of the flower pots (10, 12) form an angle (C) other than 90°. 12. Device according to any one of claims 1-11, characterized in that it consists of several panels or sheets juxtaposed in order to make large-area flower beds or floral decorations.

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