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Box-type pot made of fired clay and similar materials for optimized stackings

a box-type pot and stacking technology, which is applied in the field of box-type pots made of fired clay and similar materials for optimizing stacking, can solve the problems of increasing the price of such pots to the public, increasing the probability of their being broken by blows and vibrations, and increasing storage and shipping costs

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-31
DEROMA
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[0005] Within the scope of said aim, an object of the invention is to produce a pot at an overall lower cost than the cost of known pots, thereby significantly lowering the price to the public and simultaneously increasing the profit margin. This aim, and this object and other objects that will be better explained below, are achieved by a box-shaped pot in fired clay and similar materials for optimized stacking comprising a bottom and side walls containing loam, the distinctive feature of which is that it comprises a base that is raised with respect to said bottom and is bounded by said walls on which the bottom of another stacked pot rests.

Problems solved by technology

The waste of vertical space using this method of stacking is obvious, and results in greater storage and shipping costs, thereby significantly increasing the price to the public of such pots.
Furthermore, stacking one box-type pot in another is not currently practicable because the pots tend to jam into one another, thereby greatly increasing the probability of their being broken by blows and vibrations.

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[0014] With reference to the attached drawings the embodiments of the pot 8 comprise, according to the prior art, a bottom 9 and four side walls 10 containing loam for one or more ornamental plants (not shown). The distinctive feature of the pot 8 is a base that is raised with respect to the bottom 9 and is bound by the walls 10, said base acting as a rest for the bottom of another stacked pot. Said base consists of a plurality of supports obtained at the same level that protrude inside the side walls, each of which provides a flat plane facing the mouth of the pot. More specifically, in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, said base is formed by four supports 11 arranged in the internal corners formed by the walls 10.

second embodiment

[0015] With reference to the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, said base is formed by six supports 12, of which four are arranged in the internal corners formed by the walls 10 and two are approximately on the center line of the long walls 10.

third embodiment

[0016] With reference to the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, this base consists of a pair of supports 13 arranged along the short walls 10. FIG. 7 shows the manner of stacking the pots 8 obtained according to this last embodiment. The bottom 9 of each superimposed pot 8 rests on the base formed by the flat faces of the supports 13 of each pot 8 underneath. This manner of stacking extends to the other two embodiments of the pots 8.

[0017] It has in effect been established that the pot achieves the preset aim and the preset objects inasmuch as it enables the stores, containers and loading spaces of the transport vehicles to be exploited as efficiently as possible in a space saving manner. In addition, the pot can be made at overall costs that are lower than the costs of the known pots, which significantly reduces the sales price to the public and simultaneously increases the profit margin. It is understood that the effects of the patent extend to the embodiments described, ill...

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Abstract

Box-type pot made of fired clay and similar materials for optimized stacking, to be use in particular for growing ornamental plants. Said pot comprises a bottom and side walls containing loam, the distinctive feature of which is that it comprises a base that solves the storage space problem found in known pots inasmuch as it enables storage facilities, containers and the loading spaces of vehicles used for shipping to be used as efficiently as possible.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a box-type pot made of fired clay and similar materials for optimized stacking, to be use in particular, but not exclusively, for growing ornamental plants. From prior art traditional box-type pots with an approximately rectangular plan shape are known. These pots comprise a bottom and four side walls containing the loam in which one or more plants are planted. Substantially square pots are also known, called baskets, cubes and squares consisting of a bottom and of four side containing walls. Optimization of the storage and shipping phases is a matter of primary importance for the companies that operate in the sector. In fact, in order to minimize the costs arising from these phases the pots have to be stacked in such a manner as to make the most efficient use of the space available in the storage facilities, in the loading spaces of the vehicles and in the shipping containers. [0002] Today, this problem is partiall...

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IPC IPC(8): A01G9/02
CPCA01G9/021
Inventor MASELLO, GIOVANNI FRANCO
Owner DEROMA