Plant protection wrapping made of individual protective elements

Abstract

A plant protection device made of individual protective elements, characterized in that an individual protective element 10 is freestanding, either alone or in groups of three connected to each other by connecting elements, and positioned relative to each other in such a way that a self-contained protective plant protection enclosure 10a-10b-10c for a plant 7 is formed, and each individual protective element 10 is provided with its own ground anchoring rod 4, with which each individual protective element 10 can be securely held and fixed to the soil 6, regardless of the design and size of the plant protection enclosure (see sketches 3-4-5 and 7).

Description

[0001] A variety of protective devices are known to keep wildlife away from young plants in forestry and agricultural areas, or to prevent them from causing damage through browsing and raking. These usually involve closed tubes, wire nets, or fences.

[0002] All of these are material-intensive devices that are expensive to manufacture and difficult to install in the forest.

[0003] For this purpose, the majority of these devices are simply fixed in the ground and to the plant to be protected with a support rod made of wood, metal or plastic.

[0004] Another disadvantage of all these coverings is that they are often too small when planting the plant and do not need to be pushed over it, or after a few years at the latest they constrict the plant considerably and significantly impair growth, which often leads to malformations in the plant to be protected.

[0005] The device according to the invention is a single protection element 10 which is free-standing and provided with a ground fixing rod 4 on the side of the young plant 7 in the ground 6, or in a combination of at least 3 single protection elements 10 which results in a triangular covering sketch 4 for a young plant 6.

[0006] If the individual protection elements 10 are then connected to one another by connectors 11, all of the individual protection elements 10 need only be fixed to the ground 6, optionally with a ground anchoring rod 4. In this way, the plant 7 to be protected is enclosed on all sides in a dimensionally stable manner and protected against damage by wild animals.

[0007] Due to the longitudinal displacement 5 / Y of the inserted earth anchoring rod 4 in the axial longitudinal direction of the individual protection element 10, this has the same length as the individual protection element 10 and when driven into the ground 6, the earth anchoring rod 4 immerses into the individual protection element 10 by the same amount X into the ground.

[0008] All individual parts are made from sustainable and natural materials such as wood, bamboo, jute, cotton, cellulose, etc. which consist of a one-piece thin wooden panel, thin boards or wood veneers, as well as weatherproof sheets of paper and all are provided with light and air openings and in a preferred rectangular shape of e.g. 20 x 120 cm and whose individual parts are held together by at least two or any number of cross beams 2 .

[0009] Additional connecting elements 3 in the same number made of jute, cotton or another suitable natural material with a certain degree of flexibility are located at the upper and lower end parts as well as in the middle part of the individual protection element 10 and thus enable the insertion and fixing of an earth anchoring rod 4 between the cross member 2 and the connecting element 3, whereby a longitudinal displacement in the axial direction Y of the individual protection element 10 is provided.

[0010] Thus, the fastening to the ground 6 can be carried out by each individual protection element 10, or alternatively always only at the two end individual protection elements 10a / 10b, if several elements 10 are connected to form a three-unit sketch 5.

[0011] Through this combination of at least 3 individual protection elements 10 to form a closed growth protection covering sketch 4, the attachment to the plant 7 to be protected is very easy and advantageous to attach from the outside, since starting with the attachment of an individual protection element 10a by hammering the ground fixing rod 4 into the ground, the individual protection element 10a is given a firm hold, in order to then subsequently place the further individual protection elements 10c and 10b around the plant 7 in order to then fix the third individual protection element 10b.

[0012] This results in a number of feasible covers in any shape and size Sketch 3 Sketch 4- Sketch 4 - Sketch 5 - Sketch 7, since a complete cover with a minimum of three connected individual protection elements 10 Sketch 4 and Sketch 5 a plant 7 form a dimensionally stable triangular shape Sketch 5, or with any number of individual elements 10 Sketch 7 a polygonal or round plant protection cover Sketch 7 can be created.

[0013] The inventive idea of ​​the device is to obtain plant protection for young plants against wild animal browsing and damage, which can be created in a simple and very economical way and which can be installed in the forest very easily and in the shortest possible time, as well as to achieve reusability with the side effect of the possibility of a permanent residence and residue-free decomposition in the wild.

[0014] These criteria require that all components are constructed using minimal material, are sustainably degradable, and yet can be used to create a dimensionally stable plant growth protection covering of any size and dimension.

[0015] These requirements are met by the device described, and for this purpose, a single protective element 10 can be combined with several, sketch 3-4. Each individual protective element 10 is provided with a ground anchoring rod 4 and can thus be stably erected and solidly attached to the ground 6, and thus any imaginable shape and size can be achieved in combination. Sketch 5-7 of the

[0016] This individual fixation 4 of the individual protective element 10 thus allows different protective coverings to be created in a freely selected shape and size, in that with at least two protective elements 10 sketch 3 a plant can already be half-enclosed and protected and at least three individual protective elements 10 already result in a closed triangular protective covering sketch 4.

[0017] Consequently, in combination with any number of individual protection elements 10, any size and shape of a growth protection enclosure in rectangular, round or any other shape can be created.

[0018] A further positive factor of the invention is the stackability and collapsibility (sketch 6) of the individual protective elements 10 and the associated effective transport and handling of the individual protective elements 10 to and in the forest, combined with the advantage that the ground anchoring rod 4 is of the same length as the individual protective element 10 and does not protrude beyond it, since it is attached to the individual protective element 10 in an axially displaceable manner and does not have to be provided separately or first time-consumingly attached to the protective casing with fastening elements such as cable ties, wire or tacker.

[0019] A connector 14 can be used to hold the 13 individual protection elements 10 folded together into a unit in a transport-friendly manner.

[0020] The solution to the problem according to the invention results from the features of claim 1 in conjunction with the features of the preamble.

[0021] Further advantageous embodiments and uses of the invention emerge from the subclaims

[0022] In addition to the description, sketches 1 to 7 illustrate the application of the various variants of the multi-part, dimensionally stable individual protection elements 10 combined to form a self-contained plant protection enclosure. Sketch 5 Sketch 1

[0023] A complete single protection element 10 is held together by any number of crossbars 2 and elastic connectors 3 at both ends, as well as centrally mounted crossbars 2 together with the inserted earth anchoring rod 4 which is axially displaceable in the longitudinal direction 5 / Y Sketch 2

[0024] A complete individual protection element 10 fastened with the driven-in ground fixing rod 4 in the ground 6, immersed by the amount X in the ground 6 and immersed by the same amount X in the individual protection element 10 Sketch 3

[0025] Two complete individual protection elements 10 set up and fixed to the ground 6 as a side half-open protection for a plant 7 Sketch 4

[0026] Three complete individual protection elements 10 set up and fixed to the ground, as a triangular covering to protect a plant 7 Sketch 5

[0027] Three complete individual protection elements 10 connected to each other by connectors 13 in a triangular enclosure 10a-10b-10c arranged on a plant 7. Sketch 6

[0028] At least three complete individual protection elements 10 connected to each other by connectors 11 to form a triple assembly 10a-10b-10c folded 13 to form a compact transport unit and fixed with a connector 14 Sketch 7

[0029] 2 x triple combination of complete 6 individual protection elements 10 connected by connectors 11, which form a hexagonal enclosure around a plant 7.

Claims

[1] Device plant protection covering made of individual protection elements characterized by that an individual protection element 10 is freestanding, alone or at least three by means of connecting elements, and positioned relative to each other in such a way that a self-contained protective plant protection enclosure 10a-10b-10c for a plant 7 is created and each individual protection element 10 is provided with its own ground fixing rod 4, with which each individual protection element 10 can be firmly held and fixed to the ground 6, regardless of the design and size of the plant protection enclosure sketch 3-4-5 and sketch 7 [2] Device for plant protection covering made of individual protection elements according to claim 1 characterized bythat the individual protection element 10 consists of a one-piece or several assembled components which are joined together to form a protection element 10 of any design, dimension and made of any material, with longitudinal and / or transverse slots or openings between the individual elements with high light and air permeability and each individual protection element 10 has a receptacle 2-3 for an earth anchoring rod 4 which is axially displaceable in the longitudinal direction 5 / Y of the individual protection element 10, which consists of a rigid bar 2 and a flexible connector 3 made of any conceivable material, which are combined with one another, both transversely at the upper and lower ends, as well as one or more times in the middle of the individual protection element 10 and result in the receptacle 2-3 and longitudinal guide 5 / Y for the earth anchoring rod 4. [3] Device for plant protection covering made of individual protection elements according to one of the preceding claims characterized by that individual protection elements 10 in the multiple composite 10a-10b-10c connected to one another by suitable connectors 11 result in a plant protection enclosure stabilized in the enclosure shape, sketch 5 and sketch 7, which do not have to be held, stabilized or fixed by additional shape stabilizing elements, but are firmly fixed to the ground 6 by the respective individual fastening 2-3 with a holding rod 4 and support one another. [4] Device for plant protection covering made of individual protection elements according to one of the preceding claims characterized bythat the ground fixing rod 4 is optionally attached to the individual protection element 10 during delivery to the forest and does not protrude beyond it in length, and is also attached so as to be longitudinally displaceable 5 / Y, so that when the individual protection element 10 is set up it only needs to be hammered into the ground 6 to fix the individual protection element 10, without first having to be time-consumingly threaded into eyelets or tabs, or connected to the plant protection covering with additional holding elements such as cable ties, wire or tackers. [5] Device for plant protection covering made of individual protection elements according to one of the preceding claims characterized bythat all components and materials used are made of natural products such as wood, cotton, jute, bamboo or cellulose, which ensure natural, residue-free decomposition in the open air, whereby dismantling of the building elements is not absolutely necessary and multiple use results in additional cost-effectiveness. [6] Device for plant protection covering made of individual protection elements according to one of the preceding claims characterized by that several individual protective elements 10 connected by connectors 11 can be folded together 13 to form a transport-friendly unit and fixed by a connector 14

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