ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,147, issued on March 3.
"Closed loop self-watering sub-irrigation planter" was invented by Kionna Harris Wells (Hazelwood, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closed loop sub-irrigation self-watering planter of unitary construction amendable to additive or subtractive manufacturing. A three-dimensional outer mold line decorative flowerpot fused to a structural strength and moisture air lattice barrier, that is fused to a self-watering inner mold line sub irrigated planter. A divider divides an upper space of the planter for soil and a lower space for a water reservoir, wherein a conduit extends from the reservoir through the divider...