US Patent Issued to CLASSIC HOME & GARDEN on June 30 for "Self-watering planter for use with flood floors" (Connecticut, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,065, issued on June 30, was assigned to CLASSIC HOME & GARDEN LLC (Shelton, Conn.).

"Self-watering planter for use with flood floors" was invented by Hamilton Scott Team (Roswell, Ga.) and Maite Patino (Derby, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-watering planter includes an interior cavity defined by a wall and a bottom surface and a drainage riser extending from the bottom surface within the interior cavity. The drainage riser has a centrally disposed drainage opening and a vertically disposed slit in fluid communication with the centrally disposed drainage opening. A recess is formed on an external portion of the bottom sur...