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US006125580A [ii] Patent Number: [45] Date of Patent:

6,125,580 Oct. 3,2000

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Primary Examiner—-Jack W. Lavinder
Assistant Examiner—-Jeffrey L Gellner
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Merchant & Gould PC.

[57] ABSTRACT

A sell watering tray apparatus for supporting a pot having a plant therein includes a tray for holding a fluid having a bottom and a side wall, a support being retained between the bottom and side wall ol the tray, and a plug-in leg or wick filled with a fluid absorbing material such as soil or wick. The plug-in leg wicks up the fluid to the soil whenever the fluid is needed by the plant and drains the fluid down to the tray whenever the fluid in the pot is excessive to the plant.

5 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets

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