Flowerpot

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a flowerpot capable of denying a habitat to s insects therein and having a manual pump located therein to facilitate watering the plant by recycling the water in the flowerpot.

2. Description of Related Art

Normally, a vessel is placed under a flowerpot to catch the water that seeps through, thereby allowing the soil in the flowerpot to wick the standing water as the plant needs water. However, insects will take advantage of the standing water in the vessel to breed. A bed for contagious disease is thus formed in the vessel.

To overcome the problem, the invention aims to provide an improved flowerpot to mitigate and/or obviate the aforementioned problems.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a flowerpot having a double bottom to collect excess water. A first pot for water is placed on the ground and a second pot for soil and the plant is placed on or in the top of the first pot. Because the first pot is closed by the second pot, insects will no longer have access to any excess standing water.

Another advantage of the invention is to provide a pump in the second pot. The pump has an inlet extending into the water in the first pot and an outlet in communication with the inlet, such that excess water is able to be recycled over and over again to water the plant in the flowerpot.

The detailed features of the present invention will be apparent in the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a flowerpot in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the flowerpot shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view in partial cross section showing the internal arrangement of the flowerpot in accordance with the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the application of the flowerpot in accordance with the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a flowerpot in accordance with the present invention comprises a firstfirst pot (10) for water, a second pot (20) for soil and the plant and a pump (30).

The second pot (20) is detachably mounted on top of the first pot (10) and has a flange (25) formed on the upper rim thereof, a screen (23) provided on the bottom thereof and a duct (24) extending through the screen (23).

The first pot (10) has a closed end and an open end (neither numbered) so as that the first pot (10) is able to receive the second pot (20) therein. However, the second pot (20) is supported on top of the first pot (10) by the flange (25), such that the duct (24) extends into the first pot (10). After the first pot (10) and the second pot (20) are assembled, the pump (30) having an inlet (31) connected with the duct (24), a bellows (32) connected with the inlet (31) and an outlet in communication with the inlet (31) is placed in the second pot (20) by the extension of the inlet (31) through the duct (24) and into the first pot (10).

As shown in FIG. 3, water in the first pot (10) is able to be sucked upward by the pump (30) to water the plant in the second pot (20), and the excess water then seeps back into the first pot (10) via the screen (23) for recycling.

FIG. 4 shows that when the plant (40) and the soil (41) are placed in the second pot (20), pumping the pump (30) will transport the water in the first pot (10) to water the plant (40) via the outlet (33). Therefore, excess water then seeps back into the first pot (10) to be used again.

The present invention has the following advantages:

Because the water in the first pot (10) is isolated from the environment by the second pot (20), insects will not have access to the water, such that insects depending mainly on water to breed will thus lose their habitat, and a potential danger to people is eradicated.

Water in the first pot (10) is recycled and the water vapor continues to provide moisture to the soil and the roots of the plant.