ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,951, issued on April 29, was assigned to J&P Products LLC (O'Fallon, Mo.).
"Automatic timed watering planter" was invented by James A. Keefe (O'Fallon, Mo.) and Philip J. Sweeney (Maryland Heights, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic timed watering planter comprising an inner container with a flange at a top edge and an outer container with a ledge recessed below a top edge upon which the inner container is supported above a water holding space. A battery operated pump with a programmable control unit for an automatic timer is connected to tubing branches which are connected to symmetrically spaced water ports in the flang...