USRE39459EExpiredUtility

Fertilizer and insecticide capsule

Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jun 28, 2002Filed: Jul 22, 2004Granted: Jan 9, 2007
Est. expiryJun 28, 2022(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
A01M 21/043A01C 23/042Y10T137/4891
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PatentIndex Score
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Claims

Abstract

A fertilizer and insecticide capsule attaching to an in-ground sprinkler system allowing lawn and garden chemicals to be dispensed simultaneously to a lawn or garden while watering it. Lawn and garden chemicals in tablet or liquid form can be used interchangeably with ease. This method of chemically treating a lawn or garden greatly reduces or eliminates chemical exposure to a user while dispensing chemicals onto a lawn or garden. The present invention is easy to install and use, and saves a user time by combining process of watering a lawn or garden with process of chemically treating a lawn or garden.

Claims

exact text as granted — not AI-modified
1. A fertilizer and insecticide capsule comprising:
 a liquid container  means for holding lawn and garden chemicals that attaches to an in-ground sprinkler system to mix lawn and garden chemicals with water and disperse water and chemical mixture onto a lawn or garden;  
 a removable plastic tablet container for holding lawn and garden chemicals tablets; 
 a pump motor for connection to a water source by an incoming hose which releases water mixed with lawn and garden chemicals through an outgoing hose, said pump motor comprising a threaded primer hole;  
 threads on outer bottoms  of the liquid container and the tablet container  means for holding lawn and garden chemicals corresponding to said threaded primer hole of the pump motor for attaching to an in-ground sprinkler system; and  
 a distributor to receive water mixed with lawn and garden chemicals from the outgoing hose of said pump motor chemicals from the outgoing hose of said pump motor  and to release water mixed with lawn and garden chemicals through sprinkler hoses attached to sprinkler heads, allowing the sprinkler heads release water mixed with lawn and garden chemicals onto a lawn or garden.  
 
     
     
       2. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 1  wherein:
   said means for holding lawn and garden chemicals is a liquid container.     
     
     
       3. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 1  wherein:
   said means for holding lawn and garden chemicals is a tablet container.     
     
     
       4. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 1  wherein:
   said means for holding lawn and garden chemicals is a liquid container and a tablet container.     
     
     
       5. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 3  wherein:
   said tablet container is removable.     
     
     
       6. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 4  wherein:
   said tablet container removable.     
     
     
       7. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 2  wherein:
   said liquid container is removable.     
     
     
       8. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 4  wherein:
   said liquid container is removable.     
     
     
       9. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 1  wherein:
   said means for holding lawn and garden chemicals is plastic.     
     
     
       10. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 1  wherein:
   said means for holding lawn and garden chemicals is glass.     
     
     
       11. The fertilizer and insecticide capsule of  claim 1  wherein:
   said means for holding lawn and garden chemicals is metal.

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