US 11,744,194 B2
Plant irrigation device
Lance James Lortscher, Hidden Hills, CA (US); and Mark Alan Christl, Simi Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Stingray Watering System, LLC, Calabasas, CA (US)
Filed by Stingray Watering System, LLC, Calabasas, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/355,778.
Application 17/355,778 is a continuation of application No. 16/434,587, filed on Jun. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,058,073.
Application 16/434,587 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/190,770, filed on Jun. 23, 2016, granted, now 10,328,663, issued on Jun. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/186,000, filed on Jun. 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0315173 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A01G 25/02 (2006.01); A01M 17/00 (2006.01); A01G 13/02 (2006.01); A01G 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 25/023 (2013.01) [A01G 13/0268 (2013.01); A01M 17/00 (2013.01); A01G 2013/006 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plant irrigation device, comprising:
a support comprised of an upper sheet of material and a lower sheet of material and having a configuration to surround a plant and provide an opening through which the plant extends; and
a drip tube attached to the support, the drip tube connectable to a water source and having a series of spaced apart apertures or water emitters along a length thereof permitting water to exit the drip tube and into the ground surrounding the plant;
wherein each of the upper and lower sheets of the support defines an open-faced channel into which the drip tube is disposed.