US 12,234,935 B1
Coupling joint for structures with recessed interior surfaces
James A. Strasser, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by James A. Strasser, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,778.
Application 18/242,778 is a continuation of application No. 16/431,812, filed on Jun. 5, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,230, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/681,355, filed on Jun. 6, 2018.
Int. Cl. F16L 37/02 (2006.01); A01G 17/06 (2006.01); E04B 1/58 (2006.01); F16B 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/02 (2013.01) [A01G 17/06 (2013.01); E04B 1/585 (2013.01); F16B 7/044 (2013.01); Y10T 403/342 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a kit to form a gardening structure, the method comprising:
(a) inserting a first outwardly protruding body of a first connecting joint into a top open end of a first connecting body such that a cube base of the first outwardly protruding body abuts against a first annular face of the first connecting body;
(b) inserting a second outwardly protruding body of a second connecting joint into a top open end of a second connecting body such that a cube base of the second outwardly protruding body abuts against a top annular face of the second connecting body;
(c) coupling the first connecting joint and the second connecting joint with a lateral connecting body;
(d) inserting an outwardly protruding body of a first anchoring joint into a bottom open end of the first connecting body via a first interference fit;
(e) inserting an outwardly protruding body of a second anchoring joint into a bottom end of the second connecting body via a second interference fit;
(f) anchoring either the first anchoring joint or the second anchoring joint into the ground;
(g) allowing a plant to grow on the gardening structure such that the gardening structure is a trellis; and
(h) irrigating fluid between an interior of the lateral connecting body and an interior of the first connecting body via a fluid pathway defined by at least the cube base and the first connecting body of the first connecting joint in order to water the plant.