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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LOUIS S. FLATAU, OF PITTSBURG, TEXAS.
GARDEN-TILE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,690, dated May 25, 1886.
Application filed Noovember 27, 1885. Serial No. 184,099. (No model.)lb all wvhoton it 7may concern:
Be it known that I, Louis S. FLATAU, of
Pittsburg, in the county of Camp and State of
Texas, have invented a new and Improved
5 Garden-Tile, of which the following is a full,
clear, and exact description.
The object of my'invention is to provide a
new and improved garden-tile which can be
used as a plant-protector or as a curbing for
io walks, &c.
The invention consists in a tile having a
semicircular or U-shaped cross-section and
open at the bottom and provided on its top
with one or more necks through which the
15 plants can grow.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming part of this specification, in
which similar letters of reference indicate cor-
responding parts in both the figures.
20 Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new
and improved garden-tile, showing the man-
ner of using it as a plant-protector. Fig. 2 is
a cross-sectional elevation of a different con-
struction.
25 The tile A is made of ordinary potter's clay,
and is either semicircular or U-shaped, with
inclined shanks in cross-section, and can be
made in length of from two to three feet, as
shown in Fig. 1, or it may be made circular,
30 as shown in Fig. 2.
The tile is provided with a single flaring or
-bell-shaped neck, B, as shown in Fig. 2, or
with a series of necks B. The necks B pro-
ject more or less from the tops of the tiles andserve as funnels for conducting water or a so- 35
lution or mixture of fertilizer and water to the
plants and roots.
Air-holes C are produced in the top of the
tile (shown in Fig. 1) between the funnels or
necks, and through said holes sticks or poles 19
are passed, up which the plants grow-for in-
stance, bean-poles, pea-bushes,&c. The seeds
or plants are planted in such a manner that
they are directly below the necks and can
grow up through the said necks, as shown. 45
The tiles protect the plants from night
frosts and from the intense heat of the sun.
SThat part of the earth surrounding the
plant and covered by the tile retainsits moist-
ure, as it is protected from the sun's rays. 50
The tile can be used as a curbing for walks,
or as a curbing and plant-protector at the
same time, the plants along the edges of the
walks being protected by the tiles. The earth
below the tiles may be raised above the sur- 55
rounding earth or may have the same level.
Having thus described my invention, I claim
as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-
As an improved article of manufacture, the
garden-tile A, having an open bottom and 6o
flaring sides, and provided with one or more
flaring-necks, B, projecting from the top and
communicating with the interior of the tile, as
set forth.
LOUIS S. FLATAU.
Witnesses:
F. H. GOODJOHN, -
G. W. DAvis.
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Flatau, Louis S. Garden Tile., patent, May 25, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171271/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.