TREE SURROUND FOR WATERING TREES AND BUSHES ON SLOPED HILLSIDES

摘要

A water-retaining enclosure for surrounding trees and bushes and holding water, on flat or sloped hillsides. The enclosure is made of a resilient, polymeric material, such as wood/polymer composite. The bottom edge of the enclosure can have a sharpened edge or sawteeth for cutting into the soil. The upper edges can be tapered. The ends can be joined together to make a 360° ring using a watertight joint, or left open to form a 270° (¾) circle. The joint can utilize an elastomeric seal, finned connector, mating conical surfaces, interlocking flanges, or an interference fit to make it watertight.

主权项

1. A water-retaining enclosure for surrounding the base of a tree or bush planted on a sloped hillside or even surface; the enclosure comprising a single long strip of resilient, water-impermeable, polymeric material; wherein the strip comprises:
a pair of distal ends, a pair of top edges, each tapering from a central point of vertical height=H down to a vertical height=B at the distal ends, an enhanced bottom edge, and a rectangular cross-section of uniform wall thickness=t;wherein the height B ranges from 0 to H/2; and t ranges from 0.010 to 0.030 inches; and further wherein the enhanced bottom edge comprises a sharpened edge or a plurality of sawteeth for enhancing cutting into the soil when the bottom edge is partially buried in the ground.