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1. The moss pole: A moss pole is essentially a chicken wire or latticed plastic cylinder that sits vertically in a house plant pot. The pole is stuffed with moss, and the plant is attached to it with string or velcro. The aerial roots of the plant then grow into the pole, creating bigger leaves and providing support for the plant. The current pain point is that it is hard to maintain a perfect vertical angle of the moss pole because supporting it in soil is difficult. This moss pole would need to have a couple of key features.
a. It is made up of a plastic lattice with relatively thin, yet close together webbing
b. The lattice pattern is also on the base and top of the moss pole (the circles at the top and bottom that are parallel to the pot's base)
c. The moss pole can be stacked on top of an identical moss pole, simply by some sort of "push and click" method. Think lego.
d. The moss pole opens longitudinally - this is the difficult part and what is currently not on the market. The pain point that this solves is that it is annoying to stuff the moss at the top and attempt to push it to the bottom. So opening it length wise allows you to place the moss in, close it and snap it. Please design two to three clasps that close the moss pole back together.
2. The pot: The pot should be a lot simpler. The main difference between my pot and a standard one is that it will have the same mechanism at its base that the moss pole does to stack. Meaning, a plant lover can simply push their moss pole into the pot and it clicks and supports itself. The key here is that I would like the click and push connection to happen about halfway up the pot, so it will need to almost look like a tube inside the pot. Hope that makes sense. Here are the key features:
a. The pot looks proportional.
b. There are 5 drainage holes at the bottom of the pot.
c. There is a push lock for the moss pole about halfway up in the middle of the pot.
3. (Optional) Since moss poles should ideally always be moist, I envision a slow-drip cap that can snap on to the top of the moss pole and be filled with water. It would be easy to refill from the top, and provide constant moisture to the pot.
a. The slow-drip cap can be filled with water easily from the top.
b. The slow-drip can can be snapped on to the moss pole using the same mechanism that the poles attach to one another AND that the poles attach to the bottom of the pot.
c. The slow-drip cap slowly wets the moss pole.
4. The pot's saucer. This is the relatively simple one! I would like a saucer the pot can be set inside to catch drainage from the pot.
To be considered: You include at least part 1, 2, and 4. Bonus if you also include 3!
You include the specifications provided in each part. (1 pt/specification)
The top of the pot is 8 inch in diameter. All other measurements are up to your discretion so long as they are proportional and loosely resemble the proportions in my sketch. (3 pts)
All parts are aesthetically pleasing and sleek. (2 pts).
All parts are a deep olive green. (1 pt).
The finish of the parts (although made of 3-D printable-plastic), don't look cheap and have some finer details (1 pt).
Please use whatever software can be directly given to a 3D printer manufacturer.
Entries
- Autodesk Fusion 360 2.0.19215 x86_64 — pot-assembly-vid
- Autodesk Fusion 360 2.0.19215 x86_64 — Basic isometric-cc-pot
- Autodesk Fusion 360 2.0.19215 x86_64 — frontview-cc-pot
- Autodesk Fusion 360 2.0.19215 x86_64 — slow-watercap-pot
- Autodesk Fusion 360 2.0.19215 x86_64 — topview-cc-pot
- Autodesk Fusion 360 2.0.19215 x86_64 — pushfit-closeup-cc-pot
- Autodesk Fusion 360 2.0.19215 x86_64 — assembly-mosspole
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If people really like them, I’ll probably pop back on here and experiment with different technology!
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Thanks by advance !
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