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Simulated tree trunk for supporting vines or vine-like plants

  • US 4,386,480 A
  • Filed: 02/12/1982
  • Issued: 06/07/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A simulated tree trunk for supporting vines or vine-like plants comprising, in combination, a plurality of imitation bark board members, each bark board member comprising an integrally-formed, elongated, substantially rectangular, body portion of arcuate transverse cross-sectional shape, one side of said body portion simulating the texture of natural wood bark, means for interconnecting a plurality of the bark board members along abutting longitudinal edge portions of the body portions thereof to form a hollow substantially circular simulated tree trunk section of pre-determined diameter, said bark board members each having a plurality of arcuate through openings defining upwardly-extending projections about which tie strings can be applied for tying a growing vine in place, means for interconnecting a plurality of said tree trunk sections end-to-end for increasing the length of the simulated tree trunk, a quantity of sphagnum moss within the interior of said interconnected hollow tree trunk sections, a conical cap member, means for inter-connecting the upper end of a tree trunk section to the peripheral edge of said conical cap member, said conical cap interconnecting means comprising a plurality of openings in said conical cap to permit vertical entry of water for moistening said sphagnum moss, means within at least one of said simulated tree trunk sections to retain the interconnected plurality of bark board members thereof in relatively symmetrically disposed disposition to effect a substantially circular shape thereof, and a plurality of brace rods frictionally received in side-wall openings of the bark board members of a simulated tree trunk section and adapted to be positionally adjusted in a substantially radial direction outwardly of the tree trunk section to abuttingly engage, at the outer ends of said brace rods, inner wall portions of a supporting pot in which said tree trunk section is placed for vertical support.

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