Plant container wall support

• US 4,623,113 A
• Filed: 03/07/1985
• Issued: 11/18/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kendall D. Studebaker
• Original Assignee: Kendall D. Studebaker
• Inventors: Studebaker, Kendall D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Application Number:
  US06/708,977
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 248/311.2, 248/312.1, 248/313, 248/310, 248/309.1, 248/558, 248/DIG. 7, 211/88, 211/71, 47/39, 47/67, D11/164
• US Class Current: 248/311.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 7/044 Hanging flower-pot holders, e.g. mounted on walls, balcony fences or the like on windows or doors A47H27/00

Abstract

A detachable, adjustable plant container support for supporting a plant container alone or with a planting medium and plants on a vertical surface such as a wall, a post or tree. The plant container support comprises a wall bracket which can be permanently secured to a vertical surface and a plant container holder which is detachably supported on the wall bracket. The plant container is adjustable to support plant containers of various widths and heights. The plant container holder has a upper bracket for supporting the upper lip or edge of the container and a base member for supporting the base or bottom of a plant container.

Claims

1. A detachable, adjustable plant container support device, for supporting a plant and its container in a spaced relationship to a vertical surface, said device comprising a wall bracket and container holder, said wall bracket comprising a U-shaped longitudinal member having first and second upwardly extending parallel arms in a spaced apart relationship, the first arm adapted to be secured to a vertical surface and the second arm having two upwardly extending parallel tines separated by an open slot adapted to detachably receive a hanger means, said tines having an inner side facing said first arm and an opposite outer side, said container support comprising a clamping member, a base member and retaining means for securing the base member to the clamping member, said clamping member adapted to hook over the top edge of an open top container having a base to secure said container from pitching and rolling with respect to said base member, said base member adapted to receive and support the base of the container, said retaining means for retaining said clamping member and base member attached to said hanger means for detachably securing said container support to said wall bracket.

4. The detachable, adjustable container support device according to claim 1 wherein said hanging means comprises two lugs attached to said container holder, one lug positioned above the other lug, each lug having a shank portion adapted to be received by said slot and an enlarged head portion at one end adapted to slidably engage said tines to support said container support on said wall bracket, each of said lugs detachably secured to said container support.

5. The detachable, adjustable container support devices according to claim 1, wherein said clamping member comprises an upright longitudinal element downturned at its upper end to form a hook with a downwardly presented throat to receive from below an edge portion of an open top container, the lower end of said element having two threaded apertures along the vertical midline axis of said clamping member, said base member having a general L-shape with a horizontal U-shaped base portion and a vertical portion of two extended parallel arms, said retaining means comprising a retaining plate having two apertures along its vertical midline axis concentric with the threaded apertures of said clamping member, each vertical side of said plate having a longitudinal half-round channel adapted to receive said parallel arms of said base member, said parallel arms slidably secured in a channel housing formed by said clamping member and said half-round channels of said retaining plate, said hanging means comprising two lugs, each lug having a threaded end portion, a middle portion and an enlarged head at the other end, the threaded end portion separated from the middle portion by a first circumferentially extending shoulder and the head portion separated from the middle portion by a second circumferentially extending shoulder, the threaded end portion of the lugs passing through respective apertures of said plate and threadingly engaging respective threaded apertures of said clamping member, the first shoulder of the lugs engaging said plate and biasing it towards said clamping member to secure said clamping member and base member, said middle portion adapted to be slidably received in said slot with said head portion slidably engaging the inner side of said tines and said retaining plate slidably engaging the outer side surface of said tines.

6. The detachable, adjustable plant container support device according to claim 1 wherein said clamping member comprises an upright, longitudinal element downturned at its upper end to form a hook with a downwardly presented throat to receive from below an edge portion of an open top container, the lower end of said element having two threaded apertures along the vertical midline axis of said clamping member, said base member said base member having a general L-shape with a horizontal U-shaped base portion and a vertical portion of two upwardly extending parallel arms, said retaining means comprising a plate having two apertures along its vertical midline axis concentric with the threaded apertures of said upper bracket, each vertical side of said plate having longitudinal half-round channel adapted to receive said vertically extending parallel arms of said base member, said parallel arms slidably secured in a channel housing formed by said clamping member and said half-round channels of said plate, said hanger means comprising two bolts having a threaded portion, a shank portion and an enlarged head portion at the other end, and two sleeve washers adapted to be received by said shank portion of said bolts, the threaded end portions of the bolts passing through respective sleeve washers, respective apertures of said plate and threadingly engaging respective threaded apertures of said longitudinal element, one end of each of said sleeve washers engaging said head of a bolt and the other end of each sleeve washer engaging the plate about an aperture, said plate biased towards said clamping member to secure said clamping member and said base member, said sleeve washers adapted to be slidably received in said slot of said wall bracket with the head portions of said bolts slidably engaging the inner side of said tines and said plate slidably engaging the outer side of said tines.

2. The detachable, adjustable plant container support device according to claim, wherein said clamping member and said base member in combination with said retaining means are adapted to be vertically moved towards or away from each other to support containers of different heights.

3. The detachable, adjustable plant container support device according to claim, wherein said hanging means comprises a lug attached to said container holder and having a shank portion and an enlarged head at one end, said enlarged head adapted to be secured by said tines and said shank portion adapted to be slidably received by said slot to detachably support said container support, said lug detachably secured to said container support.

7. A detachable, adjustable plant container support device for supporting a plant and its container in a spaced relationship to a vertical surface, said device comprising a wall bracket and container holder, said wall bracket comprising a U-shaped longitudinal member having a first and second upwardly extending parallel arms in a spaced-apart relationship, the first arm adapted to be secured to a vertical surface and the second arm having two upwardly extending parallel tines separated by an open slot, said tines having an inner side facing said first arm and an opposing outer side, said container support comprising a clamping member, a base member and retaining means for securing the base member to the clamping member and for detachably securing the container holder to said wall bracket, said clamping member comprising an upright longitudinal element downturned at its upper end to form a hook with a downwardly presented throat to receive from below an edge portion of an open top container, the lower end of said element having two threaded apertures along the vertical midline axis of said clamping member, said base member having a general L-shape with a horizontal U-shaped base portion and a vertical portion of two extended parallel arms, said retaining means comprising a retaining plate and two bolt assemblies, said retaining plate having two apertures along its vertical midline axis concentric with the threaded apetures of said clamping member, each vertical side of said plate having a longitudinal half-round channel adapted to receive said parallel arms of said base member, said parallel arms slidably secured in a channel housing formed by said clamping member and said half-round channels of said retaining plate, said bolt assemblies comprising two bolts, two flat washers and two sleeve washers, each bolt having a threaded end portion and an opposing end enlarged head portion, the flat washers and sleeve washers adapted to be received by said bolts, the threaded end portion of said bolts passing through respective flat washers, sleeve washers and apetures in said retaining plate and threadingly engaging respective threaded apertures in said clamping member, said retaining plate biased towards said clamping member to slidably secure said clamping member and said base member, said sleeve washers adapted to be slidably received in said open slot of said wall bracket with the flat washers adapted to slidably engage the inner surface of said tines of said wall bracket and the retaining plate adapted to slidably engage the outer surface of said tines.