Modular planter trough with stabilized mounting bracket

• US 5,177,899 A
• Filed: 12/20/1990
• Issued: 01/12/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: A. J. Powell
• Original Assignee: A. J. Powell
• Inventors: Powell, A. J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Raduazo, Henry E.
• Application Number:
  US07/632,982
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 47/66, 248/228, 248/214
• US Class Current: 47/65.5
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/02 Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes self-acting watering devices A01G27/00; hanging flower baskets, holders or containers for flower-pots A47G7/00; Glasses for cultivating flowers

Abstract

Disclosed is a planter with an improved mechanism for stably affixing it to a wall partition. The planter includes a continuous peripheral perimeter wall and a bottom wall. The bottom wall carries a mounting channel with a pair of opposed flanges extending downwardly from the bottom wall. The flanges include at least one pair of locking mounts which permit the planter to be forcibly inserted over a peripheral trim strip of the wall partition to quickly, easily and stably affix the planter to the top of the wall partition.

Claims

1. A planter adapted to be mounted upon a wall partition including a peripheral trim strip, said planter comprising:

a. an open topped planter trough having a peripheral perimeter wall and a bottom wall attached thereto;

b. a pair of opposed flanges extending downwardly from said bottom wall and spaced apart from each other to form therebetween a mounting channel for said planter;

c. a first raised locking mount on a lower, inner end of a first of said flanges, said first locking mount extending upwardly from said lower end of said first flange for a distance which provides space between a top of said first locking mount and said bottom wall to at least accommodate the height of a peripheral trim strip of said wall partition, said first locking mount extending outwardly from said first flange and gradually rising generally perpendicularly from said first flange to form an inclined plane between a bottom of said first locking mount and said top of said first locking mount; and

d. a second raised locking mount opposed to said first locking mount and positioned on a lower inner end of a second of said flanges, said second locking mount extending upwardly from said lower end of said second flange a distance significantly less than said distance of said first locking mount, said second locking mount extending outwardly from said second flange gradually rising generally perpendicularly from said lower end of said second flange to form an inclined plane between a bottom of second locking mount and said top of said second locking mount.

2. The planter of claim 1 wherein said mounting channel is integrally formed as part of said bottom wall.

3. The planter of claim 1 wherein said planter trough is generally rectangular and includes a pair of symmetrical and opposed end walls, a pair of symmetrical and opposed side walls connected to said end walls, and a bottom wall connected to a lower end of each of said end walls and said side walls.

4. The planter of claim 1 wherein said mounting channel extends longitudinally along the length of said planter.

5. The planter of claim 4 wherein said locking mounts extend along said mounting channel in one or more discrete sections for a distance which is less than the entire length of said mounting channel.

6. The planter of claim 5 wherein said flanges each include a first pair of said first and said second locking mounts at a first end of said mounting channel and a second pair of said first and said second locking mounts at a second end of said mounting channel opposite said first end of said mounting channel.

7. A planter adapted to be mounted upon a wall partition comprising:

a. an open topped planter trough having a peripheral perimeter wall and a bottom wall attached thereto;

b. a pair of opposed flanges extending downwardly from said bottom wall and spaced apart from each other to form therebetween a mounting channel for said planter, said mounting channel extending longitudinally along the length of said planter;

c. a first raised locking mount on a lower, inner end of a first of said flanges; and

d. a second raised locking mount opposed to said first locking mount and positioned on a lower, inner end of a second of said flanges, said locking mounts extending along said mounting channel in one or more discrete sections for a distance which is less than the entire length of said mounting channel.

8. The planter of claim 7 wherein said mounting channel is integrally formed as part of said bottom wall.

9. The planter of claim 7 wherein said planter trough is generally rectangular and includes a pair of symmetrical and opposed end walls, a pair of symmetrical and opposed side walls connected to said end walls, and a bottom wall connected to a lower end of each of said end walls and said side walls.

10. The planter of claim 7 wherein said flanges each include a first pair of said first and said second locking mounts at a first end of said mounting channel and a second pair of said first and said second locking mounts at a second end of said mounting channel opposite said first end of said mounting channel.

11. The planter of claim 7 wherein said first locking mount extends upwardly from said lower end of said first flange for a distance which provides space between a top of said first locking mount and said bottom wall to at least accommodate the height of a peripheral trim strip of said wall partition.

12. The planter of claim 11 wherein said first locking mount extends outwardly from said first flange and gradually rises generally perpendicularly from said first flange to form an inclined plane between a bottom of said first locking mount and said top of said first locking mount.

13. The planter of claim 12 wherein said second locking mount extends upwardly from said lower end of said second flange a distance significantly less than said distance of said first locking mount not exceeding a distance which permits sufficient clearance for the width of a peripheral trim strip of said wall partition when said peripheral trim strip is inserted between a top of said second locking mount and a top of said first locking mount.

14. The planter of claim 13 wherein said second locking mount extends outwardly from said second flange gradually rising generally perpendicularly from said lower end of said second flange to form an inclined plane between a bottom of said second locking mount and said top of said second locking mount.

15. A planter adapted to be mounted upon a wall partition comprising:

a. an open topped planter trough having a peripheral perimeter wall and a bottom wall attached thereto;

b. a pair of opposed flanges extending downwardly from said bottom wall and spaced apart from each other to form therebetween a mounting channel for said planter;

c. a first raised locking mount on a lower, inner end of a first of said flanges, wherein said first locking mount extends upwardly from said lower end of said first flange for a distance which provides space between a top of said first locking mount and said bottom wall to at least accommodate the height of a peripheral trim strip of said wall partition and said first locking mount extends outwardly from said first flange and gradually rises generally perpendicularly from said first flange to form an inclined plane between a bottom of said first locking mount and said top of said first locking mount; and

d. a second raised locking mount opposed to said first locking mount and positioned on a lower, inner end of a second of said flanges, wherein said second locking mount extends upwardly from said lower end of said second flange a distance significantly less than said distance of said first locking mount not exceeding a distance which permits sufficient clearance for the width of a peripheral trim strip of said wall partition when said peripheral trim strip is inserted between a top of said second locking mount and a top of said first locking mount.

16. The planter of claim 15 wherein said planter trough is generally rectangular and includes a pair of symmetrical and opposed end walls, a pair of symmetrical and opposed side walls connected to said end walls, and a bottom wall connected to a lower end of each of said end walls and said side walls.

17. The planter of claim 15 wherein said mounting channel extends longitudinally along the length of said planter.

18. The planter of claim 17 wherein said locking mounts extend along said mounting channel in one or more discrete sections for a distance which is less than the entire length of said mounting channel.

19. The planter of claim 18 wherein said flanges each include a first pair of said first and said second locking mounts at a first end of said mounting channel and a second pair of said first and said second locking mounts at a second end of said mounting channel opposite said first end of said mounting channel.

20. The planter of claim 15 wherein said second locking mount extends outwardly from said second flange gradually rising generally perpendicularly from said lower end of said second flange to form an inclined plane between a bottom of said second locking mount and said top of said second locking mount.