Garden trellis

• US 7,152,368 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2003
• Issued: 12/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dwight V. Swanson
• Original Assignee: Dwight V. Swanson
• Inventors: Swanson, Dwight V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Valenti, Andrea M.
• Application Number:
  US10/358,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20040148853A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,421 Days
• Field of Search: 47/70, 47/46, 47/4, 47/44, 47/45, 47/47, 248/27.8, 248/351, 256/65.04, 256/65.05, 256/65.06, 256/20, 256/21, 256/22, 256/32, 256/34, 256/41, 256/47, 256/65.02, 256/48, D25/38, D25/100, D25/101, D25/156, 526/33, 526/68, 526/65, 526/60, 119/474, 119/461, 403/329, 403/326, 243/39, 446/108, 446/111, 446/116, 446/117, 446/120, 446/124, 211/126.12, 211/126.11, 211/133.2
• US Class Current: 47/70
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 17/06 Trellis-work
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/12 Supports for plants; Trellis for strawberries or the like trellis-work for vines A01G17/06; stays for trees, props for vines A01G17/14
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/60 Biased catch or latch
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/606 Leaf spring

Abstract

A trellis assembly including a first trellis section having a plurality of vertical rods connected to at least one horizontal rod and a second trellis section having a plurality of connected horizontal and vertical rods. The second trellis section includes a plurality of tubes connected to an outside of the vertical rods at upper ends thereof configured to accept lower ends of the vertical rods of the first trellis section to connect the first trellis section to the second trellis section.

Claims

1. A trellis assembly comprising:

a first trellis section having a plurality of vertical rods connected to at least one horizontal rod; and

a second trellis section having a plurality of connected horizontal and vertical rods;

wherein the second trellis section includes a plurality of tubes directly and permanently affixed to an outside of the vertical rods at ends thereof such that the tubes do not accept the vertical rods of the second trellis section therein, and the tubes are configured to accept ends of the vertical rods of the first trellis section to connect the first trellis section to the second trellis section; and

wherein the tubes comprise a C-shaped section and a curved arm connected to each end of the C-shaped section, each curved arm being directly connected to the vertical rods of the second trellis section.

2. A method of building a trellis comprising:

providing a first trellis section and a plurality of second trellis sections, the second trellis sections including a plurality of vertical rods and at least one horizonal rod, the second trellis sections further including a plurality of tubes directly and permanently affixed to an outside of the vertical rods at ends thereof such that the tubes do not accept the vertical rods of the second trellis section therein, the first trellis section including at least one pair of vertical rods and at least one horizonal rod;

inserting a first one of the at least one pair of vertical rods of the first trellis section into one of the tubes of a first one of the second trellis sections; and

inserting a second one of the at least one pair of vertical rods of the first trellis section into one of the tubes of a second one of the second trellis sections;

wherein the tubes comprise a C-shaped section and a curved arm connected to each end of the C-shaped section, each curved arm being directly connected to the vertical rods of the second trellis section.

3. A trellis assembly comprising:

a first trellis section having a plurality of vertical rods connected to at least one horizontal rod; and

a second trellis section having a plurality of connected horizontal and vertical rods;

wherein the second trellis section includes a plurality of tubes directly and permanently affixed to an outside of the vertical rods at ends thereof such that the tubes do not accept the vertical rods of the second trellis section therein, and the tubes are configured to accept ends of the vertical rods of the first trellis section to connect the first trellis section to the second trellis section; and

wherein the tubes comprise a C-shaped section and a curved arm connected to each end of the C-shaped section, each curved arm being directly and permanently affixed to the vertical rods of the second trellis section to define a closed periphery.

4. The trellis assembly of claim 3, wherein:

the plurality of vertical rods of the first trellis section includes at least one pair of vertical rods connected by a curved rod.

5. The trellis assembly of claim 4, wherein:

the at least one pair of vertical rods comprises two pairs of vertical rods.

6. The trellis assembly of claim 5, wherein:

the two pairs of vertical rods comprise a pair of outside vertical rods and a pair of inside vertical rods, the pair of outside vertical rods having an outside length longer than an inside length of the pair of inside vertical rods.

7. The trellis assembly of claim 3, wherein:

the at least one horizontal rod of the first trellis section comprises two horizontal rods.

8. The trellis assembly of claim 3, wherein:

the plurality of vertical rods of the second trellis section comprise a pair of inside vertical rods and a pair of outside vertical rods.

9. The trellis assembly of claim 8, wherein:

the pair of outside vertical rods have an outside length longer than an inside length of the pair of inside vertical rods.

10. The trellis assembly of claim 3, further including:

a third trellis section having a plurality of connected horizontal and vertical rods;

wherein the third trellis section includes a plurality of tubes directly affixed to an outside of the vertical rods at upper ends thereof configured to accept lower ends of the vertical rods of the second trellis section to connect the second trellis section to the third trellis section.