Patent Application
20180368591
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The disclosure and prior art relates to holding devices and more particularly pertains to a new holding device for inhibiting a flower pot from tipping over when the flower pot is displayed.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of spikes that is each manipulated to penetrate a support surface. A cage is coupled to the plurality of spikes. The cage rests on the support surface when the spikes penetrate the support surface. A flower pot is selectively positioned in the cage thereby inhibiting the flower pot from tipping over.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A cage 20 is coupled to the plurality of spikes 12 such the cage 20 rests on the support surface 14 when the spikes 12 are manipulated to penetrate the support surface 14. A flower pot 22 is selectively positioned in the cage 20 thereby inhibiting the flower pot 22 from tipping over. The flower pot 22 may be a flower pot placed on a grave as a memorial, a flower pot placed in a yard for ornamental display and any other type of flower pot. Moreover, the cage 20 may be comprised of a rigid material such as steel or the like.
The cage 20 comprises a first hoop 24 that is continuous such that the first hoop 24 forms a closed loop. The first hoop 24 is coupled to each of the spikes 12 and the spikes 12 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the first hoop 24. Moreover, the first hoop 24 is centrally positioned between the first 16 and second 18 ends of the plurality of spikes 12. A plurality of members 26 is each coupled to the first hoop 24. Each of the members 26 bisects a circle defined by the first hoop 24 and each of the members 26 supports the flower pot 22. Each of the members 26 intersects each other to form an X within the first hoop 24.
The cage 20 includes a second hoop 28 that is continuous such that the second hoop 28 forms a closed loop. The second hoop 28 is coupled to the second end 18 of each of the spikes 12. The second hoop 28 surrounds the flower pot 22 when the flower pot 22 is positioned on the members 26. In this way the flower pot 22 is inhibited from tipping in the cage 20. The second hoop 28 has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the first hoop 24. Thus, each of the spikes 12 angles inwardly between the second end 18 and first end 16. The second hoop 28 may have a diameter ranging between approximately 50.0 cm and 65.0 cm.
In use, the cage 20 is manipulated to facilitate the first end 16 of each of the spikes 12 to penetrate the support surface 14 having the first hoop 24 resting on the support surface 14. The flower pot 22 is positioned in the cage 20 having the flower pot 22 resting on the members 26 and having the second hoop 28 surrounding the flower pot 22. In this way the flower pot 22 is inhibited from being tipped over by wind and the like. Additionally, the cage 20 retains the flower pot 22 for display purposes. The cage 20 is removed from the support surface 14 at any time.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
