Patent Application
20190017285
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The disclosure and prior art relates to support devices and more particularly pertains to a new support device for retaining a plant lattice in a vertical orientation.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plant lattice that has a pair of legs. A pair of tubes is provided and each of the tubes is inserted into ground having the tubes being vertically oriented. Each of the tubes insertably receives an associated one of the legs. In this way the plant lattice is retained in a vertical orientation.
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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Each of the tubes 16 has a first end 18, a second end 20 and an outer wall 22 extending therebetween. The first end 18 is closed and the second end 20 is spaced from the ground when the tubes 16 are inserted into the ground. The second end 20 of each of the tubes 16 receives the associated leg. Each of the tubes 16 may have a length ranging between approximately 35.0 cm and 45.0 cm and a diameter ranging between approximately 5.0 cm and 8.0 cm. Each of the tubes 16 is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit fluid from contacting the legs 14. In this way the tubes 16 protect the legs 14 from rotting when the plant lattice 12 is constructed of wood. Each of the tubes 16 is comprised of a rigid material such as polyvinyl chloride or the like. Thus, the outer wall 22 corresponding to each of the tubes 16 protects the associated leg from being contacted by lawn care equipment thereby enhancing a service life of the plant lattice 12.
A liquid cement 24 is provided and the liquid cement 24 is selectively poured into each of the tubes 16 when the associated legs 14 are inserted into the tubes 16. The liquid cement 24 cures into a hardened cement when the liquid cement 24 has been exposed to air for a minimum duration of time. Thus, the hardened cement inhibits the plant lattice 12 from being urged out of the vertical orientation. The liquid cement 24 may be a polyurethane sealant, such as np1 caulk or the like, that is fluid impermeable when the liquid cement 24 cures into the hardened cement.
In use, a pair of holes is dug into the ground and each of the tubes 16 is inserted into the holes. Each of the tubes 16 is positioned such that the second end 20 corresponding to each of the tubes 16 is spaced approximately 5 cm above the ground. Each of the legs 14 on the plant lattice 12 is inserted into the second end 20 of the associated tube. The liquid cement 24 is poured into each of the tubes 16 to completely fill each of the tubes 16. The liquid cement 24 cures into the hardened cement to retain the plant lattice 12 in each of the tubes 16.
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, system 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.
