1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a plant pot and, more particularly, to a plant pot with a stand mounted below the plant pot.
2. Description of Related Art
With reference to
The pot (40) has an outer bottom and a stand recess (41). The stand recess (41) is a tapered cylinder and is formed in the outer bottom of the pot (40).
The stand (50) is mounted securely below the pot (40) to elevate the plant pot for exhibiting and has a base (51), a brace (52) and a mounting protrusion (53). The base (51) stands on the ground and may be disk shaped. The brace (52) is formed on and protrudes from the base (51) and has an upper end. The mounting protrusion (53) is formed on and extends from the upper end of the brace (52), and corresponds to and is mounted in the stand recess (41).
However, the pot (40) is merely held on the stand (50) by gravity, with no engaging structure, and, therefore, the pot (40) might fall off during earthquakes or if accidentally hit by passing children. Moreover, the pot (40) may topple if an elderly person rests their weight on the pot (40) when bending over to attend to the pot (40). If the plant pot needs to be moved, the stand (50) dropping out from the pot (40) during moving the plant pot may hurt a mover's foot or damage the stand (50).
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a plant pot to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
The main objective of the invention is to provide a plant pot, which has a stand mounted securely below the plant pot.
The plant pot is used to plant or exhibit flowers and plants and has a pot and a stand. The pot has a stand recess and multiple ribs. The stand recess has an annular sidewall. The ribs are formed separately around the sidewall of the stand recess. The stand is mounted securely below the pot and has a mounting protrusion and multiple sliders. The mounting protrusion corresponds to and is mounted securely in the stand recess and has an annular wall. The sliders are formed separately around the annular wall of the mounting protrusion, correspond to the ribs and are held on the ribs to mount the stand securely on the pot to prevent the stand from detaching from the plant pot to improve safety of use.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
With reference to
The pot (10) is used to hold the soil, the flowers and plants and has an outer bottom, a stand recess (1) and multiple ribs (12).
With further reference to
The ribs (12) are formed separately on and protrude transversely around the sidewall of the stand recess (11). Each rib (12) may be L-shaped to form an entry and a stop and is arranged in the same direction.
The stand (20) is a vertical brace, is mounted securely below the pot (10) to elevate and support the pot (10), and has a lower end, an upper end, an optional base (21), a mounting protrusion (23) and multiple sliders (24).
The base (21) is formed around the lower end of the stand (20) to stand on a surface such as a patio, garden or ground and is disk-shaped.
The mounting protrusion (23) is formed on and protrudes from the upper end of the stand (20), corresponds to and is mounted securely in the stand recess (11) and has an annular wall.
With further reference to
Consequently, the ribs (12) and the sliders (24) engaging with each other improves connection between the pot (10) and the stand (20) for preventing accidental disconnection and improving safety of use.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the scope of the appended claims.
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