Patent Application
20150230634
The present invention relates to the display of plants in pots and novelties thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to various mechanisms by which a plant within a pot is displayed in non-traditional places.
In its common form, the nylon cable tie consists of a strip section with triangular teeth that slope in one direction. The head of the cable tie has a slot with a flexible pawl that irreversibly rides up the slope of these teeth when the strip is inserted. The pawl engages the backside of these teeth to stop removal of the strip.
Many types of plants are cultivated to improve the image of an area or region. The use of plants for aesthetic purposes about the home or surrounding businesses provides an appealing break in the modern concrete jungle. Plants have been placed in containers such as vases or pots for time immemorial and new ways of presenting them are rarely found. Recently, a strip of biodegradable material or “rollout flower” has been introduced that has embedded flower seeds therein; thus, a user need only roll out the strip of material upon some top soil and one has a complete nearly instant flower bed. Whilst this is a innovative solution, it does not provide a way for planting and displaying plants and flowers about the trunk of trees or poles.
Thus, there needs to be a solution that overcomes this deficiency.
The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the known art and the problems that remain unsolved by providing an apparatus in various embodiments following.
A planter mounting device comprising:
A planting system comprising:
A mounting system comprising:
These and other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent from the attached drawings and the detailed description of the preferred embodiments, which follow.
The preferred embodiments of the invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings provided to illustrate and not to limit the invention, in which:
Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
The following detailed description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the described embodiments or the application and uses of the described embodiments. As used herein, the word “exemplary” or “illustrative” means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any implementation described herein as “exemplary” or “illustrative” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other implementations. All of the implementations described below are exemplary implementations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to make or use the embodiments of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, which is defined by the claims. For purposes of description herein, the terms “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “rear”, “right”, “front”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, and derivatives thereof shall relate to the invention as oriented in each figure. Furthermore, there is no intention to be bound by any expressed or implied theory presented in the preceding technical field, background, brief summary or the following detailed description. It is also to be understood that the specific devices and processes illustrated in the attached drawings, and described in the following specification, are simply exemplary embodiments of the inventive concepts defined in the appended claims. Hence, specific dimensions and other physical characteristics relating to the embodiments disclosed herein are not to be considered as limiting, unless the claims expressly state otherwise.
A tongue 10 is found at the top of the elongated rectangular back member BM formed by the edges 2, 3 and front surface 6. This tongue juts out parallel to the front surface 6 of the body of the elongated rectangular back member and is thinner and narrower than it. To use the device, a user inserts the curved underside of a rim that forms a circumferential overhang in a pot thereby hanging the pot rim on this tongue 10 whilst resting the bottom of the pot on the mounting support MS. At the opposite end of the rectangular back member is a mount support structure MS; this mount support MS is integral with the back member BM and perpendicular to it in the direction of away from the back surface 7 and towards the front surface 6 and outwards in that direction. This mount support structure MS is formed from an intermediate support member 11, a planter or pot back surface 12 and a planter or pot bottom support plate 13.
The intermediate support member 11 is a short (in comparison to the elongated back member BM) member of similar width of and height as the back member is deep (that is the distance between the front and back surfaces 6,7) that ends in the planter or pot back surface 12 and a planter or pot bottom support plate 13. The back surface 12 is a curved concave face that is utilized to abut the lower surface of a planter or pot placed upon the bottom support plate 13. It is this plate 13 that juts out like a thin tongue from the bottom edge of the back surface 12. Further, it should be apparent that the back surface 12 and the plate 13 are wider than the intermediate member 11. Finally, various vacant spaces 14 are formed in the back surface 12 to limit the amount of material used in the manufacture of the device. A spacer 15 is found to support the underside of a top face of the intermediate member 11 towards the inside bottom face of the intermediate member. Next, there is a central concave longitudinal surface in the back surface 7 of the back member BM that extends only through a portion of the back surface from right to left. Further, this central concave surface runs down only a portion of the longest dimension of the BM being broken by a cutout that conserves material space. The edge where the BM and MS unite is also curved as shown in the drawing. There are various cutouts shown in the back thereof and these can optionally be filled in thereby providing a single solid item with a curved surface running down the back of the BM.
The following are the steps teaching a user how to hang a potted plant using a ZIP tie. In summary the steps are as follows: 1. Slid Zip Tie through Zip Tie slot 2. Tighten Zip Tie around any stationary object less than 13″ in circumference 3. Cut off the extra zip tie 4. Hang the flower pot on hanger. For larger objects put 2 or more Zip Ties together.
The following teaches a user how to hang a potted plant using a nylon strip and male female engagement members. It is presumed that a user has disengaged a nylon strip from a buckle insertion member IM. 1. Insert the Nylon Strap through the Nylon Strap Slots on the Hangers; 2. Buckle and loosely tighten the Nylon Strap around any stationary object less than 5 feet in circumference; 3. Position the hangers in the desired location then tighten the Nylon Strap; 4. Hang the flower pots on the hangers. It should be readily apparent that the nylon strip is wrapped around a transverse post in the body of the buckle and tightened accordingly.
Finally, in order to connect the nylon slip to the mounting device the following steps must be performed. First, the nylon strip in a buckle of the insertion member IM is removed from the transverse member within the square region of the buckle and slid out therefrom. Then, a user slides this through the back of the plant mounting device in the perforation for this purpose. The nylon strip is reinserted about the transverse strip in the buckle or square portion of the insertion member IM and then it is engaged with the receiving member RM.
Thus has been shown a simple easy to use system of mounting pots or vases on the side of trees, posts, or even a dedicated standalone mounting system. Thus a pot can be hung on a tree trunk, post, pole, railing, fence, balcony baluster, mail box post, etc. Also, because of the unique hanging system taught herein no Nails, Screws or Tools are needed to hang a flower pot. These overcome the deficiencies previously mentioned. Further, it should be understood that numerous modifications of the teachings herein are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention that is defined from the accompanying claims. For example, the concave surface at the back surface 7 of the back member is extendible down the entire length of the back member and or expanded to have side to side extension; that is the concavity extends from the edge of side faces 4 to 5 rather than a portion thereof. Also, various cutouts formed in various views are finable with plastic material as needed or more cutouts can be added so as to provide flexibility in the amount of material used.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61902647 | Nov 2013 | US |
