# US 10,440,901 B2 · Plant support

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- Number: US 10,440,901 B2
- Document ID: US10440901B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/163,998
- Filed: 2016-05-25
- Published: 2017-04-20
- Granted: 2019-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2015-10-14
- Applicants: Roxanna Eaton
- Inventors: Roxanna Eaton
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10440901B2

## CPC

- A01G 9/122: {Stakes}
- A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12)

## Abstract

A plant support for supporting a garden plant such as a flower, bush, tree, and the like. The plant support includes a first tube having an interior volume and a second tube slidably disposed within the interior volume of the first tube. A locking mechanism is disposed on the second tube and is configured to maintain the first tube in a particular position with respect to the second tube. A cable stop is disposed on the second tube. The plant support further includes a cable having a first end and a second end, each of the first and second end being removably secured to the cable stop, wherein the cable is securable around a portion of a plant. The plant support is configured to support a plant in an upright position to facilitate proper growth.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A plant support, consisting of:
a first tube having an interior volume;
a second tube slidably disposed within the interior volume of the first tube;
a locking mechanism disposed on the first tube configured to maintain the second tube in a particular position with respect to the first tube;
a cable stop disposed on the second tube via a ring clamp, wherein the ring clamp is slidable along the second tube, wherein the cable stop includes a first aperture therethrough and a second aperture therethrough;
a cable having a first end and a second end, wherein each of the first and second ends are removably insertable through the first and second apertures of the cable stop;
a cap having a lower portion, a middle portion, and an upper portion, wherein a diameter of the cap widens from the lower portion to the middle portion, and narrows from the middle portion to the upper portion, wherein the lower portion is secured to an upper portion of the second tube;
wherein the cable is securable around a portion of a plant by insertion of the first and second ends of the cable through the first and second apertures of the cable stop, whereby a removable frictional engagement of the cable with the first and second apertures of the cable stop prevents slippage of the cable therethrough.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The plant support of claim 1, wherein the cap is removably secured to the upper portion of the second tube.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The plant support of claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a set screw that threadably engages with a threaded aperture disposed on the first tube, wherein the set screw frictionally engages with the second tube.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The plant support of claim 1, wherein the first tube further comprises a point disposed on a lower end thereof, wherein the point is insertable into a ground.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The plant support of claim 1, wherein the cable is removably secured by the cable stop in a loop configuration.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The plant support of claim 5, wherein a circumference of the loop is adjustable.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The plant support of claim 1, wherein the cable is elastic.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The plant support of claim 1, wherein the cable is stiff.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The plant support of claim 1, wherein the cap comprises a teardrop shape.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The plant support of claim 1, wherein the upper portion of the cap is closed.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The plant support of claim 1, wherein the first aperture of the cable stop is adjacent to the second aperture of the cable stop.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The plant support of claim 11, wherein the cable stop includes a push-button slidably engaged therewith, wherein the push button includes a first aperture and a second aperture adjacent to the first aperture of the push button, wherein the first aperture of the cable stop is alignable with the first aperture of the push button, wherein the second aperture of the cable stop is alignable with the second aperture of the push button.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The plant support of claim 12, wherein the push-button is spring biased away from a body of the cable stop to misalign the first and second apertures of the cable stop relative to the first and second apertures of the push button;
wherein if the first and second apertures of the cable stop are misaligned with the first and second apertures of the push button, the removable frictional engagement is applied to the cable to secure the cable in the cable stop;
wherein if a force is applied to the push-button to overcome the spring bias of the push-button, the push-button slides toward the body of the cable stop to align the first and second apertures of the cable stop with the first and second apertures of the push button, whereby the removable frictional engagement is not applied and the cable is slidable within the cable stop.