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US 10,701,869 B2Granted
Hanging planter with obscured attachment point
AssigneeClassic Home & Garden, LLC
InventorFred Joseph Ryan
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Abstract
A planter includes a wall and a rim formed at an open end portion of the wall. A set of holes is formed through the wall and is disposed on a surface beneath the rim. The surface beneath the rim includes a shape to obscure a view of the hole below the rim.
Claims12
A planter, comprising:
- a wall that includes a set of holes through a surface of a top portion of the wall;
- a rim formed at an open end portion of the wall, above the set of holes;
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- a hanger assembly including a set of attachment features, each attachment feature including two arms that branch from a common point at the attachment feature, wherein the two arms include a first arm that is configured to engage an inner surface of the planter at a first height and a second arm that extends around the rim and includes an internally facing hook, at a distal end portion, that hooks under the rim and passes through a respective hole in the set of holes and bends toward the rim to secure the planter in a hanging arrangement, and wherein each first arm includes a first length, that extends inwardly into the planter, and a second length, that extends from a distal end of the first length and makes contact with the inner surface, the second length having an enlarged section at its distal end.
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A planter, comprising:
- a wall that includes a set of holes through a surface of a top portion of the wall;
- a rim formed at an open end portion of the wall, above the set of holes;
- and
- a hanger assembly including:
- a hook;
- a set of cables attached to the hook;
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- a set of respective attachment features connected at ends of respective cables, each attachment feature including two arms that branch from a common point at the respective cable, wherein the two arms include a first arm that is configured to engage an inner surface of the planter at a first height and a second arm that extends around the rim and includes an internally facing hook, at a distal end portion, that hooks under the rim and passes through a respective hole in the set of holes and bends toward the rim to engage the inner surface of the planter at a second height and to secure the planter in a hanging arrangement, wherein each first arm includes a first length that extends inwardly from the respective cable into the planter and a second length that extends from a distal end of the first length and makes contact with the inner surface, the second length having an enlarged section at its distal end, and wherein each second arm includes a curved length that extends from the respective cable to a respective hole from the set of holes and the internally facing hook a distal end of the curved length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.