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US 11,627,705 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;
- and
- a hanger assembly including a set of attachment features, each attachment feature having two arms that branch from a common point at the attachment feature, including:
- 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,
- wherein each first arm has a point of contact with the inner surface of the planter that is between the rim and the respective hole in the set of holes and each second arm terminates at a height between the point of contact of a respective first arm and the respective hole in the set of holes.
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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 top hook;
- a set of cables attached at a proximal end to the hook, each cable including a respective attachment feature at a distal end, each attachment feature having two arms that branch from a common point at the attachment feature, including:
- a first arm that is configured to engage an inner surface of the planter at a first height;
- and
- a second arm that engages an external surface of the planter at a second height that is farther from the rim than the first height and 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,
- wherein each first arm has a point of contact with the inner surface of the planter that is between the rim and the respective hole in the set of holes and each second arm terminates at a height between the point of contact of a respective first arm and the respective hole in the set of holes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.