Systems, methods and apparatus for planter frame
OwnerDan Fordinventor
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Abstract
A frame to hold a first planter in a second platter. In an embodiment, a frame includes a pair of U-shaped members coupled to one another, in which each respective U-shaped member includes a first and second vertical member projecting upward from opposing ends of a cross-member to a first and second hanger, respectively, and each respective hanger is configured to be removably coupled to a rim of the second planter. The pair of U-shaped members can be coupled to one another at a center position of the respective cross-members, forming an interior volume configured to receive the first planter. In an embodiment, a frame includes a removable ring configured to extend circumferentially around the frame and contact the first and second vertical member of each respective U-shaped member.
Claims20
A frame to hold a first planter in a second planter,
- the frame comprising:
- a pair of U-shaped members coupled to one another, wherein each respective U-shaped member comprises a first and second vertical member projecting upward from opposing ends of a cross-member to a first and second hanger, respectively, wherein each respective hanger is configured to be removably coupled to the second planter;
- wherein the pair of U-shaped members are coupled to one another at a center position of the respective cross-members, forming an X-shaped bottom and an interior volume configured to receive the first planter;
- and
- a removable first ring configured to extend circumferentially around the frame at a variable location selected from multiple height positions between (1) the first and second hanger and (2) the X-shaped bottom, and contact the first and second vertical member of each respective U-shaped member;
- wherein the U-shaped members and the removable first ring are configured to engage with one another at the multiple positions with the variable location of the removable first ring at (1) a first location closer to the first and second hanger than the X-shaped bottom being configured to provide a smaller volume configured to receive the first planter, and dispose the first and second hanger closer together with one another to provide a smaller extension therebetween to removably couple to the second planter, and (2) a second location closer to the X-shaped bottom than the first and second hanger to provide a larger volume configured to receive the first planter, and dispose the first and second hanger farther apart from one another to provide a larger extension therebetween to removably couple to the second planter.
A method of removably coupling a frame to a first planter, the frame configured to hold a second planter inside the first planter, the method comprising:
- providing the frame, comprising:
- a pair of U-shaped members coupled to one another, wherein each respective U-shaped member comprises a first and second vertical member projecting upward from opposing ends of a cross-member to a first and second hanger, respectively, wherein each respective hanger is configured to be removably coupled to a rim of the second planter,
- wherein the pair of U-shaped members are coupled to one another at a center position of the respective cross-members, forming an X-shaped bottom and an interior volume configured to receive the first planter;
- and
- pivotably rotating the pair of U-shaped members about the center position such that the respective first and second vertical members of the pair of U-shaped members are spaced apart from one another;
- inserting a removable first ring into the pair of U-shaped members, wherein the first ring extends circumferentially around the frame at a variable location selected from multiple height positions between (1) the first and second hanger and (2) the X-shaped bottom, and contact the first and second vertical member of each respective U-shaped member;
- and
- inserting the frame inside the first planter such that each respective hanger is removably coupled to the first planter;
- wherein the U-shaped members and the removable first ring are configured to engage with one another at the multiple positions with the variable location of the removable first ring at (1) a first location closer to the first and second hanger than the X-shaped bottom being configured to provide a smaller volume configured to receive the first planter, and dispose the first and second hanger closer together with one another to provide a smaller extension therebetween to removably couple to the second planter, and (2) a second location closer to the X-shaped bottom than the first and second hanger to provide a larger volume configured to receive the first planter, and dispose the first and second hanger farther apart from one another to provide a larger extension therebetween to removably couple to the second planter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.