Adjustable flower pot support
AssigneeAmes True Temper, Inc.
InventorsERIC DANIEL HYP, Judy Hoysak
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Abstract
A flower pot holder includes a collapsing frame assembly that moves between two configurations; an open configuration and a drawn-in configuration. In the first configuration, the frame assembly is spaced from a central axis, over which a flower pot is disposed. In the second configuration, members of the frame assembly are moved toward the central axis of the frame assembly, thereby engaging and holding the flower pot. Moreover, the force that causes the frame assembly to move from the first configuration to the second configuration is the weight of the flower pot; that is, as a user places the flower pot on the frame assembly, the frame assembly automatically moves to the second configuration to grip the flower pot.
Claims22
A flower pot holder for a flower pot, said flower pot having a body with a base and an upwardly depending sidewall, said flower pot holder comprising:
- a fixed member;
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- a folding frame assembly coupled to said fixed member, said folding frame assembly having an axis and at least one frame member having a flower pot contact portion, said at least one frame member structured to pivot relative to said fixed member, said folding frame assembly structured to move between a first, extended configuration, wherein said at least one frame member flower pot contact portion is spaced from said axis, and a second, drawn-in configuration, wherein said at least one frame member flower pot contact portion is close to said axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.