Hanger for horticultural container
AssigneeThe Hc Companies, Inc.
InventorDoug Pettigrew
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Abstract
Provided is a hanger assembly for a horticultural container. The hanger assembly includes a hook, a plurality of strands extending from the hook, and a clip extending from each strand. Each clip has a retaining leg and a spring leg opposite the retaining leg, where the spring leg and retaining leg are non-mirror images of one another and the spring leg is free of a catch. One of clips is a guide clip and the others of the plurality of clips are secondary clips that are mirror images of the guide clip.
Claims20
A hanger assembly attachable to a horticultural container, the assembly comprising:
- a hook;
- two or more strands extending from the hook;
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- a clip extending from each of the strands, wherein each clip has a retaining leg terminated by a catch for engaging with an outer lip of the horticultural container to support a load of the container and a spring leg free of a catch that extends toward the retaining leg, the spring leg configured to abut an inner surface of the horticultural container and apply a force against the inner surface to retain the retaining leg in position when the load is not applied.
A hanger assembly attachable to a horticultural container, the assembly comprising:
- a hook following a major plane thereof and configured to be hung on a pole such that the major plane is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the pole when hung thereon;
- two or more strands extending downwardly from the hook;
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- a clip extending downwardly from each of the strands, wherein each clip is a substantially inverted U-shape having a curved portion extending from the respective strand and a pair of legs extending from opposite ends of the curved portion, and wherein one of the legs of each clip is a retaining leg terminated by an inwardly and upwardly projecting catch and one of the legs of each clip is a spring leg having an inwardly bent portion bent toward the retaining leg and an outwardly bent portion extending from the inwardly bent portion and bent away from the catch.
A hanger assembly attachable to a horticultural container, the assembly comprising:
- a hook;
- a plurality of strands extending from the hook;
- a guide clip extending from one of the strands and having a retaining leg and a spring leg opposite the retaining leg, wherein the spring leg and retaining leg are non-mirror images of one another;
- and
- two or more secondary clips extending from respective ones of the plurality of strands, wherein each secondary clip is a mirror image of the guide clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.