Hanging flower pot arrangement
OwnerPaul O. Worrellinventor
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Abstract
A hanging flower pot assembly is illustrated wherein a dish is positioned beneath a flower pot in spaced relation thereto so as to receive water which passes through the bottom of the flower pot thus providing drainage for the roots of plants within the flower pot avoiding excessive soaking thereof as may cause rotting. The dish may be positioned in spaced relation beneath the flower pot by providing spaced projections carrying camming means for passing through and engaging a central opening within the bottom of the flower pot, spaced protuberances being provided for maintaining the spacing between the dish and the flower pot.
Claims1
A hanging flower pot assembly comprising:
- A. a flower pot for containing the roots of a plant having a bottom, and a surrounding side wall extending upwardly from a marginal portion of said bottom;
- B. a dish carried below said bottom having a base and an upwardly extending flange carried by said base extending upwardly with an upper edge terminating substantially coplanar with said bottom;
- C. a plurality of circumferentially spaced, flexible projections extending upwardly from a medial portion of said base;
- D. enlarged inwardly converging cam follower portions carried by said projections having outwardly extending portions projecting beyond said projections carried adjacent an upper portion thereof in spaced relation to said base;
- E. a camming portion defining an opening in the medial portion of said bottom for urging said cam follower portions inwardly so as to be received therein;
- F. said outwardly extending portions having a substantially flat lower surface which rests on the bottom of said pot for supporting said dish;
- G. means carried by said flower pot for suspending the entire assembly forming a hanging arrangement;
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- H. a plurality of circumferentially spaced protuberances extending upwardly from said base toward said bottom when said dish is suspended from said pot, said protuberances substantially surrounding said projections and extending at least half the distance from said projections to the periphery of said bottom and further comprising a plurality of drain holes in said bottom positioned radially beyond said protuberances to facilitate the drainage and aeration of said soil when the water level is therebelow;
- whereby water may flow from the the bottom of the flower pot into said dish providing drainage for the roots avoiding excessive soaking thereof as may cause rotting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.