Tensile support device
OwnerMarion P. Lelonginventor
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Abstract
A tensile support device comprising a pair of rigid, elongated members which are horizontally disposed and attached closely together at their outer ends and held widely spaced apart by a cable or strap at their inner ends which rest against a supporting surface, such as a wall, a tree, a pole, or a plurality of balcony posts. A tensional support cable is fastened at its lower end to the outer ends of the members or to the connection between the outer ends of the members and at its upper end to the supporting surface, or to a window sill by using an auxiliary bracket, at a point substantially above the inner ends, whereby a compressive force is created along the rigid members when a plant container is hooked over the connection between the outer ends.
Claims35
A tensile support device comprising a pair of rigid members having first and second ends and a predetermined length, said second ends being spaced apart for lateral stability and being adapted to engage a vertically disposed support surface, a connecting means for said first ends, a first flaccid tensile element which conjoins said rigid members along the length thereof, and a second flaccid tensile member having a first end which is attached to said connecting means and a second end which is attachable to said support surface.
A tensile support device comprising a pair of rigid members having first and second ends and a predetermined length, said first ends being adjacent and connected together, said pair of rigid members being joined along the length thereof by means of a first flaccid tensile element and said second ends being adapted to frictionally engage a vertically disposed surface, said device further including a second flaccid tensile element having first and second ends, said first end being attached to said rigid members at or adjacent to said first ends and said second end being attachable to said vertically disposed surface.
The tensile support device of claim, 30, wherein said device is mounted on a balcony and said second ends of said rigid members are cut to fit against selected balcony posts and provide lateral support in alignment with axial compressive forces against said posts or alternatively lateral support transversely thereto, said first flaccid tensile element being arranged around said balcony posts to be in tension during both said lateral supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.