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US 5,327,678 AGranted
Extendable support post for potted plants
OwnerJames H. Schweikerinventor
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Abstract
An improved support for potted plants comprising a vertical post formed of one or more hollow sections secured to a horizontal apertured anchor plate. The anchor plate, which rests on the bottom of the pot, is held in place by the weight of the soil in the pot. The vertical post is extendable in length by the addition of post segments. The section of the post in the pot is apertured to provide feeding ports for the plant and the sections are interconnected by a coupling having tabs extending laterally thereof for anchoring plant ties.
Claims4
An extendable potted plant support and watering device comprising:
- two or more hollow tubular interconnected sections one of which is secured to an apertured base member adapted to be placed within a pot for plants to extend laterally of the longitudinal axis of said sections and juxtapositioned to the inside surface of the base of the pot with said sections positioned in a vertical array,
- said one of said sections having openings therethrough for providing fluid communication between all of said sections and the interior of the pot,
- said sections being interconnected by a coupling, and
- said coupling comprising an apertured tab for receiving through the apertures in the tab ties for surrounding the stock of a plant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.