Plant holder
OwnerBrian P. Farrellinventor
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Abstract
A plant hanger is provided for adjustably supporting an article, such as a potted plant and a plant holder along a vertical axis. The plant hanger includes a first piece having an elongated body provided with a support arrangement spaced therealong, and a hook at one end thereof adapted to be suspended from a support structure. A second piece has a series of flexible rods provided at one end with bent portions adapted to engage and support the plant holder and provided at the other end with a common hook bracket adapted to be engaged with the support arrangement.
Claims6
A plant hangar for adjustably supporting an article such as a potted plant in a plant holder along a vertical axis, the hanger comprising:
- a first piece having an elongated body provided with a support arrangement spaced therealong and a hook at one end thereof adapted to be supported from a support structure;
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- a second piece having a series of flexible rods provided at one end with bent portions adapted to engage and support the plant holder, and provided at another end with a hook bracket adapted to be engaged with the support arrangement wherein the elongated body is a strip formed with a series of aligned openings, each having a surrounding wall, and wherein the hook bracket includes a single finger engageable with the wall of any of the openings.
A method for adjustably supporting an article such as a plant holder from a support structure along a vertical axis, the method comprising the steps of:
- supplying a first piece having an elongated strip body provided with a support arrangement in the form of a series of aligned openings, each having a surrounding wall spaced therealong, and a hook at one end thereof adapted to be supported from the support structure;
- supplying a second piece having a series of flexible rods provided at one end with bent portions adapted to engage and support the plant holder, and provided at another end with a hook bracket adapted to be engaged with the support arrangement, the hook bracket being in the form of a single finger engageable with the wall of any of the openings;
- engaging the hook of the first piece with the support structure such that the first piece is supported vertically therefrom;
- manipulating the flexible rods of the second piece such that the plant holder is engaged with and supported from the bent portions;
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- engaging the hook bracket with the support arrangement so that the plant holder is supportively positioned at a desired elevation relative to the support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.