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US 8,474,178 B2Granted
Support for plants
OwnerVan M. Kassouniinventor
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Abstract
A plant support is assembled from a plurality of interchangeable parts that can be readily assembled together to form a complete plant assembly having a desired size, in either an open or closed configuration, and to readily permit disassembly for storage or reconfiguration of the support. The plant support may be made up of various horizontal and vertical members that are configured to readily attach and detach from one another in order to form supports in various shapes and sizes such as enclosures or trellis-type supports.
Claims23
A plant support assembly comprising:
- a plurality of supports extending generally vertically from a support surface and having upper end portions and lower end portions, said generally vertical supports comprising a plurality of stop members spaced therealong;
- couplers at said upper end portions of said generally vertical supports, wherein said couplers are configured to join said upper end portion of one of said generally vertical supports to said lower end portion of another of said generally vertical supports;
- a plurality of cross supports, said cross supports having end portions for engaging said generally vertical supports between said stop members;
- wherein at least one of said end portions of each of said cross supports releasably engages one of said generally vertical supports between adjacent ones of said stop members, and wherein said stop members are configured to limit movement of said cross support along said generally vertical support;
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- wherein, when assembled with said couplers joining respective upper and lower end portions together and with at least one cross support engaged with respective generally vertical supports said plant support assembly comprises at least two generally parallel and generally vertical support structures each comprising at least two individual supports coupled together by at least one respective coupler.
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A plant support assembly comprising;
- a plurality of supports extending generally vertically from a support surface and having upper end portions and lower end portions, said generally vertical supports comprising a plurality of stop members spaced therealong;
- couplers at said upper end portions of said generally vertical supports, wherein said couplers are configured to join said upper end portion of one of said generally vertical supports to said lower end portion of another of said generally vertical supports;
- a plurality of cross supports, said cross supports having end portions for engaging said generally vertical supports between said stop members;
- wherein at least one of said end portions of each of said cross supports releasably engages one of said generally vertical supports between adjacent ones of said stop members, and wherein said stop members are configured to limit movement of said cross support along said generally vertical support;
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- wherein said generally vertical supports comprise cross-shaped sections disposed between said stop members.
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A plant support assembly comprising:
- a plurality of supports extending generally vertically from a support surface and having upper end portions and lower end portions, said lower end portions adapted to penetrate a soil material of the support surface, said generally vertical supports comprising a plurality of disc portions disposed along said generally vertical supports with sections of cross elements between said disc portions, said cross elements forming cross-shaped sections of said generally vertical supports;
- a plurality of lateral supports, said lateral supports having opposite end portions for engaging said generally vertical supports, at least one of said opposite end portions comprising a coupling element having a pair of flexible opposed legs defining a generally C-shaped opening;
- wherein said legs of said end portions of said lateral supports flex apart to receive a portion of said generally vertical support when said lateral supports are urged toward said generally vertical support, and then contract toward their initial state when said generally vertical support is received in said C-shaped opening to releasably retain said generally vertical support inside said C-shaped opening;
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- wherein said disc portions engage said coupling element of said lateral support to limit vertical movement of said lateral support along said generally vertical support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.