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US 9,167,755 B1Granted
Trellis support device
OwnerBrian Kampmaninventor
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Abstract
A trellis support device includes first and second subassemblies, and each subassembly having one or more elongate support members joining together a plurality of ring portions. The ring portions are configured to align and connect together adjacent first and second subassemblies. The first and second subassemblies are configured to engage an underlying support material and to provide a structurally supported growth area for plants.
Claims17
A trellis support device, comprising:
- first and second subassemblies,
- each of the first and second subassemblies are formed from metal rods, the first subassembly including a first elongate support member and a plurality of half-circular first ring portions, the second subassembly including a second elongate support member and a plurality of half-circular second ring portions, the first and second ring portions each having interior and exterior perimeters;
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- each of the first ring portions are welded at the interior perimeter to the first elongate support member, each of the second ring portions are welded at the interior perimeter to the second elongate support member, and each of the ring portions including lugs, each of the lugs extending orthogonally from opposing ends of each of the ring portions at the exterior perimeter to enable the first ring portions of the first subassembly to align and connect to the adjacent second ring portions of the second subassembly, to couple together the first and second subassemblies in an opposing facing adjacent manner to form a plurality of circular rings, and
- the first and second subassemblies are configured to engage an underlying support material.
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A method for assembling a trellis support device for growing plants, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a trellis support device including mating first and second subassemblies formed from metal rods, the first subassembly including a first elongate support member and a plurality of half-circular first ring portions, the second subassembly including a second elongate support member and a plurality of half-circular second ring portions, the first and second ring portions each having interior and exterior perimeters;
- welding each of the first ring portions at the interior perimeter to the first elongate support member;
- welding each of the second ring portions at the interior perimeter to the second elongate support member;
- extending lugs orthogonally from opposing ends of each of the ring portions at the exterior perimeter;
- disposing the mating first and second subassemblies on opposing sides of an object;
- aligning and connecting together the lugs of the ring portions of the mating first and second subassemblies in an opposing facing adjacent manner to form a plurality of circular rings to substantially surround the object;
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- urging the trellis support device into an underlying support material such that the mating first and second subassemblies engage the underlying support material;
- wherein the trellis support device provides a structurally supported growth area for the plants.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.