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US 9,338,951 B2Granted
Hanging pot water indicator
OwnerJohn Angainventor
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Abstract
A hanging pot water indicator having a hollow tubular spring housing, a cap on the upper end of the tubular housing, a hollow tubular sliding sleeve telescopically slidable, an opening in the cap, a coiled extension spring within the tubular housing and the sleeve, an upper wire extension portion extending from the upper end of the spring passing through the opening in the cap, and defining an upper hook, and a lower wire extension on the lower end of the spring, extending from the sleeve and formed to define a lower hook.
Claims10
A hanging pot water indicator comprising;
- a hollow tubular spring housing having an upper end and a lower end;
- a cap on the upper end of the tubular housing;
- a hollow tubular sliding sleeve, being telescopically slideable relative to the lower end of the housing;
- a closure on the lower end of the sleeve;
- a transverse slot in said closure;
- an opening in the cap;
- an extension spring within the tubular housing and the sleeve, having an upper end and a lower end;
- an upper wire extension portion extending from the upper end of the spring passing through the opening in the cap, and defining an upper attachment,
- a lower wire extension on the lower end of the spring, extending through said transverse slot in said closure of the sleeve and having a predetermined length,
- a lower attachment hook formed on said lower wire extension;
- said hook having a predetermined diameter, less than said length of said slot;
- an offset bend formed in said hook and adapted to engage said closure of said sliding sleeve;
- and,
- a spring engagement device on the lower end of the sleeve.
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