Plant support frame and method and kit for making same
OwnerMichael Montaganoinventor
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Abstract
A bracing member for a plant support frame. In embodiments the bracing member comprises a body portion defining a perimeter; an opening provided within the body portion which is sized and dimensioned to receive a plant there through; and a plurality of radically oriented circumferential holes extending through the body portion. The holes being sized to accept a cooperating fastener for securing a support rod to the bracing member for forming the plant support frame. The different bracing members of a plant support frame are dimensioned for storage in a flat concentric arrangement whereby the circumferential holes of an inner bracing member align with the circumferential holes of an outer bracing member for receiving a locking pin there through for securing different bracing members together.
Claims16
A bracing member for forming, together with suitable support rods, a plant support frame, the bracing member comprising:
- a body portion defining a perimeter;
- an opening provided within said body portion and being surrounded by said perimeter;
- said opening being sized and dimensioned to receive a plant there through;
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- a plurality of radially oriented circumferential holes extending through the body portion, said holes being sized to accept a cooperating fastener for selectively securing a support rod to an external circumference of the bracing member or an internal circumference of the bracing member, for forming a first configuration of the plant support frame;
- wherein a spacing between the circumferential holes follows a pattern which allows the circumferential holes of an inner bracing member to be aligned with the circumferential holes of an outer bracing member when the inner bracing member and the outer bracing member are arranged concentrically in a second configuration of the plant support frame, the circumferential holes of the inner bracing member and the outer bracing member for securing the first bracing member and the second bracing member together using anchor pins insertable through the aligned circumferential holes when the bracing members are stored in a flat concentric arrangement of the second configuration of the plant support frame.
A kit for a plant support frame, said kit comprising at least a first bracing member and a second bracing member, each bracing member comprising:
- a body portion defining a perimeter;
- an opening provided within said body portion and being surrounded by said perimeter;
- said opening being sized and dimensioned to receive a plant there through;
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- a plurality of radially oriented circumferential holes extending through the body portion, said holes being sized to accept a cooperating fastener for selectively securing a support rod to an external circumference of the bracing member or an internal circumference of the bracing member, for forming a first configuration of the plant support frame;
- wherein a spacing between the circumferential holes follows a pattern which allows the circumferential holes of an inner bracing member to be aligned with the circumferential holes of an outer bracing member when the inner bracing member and the outer bracing member are arranged concentrically in a second configuration of the plant support frame, the circumferential holes of the inner bracing member and the outer bracing member for securing the first bracing member and the second bracing member together using anchor pins insertable through the aligned circumferential holes when the bracing members are stored in a flat concentric arrangement of the second configuration of the plant support frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.