Patent ID: 11927300
Assignee: nan
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  A  E | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A lift apparatus for securing a garden device and moving the garden device between a lowered position and a lifted position, the lift apparatus comprising:
a base configured to be secured in a position on a ground surface;
a lift rod removably coupled to and extending outwardly away from the base, the lift rod configured to alternatively operate to move the garden device between the lowered position and the lifted position, the lift rod comprising:
a plurality of telescoping extending shafts arranged in a nested configuration, the plurality of telescoping extending shafts comprising:
an inner telescoping shaft; and
an outer telescoping shaft,
wherein the outer telescoping extending shaft moves linearly relative to the inner telescoping extending shaft when actuated by a drive actuator,
wherein the lift rod includes a neck rod detachable from a remainder of the lift rod, the neck rod extending away from the remainder of the lift rod at an end of the lift rod opposite of the base and the mounting plate includes a neck rod extending away from a lower surface of the mounting plate, and
wherein the neck rod of the lift rod is removably coupled to the neck rod of the mounting plate; and

the drive actuator that alternatively operates to move the plurality of extending shafts between the lowered position and the lifted position,
wherein the lowered position is an accessible position a user on the ground surface to interact with or adjust the garden device on the mounting plate, and
wherein the lifted position is a desired mounting or viewing location for the garden device; and

a universal mounting plate removably coupled to the lift rod at the end of the lift rod opposite of the base, the mounting plate configured to secure the garden device to the mounting plate, the mounting plate comprising:
a substantially planar support plate defining an upper surface configured to support the garden device;
a plurality of elongated slots extending through the support plate; and
a plurality of engagement pins configured to interface with at least some of the plurality of elongated slots,
wherein each engagement pin of the plurality of engagement pins is moveable so as to be adjustable in position within an elongated slot of the plurality of elongated slots and configured to be repositioned in any of the plurality of elongated slots, and
wherein the plurality of engagement pins of the mounting plate secure the garden device to the upper surface of the support plate, and

wherein the base comprises a ground mounting stake removably secured to the base and extending outwardly away from the base in a direction opposite that of the lift rod, the ground mounting stake configured to further secure the base in the position on the ground surface.