Patent ID: 6964126
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. An assembly for supporting a tree or other young woody perennials at a vertical position during installation procedures, said assembly comprising: a plurality of elongated and rectilinear support posts having opposed end portions securely nested beneath a ground surface and terminating thereabove at a predetermined height respectively, said support posts being coextensive and laterally spaced apart and maintaining a fixed spatial relationship wherein said support posts are registered parallel to the vertical plane; a plurality of U-shaped fastening members; a primary support member having opposed end portions securable to top ones of said support post end portions via said fastening members respectively such that said support posts become intercalated between said fastening members and said primary support member, said primary support member having a horizontally registered longitudinal length terminating outwardly of said support posts such that said support posts confront a front face of said primary support member while a rear face of said primary support member is spaced from said support posts, said primary support member being provided with first and second pairs of arcuate indentations formed along said front face of said primary support member and fully extending between top and bottom surfaces of said primary support member; and a bracket including attachable first and second sections medially situated between said support posts, said first section having opposed end portions conjoined to said front face of said primary support member, said second section having opposed end portions conjoined to said first section end portions wherein said second section protrudes forwardly of said first section, said first and second sections include monolithically formed central portions beveled outwardly for defining a passageway therebetween and through which at least one portion of the tree can be positioned during operating conditions.