Patent ID: 6314674
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A47G,Y10S

Abstract:
A support structure for plants comprising:a basket centered about a vertical axis;a coconut fiber liner set within said basket forming a container for potting soil and a plant placed therein;means coupled to said basket for the hanging of said basket from an overhead position;means coupled to said basket for the alternate standing of said basket on the ground, when a hanging of said basket is undesired;a bowl internal of said basket and adjacent a bottom thereof, for receiving said coconut fiber liner when set within said basket;a cover for said bowl including a plurality of apertures about the surface thereof and a further central aperture;an opening within a bottom of said coconut fiber liner;and a wick extending upwardly from a bottom of said bowl through said central aperture and said liner opening;wherein said alternate standing means includes two or more legs extending downwardly from an underside of said basket;and wherein said legs detachably connect to sockets secured to said basket about an outside periphery thereof.