Patent ID: 6108971
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A panel planter adapted to rest upon a horizontal surface of a wall member, said wall member comprising two respective sides, said panel planter comprising: a box with a lower surface and first, second, third, and fourth sides, wherein said lower surface of said planter box comprises a first end and a second end parallel to each other and separated by a length, said length having a midline, each said end further comprising:(A) at least one rectangular depression, each said depression at right angles to said length of said planter box, each depression parallel to said first end and said second end, each said depression further comprising(1) serrations, said serrations comprising ridges and valleys at right angles to said lower surface,(2) said ridges and valleys extending from said lower surface and opening outwardly from said lower surface;(B) four peg-bases, two of said peg-bases associated with said at least one depression at the first end, and the remaining two of said peg-bases associated with said at least one depression at the second end; said peg-bases each comprising(1) a peg means, each said peg means comprising a protruding member,(2) a base means, each said base means comprising a surface, said peg means fused to said surface of said base means, each said base means comprising two sets of parallel sides, at least one side comprising ridges and valleys, said ridges and valleys frictionally engaged into said ridges and valleys of its associated said at least one depression, such that each said at least one depression on each side of the lower surface is provided with two peg-bases engaged therein, each peg-base with a peg means protruding downwardly therefrom, for a total of two peg means protruding downwardly from each end of the lower surface, the two peg means of the at least one depression associated with each side being separated by a distance greater than the width of said wall member;(C) at least two wedge members, each said wedge member comprising a slot, each said slot connecting to a peg-base by a peg means inserting into said slot, each said wedge member comprising at least one flat surface which abuts a said side of said wall member, said slot having a first end and a second end, said first end being closer to said flat surface than said second end,whereby a wedge member is initially engaged with a respective peg means so that said peg means is located in the end of the slot closer to said flat surface and the flat surface is located a distance from said wall member, and said wedge member may be slid along the lower member toward the other end of the slot, causing the wedge member flat surface to contact said wall member and frictionally hold said planter box in place.