Patent ID: 7155860
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A planter assembly configured to be removably mounted on a post, said assembly comprising: a container having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said container having a hemispherical shape, said perimeter wall having an upper edge defining an opening extending into said container, a dividing wall being attached to and extending across said container, said dividing wall dividing said container into a first portion and a second portion each having a generally equal size and shape, an aperture extending upwardly through said bottom wall and through said dividing wall, a central area of said dividing wall defining a sleeve for receiving a post extending through said aperture, said container having a break therein, said break extending into an upper edge of said dividing wall and through said container along a plane of said dividing wall such that the first portion is separable from said second portion and a pair of dividing walls is defined; and a coupling apparatus being attached to said first and second portions and being configured to secure said first and second portions together and to said post, said coupling apparatus including a mate coupler being attached to said bottom wall of said first portion and a female coupler being attached to said bottom wall of said second portion, said aperture extending trough said coupling apparatus when said male and female couplers are engaged with each other, said male coupler including a plate having a pair of threaded shafts rotatably mounted therein and extending outwardly of said plate, a gear being mechanically coupled to said shafts and being configured to rotate said shafts, a handle being attached to and extending away from said gear, said female coupler including a panel having a pair of threaded wells extending therethrough, each of said shafts being extendable into and threadably couplable to said threaded wells such that said panel is urged toward said plate.