Patent ID: 7918051
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A kit of parts for erecting a growing cage for climbing plants, comprising: a container in the form of a flat box, no more than about four inches in height, a set of at least three erectable straight legs within the box, each leg being in sections and including provision for erecting each leg without tools and for connecting the three legs together without tools into a tripod configuration, a flexible vine-attachment element capable of making essentially a series of tiers around the tripod configuration when the legs are so erected, for vine attachment onto the series of tiers when the element is assembled onto the legs by resting the element on the legs in the erected tripod configuration to retain the element in place solely by gravity, the flexible element being in generally flattened condition within the box, and a collapsible basket in generally flattened condition within the box, the basket having an open upper end and a closed but water-permeable bottom end and being expandable into a deep basket configuration, and the legs including, at attachment points near lower ends of the legs, weight-supporting hooks positioned to directly engage and support the basket at a height such that, when the legs are erected into the tripod configuration, and with weight of plants and soil in the basket, the basket's bottom end will rest against ground or other surface while the basket's weight is also partially supported by the hooks, whereby a consumer can open the box, erect the legs into the tripod configuration with the legs converging to meet together at a top end, attach the basket to the legs via the hooks and place soil in the basket, and climbing plants may be planted in the soil and, with the vine-attachment element in place, allowed to climb up along the legs and the vine-attachment element.