Abstract:
The present invention is a method for attaching a fan to a wall at various locations using an adjustable mounting plate and support for an adjustable mounting plate. The method disclosed herein allows a user to affix a fan to the adjustable mounting plate on a wall at a multitude of different heights desired by the user and to further re-affix to a new desired height both quickly and easily.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/153,601 (filed May 12, 2016) entitled Adjustable wall mount retaining member to adjust the height of a wall mounted fan.” 
    
    
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of Invention 
     The present invention relates to the field of air circulation systems. Specifically, this invention relates to air circulation fans used in conjunction with a mounting structure. 
     Description of the Prior Art 
     To the best of the present inventor&#39;s knowledge, there are no prior patents that disclose the present invention. 
     There is significant need for an improved adjustable mounting bracket method to affix a fan to a multitude of different elevations along a wall mounted structure. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is at least one adjustable mounting bracket and channel mounting assembly affixed to an interior wall of an enclosure in a structure to provide a vertical channel member to which the mounting bracket is removably affixed to enable the mounting bracket to be positioned along different vertical heights. The mounting bracket retains a cooling and air circulation member selected from the group consisting of a fan, an oscillating fan, and a cooling tower. The ability to adjust the vertical location of the mounting bracket along the vertical channel facilitates adjusting the vertical height location of the cooling and air circulation member. 
     Specifically, this invention relates to an adjustable mounting bracket which retains a fan and works in conjunction with a structure that is affixed to a wall or mounting surface. The adjustable mounting bracket used in conjunction with the structure allows the mounting bracket to be affixed at various elevations along a wall for purposes of affixing a fan to the adjustable mounting bracket. This allows a fan to be affixed at any desired elevational along the wall. 
     The present invention is a method for attaching a fan to a wall at various locations using an adjustable mounting plate and support for an adjustable mounting plate. The method disclosed herein allows a user to affix a fan to the adjustable mounting plate on a wall at a multitude of different heights desired by the user and to further quickly and easily re-affix the fan to a new desired height. 
     Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of growing plants. It includes the cultivation of plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and non-food crops such as grass and ornamental trees and plants. It also includes plant conservation, landscape restoration, landscape and garden design, construction, and maintenance, and arboriculture. Inside agriculture, horticulture contrasts with extensive field farming as well as animal husbandry. 
     Horticulturists apply their knowledge, skills, and technologies used to grow intensively produced plants for human food and non-food uses and for personal or social needs. Their work involves plant propagation and cultivation with the aim of improving plant growth, yields, quality, nutritional value, and resistance to insects, diseases, and environmental stresses. Horticulturists have found that the cultivation or growing of plants indoors has numerous benefits. First, the horticulturist has greater control over the internal atmospheric conditions that affect the growth of the plant. These conditions that can be set to optimum conditions for growth include but are not limited to temperature, humidity, amount of light, amount of oxygen, and amount of carbon dioxide. A major factor in the growing of plants indoors is the amount of air circulation and more specifically the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide that a plant is receiving. As the plant grows, the height of the air cooling and air circulation member such as the fan must be adjusted so that the fan is at least level with or above the height of the plants. 
     To effectively control the amount of air that a plant is receiving when growing indoors, it is beneficial to raise or lower the height of a fan to correspond to a plants or group of plants height that is being grown. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for raising or lowering the vertical position of a fan along a wall in an easy manner. This method disclosed herein includes affixing a structure to a wall and an adjustable mount affixed to the structure which adjustable mount retains a fan and a method and apparatus to quickly and easily raise or lower the vertical location of the mount. 
     It is also an object of the present invention to have different support structure embodiments. These embodiments for the support structure include a circular tube, a rectangular shaped tube, and a channel bracket that is affixed to the wall by means of screws, bolts, or mount screws. It is also within the spirit and scope of this invention to have tube end plugs, saddle spacers, and tube wall screws used in the support structure. Further, the tube maybe one piece or multiple pieces that can fit together by means of press fitting, threaded ends, or other standard affixable means. 
     It is an additional object of the present invention to provide different embodiments for the retaining members that affix the adjustable mounting plate to the structure. Working in conjunction with the elongated or circular tube are retaining cylinders that traverse vertically up and down along the tube which can be either affixed to the adjustable mounting plate or affixed by additional screws. The adjustable mounting plate may also be affixed to the tube by means of a clutch. 
     It is a further object of the present invention for a channel nut to fit inside and work in conjunction with the channel bracket, machine screws, and the adjustable mounting plate to allow a user to affix a fan at any vertical location along the channel bracket with the channel bracket traversing vertically up and down a wall. For installation purposes, the flange must be in the up position when affixed to the wall and the top of the structure should be affixed first. 
     It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a method for affixing an adjustable fan to a wall and allow a user to quickly and easily adjust the vertical height of the fan from a first height or location to a second and different height or location. The methods contained herein disclose multiple embodiments for both the structure along the wall and the means by which the location of the fan is adjusted. What is consistent throughout is the means by which the fan base is attached to the mounting bracket. There is a female receptacle located on the base of the fan which receives a male retaining member on the mounting plate and allows the male retaining member to interlock with the female retaining member. 
     Further novel features and other objects of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, discussion and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Other objectives of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art once the invention has been shown and described. The manner in which these objectives and other desirable characteristics can be obtained is explained in the following description and attached figures in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a front elevational view of a male mounting plate; 
         FIG. 2  is a rear elevational perspective view of a female mounting plate affixed to the back of a fan (with the protective around the fan blade removed); 
         FIG. 3  is a side elevational view of a male mounting plate affixed to retaining cylinders that are adjustable affixed to a circular tube; 
         FIG. 4  is a front elevational perspective view of a circular tube being affixed to a wall by use of tube wall screws and spacers; 
         FIG. 5  is an exploded front elevational view of a circular tube being affixed to a wall by use of tube wall screws and spacers; 
         FIG. 6  is front elevational perspective view of the male mounting plate affixed to retaining cylinders that are adjustably affixed to a circular tube with the circular tube affixed to a wall using a clamp; 
         FIG. 7  is front elevational perspective view of a male mounting plate affixed to retaining cylinders that are adjustably affixed to a circular tube with the circular tube affixed to a wall using a saddle clamp; 
         FIG. 8  is a front elevational exploded view of a threaded bolt, male mounting plate, channel nut, channel bracket, and wall; 
         FIG. 9  is a front elevational perspective view of the adjustable male mounting plate affixed by channel nut and threaded bolt to a channel bracket on a wall; 
         FIG. 10  is a cross sectional view of the adjustable male mounting plate affixed to a channel bracket by channel nut and threaded bolt; 
         FIG. 11  is a cross sectional view of the adjustable male mounting plate affixed to a channel bracket by circular spacer channel nut and threaded bolt; 
         FIG. 12  is an enlarged perspective view of the adjustable male mounting plate, circular spacer channel nut, and threaded bolt; 
         FIG. 13  is a front elevational perspective exploded view of a threaded bolt, male mounting plate, circular spacer channel nut, channel bracket, and wall; 
         FIG. 14  is a front elevational perspective view of the male mounting plate affixed by threaded bolt and adjustable channel nut with aligner to a channel bracket on a wall; 
         FIG. 15A  is a front elevational perspective view of the male mounting plate affixed by an adjustable rectangular clutch to a rectangular tube; 
         FIG. 15B  is a bottom elevational perspective view of the adjustable rectangular clutch without the male mounting plate showing trigger pin and release contact end of adjustable rectangular clutch; 
         FIG. 16A  is a front elevational perspective view of the adjustable male mounting plate affixed by a circular clutch to a circular tube; 
         FIG. 16B  is an inverted side perspective view of the adjustable circular clutch with bottom facing up to expose clutch discs inside of circular clutch; 
         FIG. 17  is a perspective view of a motorized adjustable male mounting plate; 
         FIG. 18  is an exploded view of the motorized adjustable male mounting plate of  FIG. 17 ; 
         FIG. 19A  is a perspective view of the assembly of the mounting plate and a nut; 
         FIG. 19B  is a perspective view of a completed assembly of the mounting plate and nut of  FIG. 19A ; 
         FIG. 20A  is a perspective view of the nut; 
         FIG. 20B  is a front view of the nut; 
         FIG. 20C  is a side view of the nut; 
         FIG. 20D  is a rear view of the nut; 
         FIG. 20E  is a top or bottom view of the nut; 
         FIG. 21  is an assembly flow of the motorized adjustable male mounting plate of  FIGS. 17 and 18 ; 
         FIG. 22A  is a diagram of the motor electronics of the motorized adjustable male mounting plate; and, 
         FIG. 22B  is another diagram of the motor electronics of the motorized adjustable male mounting plate. 
     
    
    
     It is to be noted, however, that the appended figures illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments that will be appreciated by those reasonably skilled in the relevant arts. Also, figures are not necessarily made to scale but are representative. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Although specific embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, it should be understood that such embodiments are by way of example only and merely illustrative of but a small number of the many possible specific embodiments which can represent applications of the principles of the present invention. Various changes and modifications obvious to one skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains are deemed to be within the spirit, scope and contemplation of the present invention as further defined in the appended claims. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , there is illustrated a male mounting plate  20  having a main male vertical plate  23  which has a first male front surface  22 , a first male rear surface  24 , a top hole  202 , a bottom hole  204 , a male retaining member  28  formed from a second male front surface  30  and a second male rear surface  32  extending away from first male front surface  22  at angle è, a central open chamber  26  formed from first male front surface  22  and second male rear surface  32 . The main male vertical plate  23  includes a cut out opening  25  in one embodiment, the cut out opening  25  is sized to conform to the shape of male retaining member  28 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , there is illustrated a female mounting plate  60  which attaches to fan bottom  122  of fan  120 . Not shown in this Figure is the protective fan cage which surrounds the blades of these fans. Female mounting plate  60  has a first female vertical surface  62  and a female retaining member  70  which is formed from a first trapezoidal shaped wall  65 , a second trapezoidal shaped wall  66 , and a third trapezoidal shaped wall  67  that extend outward from first female vertical surface  72  and adjoin a second female vertical surface  72  forming an interior chamber  74  where male retaining member  28  can be inserted and retained. 
     Referring to  FIG. 3 , there is illustrated a male mounting plate  20  affixed to a top retaining cylinder  40  and affixed to a bottom retaining cylinder  50 . The means of affixing male mounting plate  20  to top retaining cylinder  40  and bottom retaining cylinder  50  is by means of welding or spot welding. Top retaining cylinder  40  has an interior cylindrical wall  42 , an exterior cylindrical wall  44 , and cylindrical chamber  45  by which top retaining cylinder and bottom retaining cylinder can slide vertically along elongated tube  75 . Further illustrated in  FIG. 3 , is a top cylinder hole  46  that passes through interior cylindrical wall  42  and exterior cylindrical wall  44 . Top affixing member  48  can then be used in conjunction with top cylinder hole  46  and elongated tube  75  to removably affix top retaining cylinder  40  to a desired vertical height along elongated tube  75  (and thereby affixing as well bottom retaining cylinder and male mounting plate  20  to relatively the same vertical height because these pieces are affixed together). Top affixing member  48  can be tightened so that a top distal end  49  of top affixing member  48  comes in contact and presses against exterior circumferential sidewall  77  of elongated tube  75 . The tightening force applied to top affixing member  48  retains top retaining cylinder  40 , bottom retaining cylinder  50 , and male mounting plate  20  affixed along elongated tube  75 . Similarly, top affixing member  48  can be loosened to allow top retaining cylinder  40 , bottom retaining cylinder  50 , and male mounting plate  20  to slide vertically along elongated tube  75  to a new desired location and then be affixed by tightening top affixing member  48 . By way of example, top affixing member  48  is selected from the group consisting of a threaded bolt, a press fit bolt, set screw and a threaded screw. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 4 and 5 , there is illustrated a top portion  78  of elongated tube  75  that is affixed to mounting surface or wall  2000  (this term will be called out as wall  2000  however mounting surface is within the spirit and scope of this invention) by means of screws  82 A and  82 B and spacers  84 A and  84 B. Screws  82 A and  82 B fit respectively through holes  80 A and  80 B of elongated tube  75  and then through holes in center of spacers  84 A and  84 B. Spacers  84 A and  84 B aid in retaining elongated tube  75  to wall  2000  by providing a transition from a flat surface to a curved surface. Not shown in  FIGS. 4 and 5  is the bottom of elongated tube  75  which contain affixing screws, holes, and spacers identical to top portion  78  of elongated tube  75 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 6 , there is illustrated an alternative means to affix elongated tube  75  to wall  2000 . In this embodiment tube mounting clamp A  275  is used to affix elongated tube  75  to wall  2000 . Two tube mounting clamps would be used (one at the top and one at the bottom of elongated tube  75 ). Further shown in  FIG. 6  is top retaining cylinder  40  and bottom retaining cylinder  50 . Similar to the first embodiment, top retaining cylinder  40  is affixed (this could be done by spot welding but is not limited to this affixation method) to male mounting plate  20 . This embodiment though also includes a bottom retaining cylinder  50  which is also affixed male mounting plate  20 . Working in conjunction with elongated tube  75  male mounting plate  20  is moveably affixed to elongated tube  75  by tightening or loosening top affixing member  48  and bottom affixing member  58 . Further shown in  FIG. 6  is tube mounting clamp A  275  which may be used to affix elongated tube  75  to wall  2000 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 7 , there is illustrated another embodiment of a means to affix elongated tube  75  to wall  2000 . Shown in  FIG. 7  is tube mounting clamp B which also can be used to affix elongated tube  75  to wall  2000 . Two tube mounting clamps would be used (one at the top and one at the bottom of elongated tube  75 ). 
       FIGS. 8, 9, and 10  illustrate another embodiment of the present invention showing male mounting plate  20  working in conjunction with channel nut  140  and male mounting plate  20  being moveably affixed to a channel bracket  100  with channel bracket  100  being affixed to wall  2000 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 8 , there is illustrated an embodiment with a channel nut  140  working in conjunction with channel bracket  100  that is affixed to wall  2000 . Channel bracket  100  has a rear surface  120  which has a multiplicity of openings such as  130 A,  130 B,  130 C,  130 D,  130 E, etc., with at least one opening on the top of channel bracket  100  and one opening on the bottom of channel bracket  100  which are used to affix channel bracket  100  to wall  2000  by affixing members such as screws, bolts, or other similar fastening members. The screws can be one way screws, metal screws, or wood screws, but should be designed to accommodate the wall the channel bracket that it is being affixed to. 
     Further referring to  FIG. 8 , channel nut  140  has a nut first sidewall  144 , a nut second sidewall  146 , a nut top wall  142 , a nut bottom wall  152 , a nut rear wall  148 , and a threaded hole  160 . When channel nut  140  is placed inside of interior chamber  118  of channel bracket  100 , nut first sidewall  144  is adjacent and slides against first sidewall  114 , nut second sidewall  146  is adjacent and slides against second sidewall  116 , and nut rear wall  148  is adjacent and slides against′ rear surface  120  of channel bracket  100 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 8 through 10 , rear surface  120  of channel bracket  100  connects to a pair of oppositely disposed sidewalls: first sidewall  114  and a second sidewall  116 . First sidewall  114  and second sidewall  116  extend and then curve approximately 180 degrees at a distal end to form a first flange  124  and a second flange  126  respectively. First flange  124  and second flange  126  curve inward toward the center of channel bracket  100  forming an interior chamber  118  that channel nut  140  can slide within. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 8 and 10 , there is illustrated male mounting plate  20  with top hole  202  that is retained to channel nut  140  by channel nut bolt  210 . Channel nut bolt  210  fits through top hole  202  and then affixes to channel nut  140  when exterior threads  212  are screwed into interior threads  162  of channel nut  140 . Male mounting plate  20  can then be moved vertically within interior chamber  118  of channel bracket  100  until a desired vertical height is reached as shown in  FIG. 10 . Once a desired vertical height is reached, channel nut bolt  210  can be used to retain male mounting plate  20  at the desired height by rotating head  216  of channel nut bolt  210  with a screw driver until threaded bolt end  214  has passed entirely through top hole  210  and threaded hole  160 . Then male mounting plate  20  may be retained by tightening channel nut bolt  210  until a force greater than the weight of the mounting bracket and fan is being applied to rear surface  120  by threaded bolt end  214 . The user then has the ability to raise or lower the fan simply by loosening channel nut bolt  210  to release some of the pressure being applied by threaded bolt end  214  and move the mounting plate to the new desired location and tighten channel nut bolt  210 . 
       FIGS. 11, 12, 13, and 14  illustrate male mounting plate  20  working in conjunction with channel nut with circular aligner  180  and male mounting plate  20  which are moveably affixed to channel bracket  100  with channel bracket  100  being affixed to wall  2000 . Referring to  FIG. 11  there is illustrated a cross sectional view of channel bracket  100  working in conjunction with circular spacer channel nut  180  and male mounting plate  20 . Further illustrated in  FIG. 11  is circular spacer channel nut  180  placed inside of interior chamber  118  of channel bracket  100 . Also shown in this figure is channel nut bolt  210  which can be tightened to affix male mounting plate  20  to a desired vertical location along channel bracket  100 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 12 , there is illustrated an enlarged view of male mounting plate  20  with male retaining member  28  being affixed to circular spacer channel nut  180  by channel nut bolt  210  fitting through top hole  202  of male mounting plate  20 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 13 , there is illustrated an exploded view of how male mounting plate  20  is affixed to a desired location along channel bracket  100  by use of channel nut bolt  210 , circular spacer channel nut  180 , and wall  2000 . Similar to previously disclosed embodiment in  FIG. 8 , male mounting plate  20  can be affixed to a desired elevation (or location if the channel bracket is affixed horizontally along a wall) along channel bracket  100  which is affixed to wall  2000  as shown in  FIG. 14 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 15A and 15B , there is illustrated a rectangular tube  300  that is working in conjunction with a rectangular clutch  400 . Also illustrated are dimple notches  312 A,  312 B,  312 C,  312 D,  312 E,  312 F,  312 G,  312 H,  312 I,  312 J,  312 K,  312 L,  312 M,  312 N,  312 O, and  312 P located on rectangular exterior surface  310  of rectangular tube  300 . Rectangular clutch  400  is rigidly affixed to male mounting plate  20 . A user can raise or lower rectangular clutch  400  and male mounting plate  20  along rectangular tube  300  by pressing trigger pin  410 . When the desired location or elevation is selected, trigger pin  410  can be released. Trigger pin  410  has a handle  412  that when pressed causes compression spring  420  to compress and release contact end  414  of clutch  400  to be released and no longer in contact with rectangular exterior surface  310  of rectangular tube  300 . Release contact end  414  is designed to fit into dimple notches  312  A through  312  P. 
     When trigger pin  410  is pressed rectangular clutch  400  and male mounting plate  20  can move freely move along rectangular tube  300 . When the new location is selected, trigger pin is released and release contact end is positioned to rest within one of the above disclose dimple notches ( 312  A through  312  P). Referring to  FIGS. 16A and 16B  there is illustrated circular tube  75  that works in conjunction with a circular clutch or [Clutch-discs (end spring)]  500 , male mounting plate  20 , and wall  2000 . Circular clutch  500  is rigidly affixed to male mounting plate  20 . A user can raise or lower circular clutch  500  and male mounting plate  20  along circular tube  75  by use of three circular clutch-discs ( 520 A,  520 B, and  520 C). When top end  524 A of clutch-disc  520 A is pressed, clutch-discs ( 520 A,  520 B, and  520 C) move together in unison and the angle between the clutch-discs ( 520 A,  520 B, and  520 C) and clutch platform  540  is decreased or made closer to zero. This allows circumferential endwalls  522 A,  522 B, and  522 C respectively on clutch-discs ( 520 A,  520 B, and  520 C) to become closer to having the angle between the circumferential endwalls and clutch platform be equal to 90 degrees. As this angle becomes closer to 90 degrees the smaller the friction force that is applied to circular tube  75  from circumferential endwalls  522 A,  522 B, and  522 C. 
     In the initial resting condition without pressing circular clutch  500  can move freely upwards but not downwards along circular tube  75 . When top end  524 A of clutch-disc  520 A is pressed, as discussed in more detail in the previous paragraph, circular clutch  500  can move freely both upwards and downwards along circular tube  75 . When the desired location or elevation is selected then bottom end  524 C of clutch-disc  520 C is released and circular clutch  500  is prevented from moving downwards by the force from circumferential end walls  522 A,  522 B, and  522 C respectively on exterior circumferential sidewall  77  which causes male mounting plate  20  to be affixed to a new location along circular tube  75 . 
     The embodiments for the present invention for the adjustable male mounting plate  20  working in conjunction with wall mounted structures: channel bracket  100 , circular tube  75 , or rectangular tube  300  and each wall mounted structure&#39;s respective level adjusting member, all perform the same end function of adjustably retaining female mounting plate  60  and fan  120  to a multitude of locations along a wall or mounting surface. The different embodiments disclosed herein though have different methods for the level adjusting members (top retaining cylinder  40  and bottom retaining cylinder  50 , rectangular clutch  400 , and circular clutch  500 ) and the wall mounted structures (channel bracket  100 , circular tube  75 , and rectangular tube  300 ). Nevertheless, every embodiment disclosed has female retaining member  70  of female mounting plate  60  and male retaining member  28  of male mounting plate  20  used to adjoin male retaining member  28  to female retaining member  70 . 
       FIG. 17  is a perspective view of a motorized adjustable male mounting plate.  FIG. 18  is an exploded view of the motorized adjustable male mounting plate of  FIG. 17 .  FIGS. 17 and 18  illustrate another embodiment  1000  of the present invention showing male mounting plate  1100  working in conjunction with a nut  1200  on a motorized screw rod  1300  operating within a slotted post  1400 . As shown, a motor  1500  is disposed at the bottom of the slotted post  1400  and configured to rotate the screw rod  1300  within said post  1400 . Referring to  FIG. 18 , the screw rod is rotatably disposed within the post  1400  by bearings  1310 ,  1320  located at the ends of said post. As discussed in greater detail below, the nut  1200  is configured to interact with the screw rod  1300  during rotation of said screw rod  1300  so that the nut  1200  and face plate  1100  move upward or downward along the post to adjust the height of a fan (not shown). In one embodiment, the motor  1500  is a right angle motor with Bluetooth® or other wireless connectivity so that the motor may be operated wirelessly via smartphone or other portable device. 
       FIG. 19A  is a perspective view of the assembly of the mounting plate  1100  and a nut  1200 .  FIG. 19B  is a perspective view of a completed assembly of the mounting plate and nut of  FIG. 19A . The mounting plate  1100  is suitably constructed as described above in connection with the earlier figures.  FIG. 20A through 20E  respectively show perspective, front, side, rear and top views of the nut  1200 . As shown, the nut is defined by a hex nut  1210  welded to a neck  1220 . Referring to  FIGS. 19A and 19B , the face plate  1100  may be welded or otherwise adhered to the neck  1210  of the nut  1200 . The face plate  1100  could also be screwed or otherwise affixed to the neck  1210  of the nut  1200 . As discussed later below, the neck may be disposed in the slot  1410  of the slotted post  1400  so that the nut  1200  is positioned inside of the post  1400  while the face plate  1100  is disposed on the outside of the post  1400  (see  FIG. 18 ). 
       FIG. 21  is a partial assembly flow of the motorized adjustable male mounting plate of  FIGS. 17 and 18 . As shown, the face plate  1100  and the nut  1200  may be assembled and associated with the threaded or screw rod  1300 . The sub assembly of the faceplate  1100 , nut  1200 , and screw rod  13000  may be provided to within the slotted post  1400  so that the faceplate  1100  is on the outside of the post  1400 , the neck  1210  of the nut  1200  is provided through the slot  1410  of the post  1400 , and the nut  1200  and threaded rod  1300  are disposed on the inside of the post  1400 . Finally, bearings may be used to cap the ends and put the threaded rod  1300  in rotatable connection to the post. Although, not shown in the figure, the motor  1500  may be mechanically coupled to the threaded rod  1300 . In one embodiment, the threaded rod may be a spindle of five sixteenths of an inch while the hex nut is also five sixteenths of an inch. 
     As described above, the motor may be operated to turn the screw or threaded rod  1300  within the post  1400  relative to the nut  1200  so that the nut may move along the post  1400 . In one embodiment, the motor  1500  may be turned on and off wirelessly via off-the-shelf, Bluetooth® software on-off and up or down commands. In one embodiment, the software is installed on a smartphone and includes functionality for controlling the motor  1500  on a single post  1400  or a plurality of motors on a plurality of posts  1400  at once (e.g., as may be common to large greenhouses). Suitably, the system  1000  may be outfitted with limit switches designed to kill the motor whenever the nut  1200  has reached a maximum or minimum height along the post  1400 .  FIGS. 22A and 22B  are diagrams of the motor  1500  electronics, including the limit switches. As shown in the figures, the motor is coupled to a latching relay  1510  that prevents the motor  1500  from operating to raise the nut  1200  when it has attained a max height and from lowering the nut  1200  when it has attained a minimum height. 
     Although the method and apparatus is described above in terms of various exemplary embodiments and implementations, it should be understood that the various features, aspects and functionality described in one or more of the individual embodiments are not limited in their applicability to the particular embodiment with which they are described, but instead might be applied, alone or in various combinations, to one or more of the other embodiments of the disclosed method and apparatus, whether or not such embodiments are described and whether or not such features are presented as being a part of a described embodiment. Thus the breadth and scope of the claimed invention should not be limited by any of the above-described embodiments. 
     Terms and phrases used in this document, and variations thereof, unless otherwise expressly stated, should be construed as open-ended as opposed to limiting. As examples of the foregoing: the term “including” should be read as meaning “including, without limitation” or the like, the term “example” is used to provide exemplary instances of the item in discussion, not an exhaustive or limiting list thereof, the terms “a” or “an” should be read as meaning “at least one,” “one or more,” or the like, and adjectives such as “conventional,” “traditional,” “normal,” “standard,” “known” and terms of similar meaning should not be construed as limiting the item described to a given time period or to an item available as of a given time, but instead should be read to encompass conventional, traditional, normal, or standard technologies that might be available or known now or at any time in the future. Likewise, where this document refers to technologies that would be apparent or known to one of ordinary skill in the art, such technologies encompass those apparent or known to the skilled artisan now or at any time in the future. 
     The presence of broadening words and phrases such as “one or more,” “at least,” “but not limited to” or other like phrases in some instances shall not be read to mean that the narrower case is intended or required in instances where such broadening phrases might be absent. The use of the term “assembly” does not imply that the components or functionality described or claimed as part of the module are all configured in a common package. Indeed, any or all of the various components of a module, whether control logic or other components, might be combined in a single package or separately maintained and might further be distributed across multiple locations. 
     Additionally, the various embodiments set forth herein are described in terms of exemplary block diagrams, flow charts and other illustrations. As will become apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art after reading this document, the illustrated embodiments and their various alternatives might be implemented without confinement to the illustrated examples. For example, block diagrams and their accompanying description should not be construed as mandating a particular architecture or configuration. 
     All original claims submitted with this specification are incorporated by reference in their entirety as if fully set forth herein. 
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