Appliances for Flower Pots, to Facilitate their Introduction into and Removal from Ornamental Pots or Vases.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL POTUALION
Appliances for Flower Pots, to Facilitate their Introduction into and
Removal from Ornamental Pots or Vases.
I, JESSIE ENGELBACH of Fernleigh, King's Road, Richmond in the County of
Surrey, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In introducing ordinary flower pots containing plants into and removing them from
ornamental pots or vases, great inconvenience is frequently experienced owing to the
difficulty of properly laying hold of the pot while performing these operations.
My invention has for its object to provide simple and inexpensive means, whereby
this inconvenience, and the resulting frequent breakage of the pots owing to their
slipping from the fingers, is obviated. It consists according to one arrangement in
fitting upon the pot a metal ring having two diametrically opposite upward pro-
jections terminating in loops or eyes, which, when the ring is in position on the pot,
project up beyond the rim thereof, and thus enable it to be lifted out and lowered by
means of the said loops, which afford a ready and firm hold to the fingers. The said
loops or eyes are by preference made to turn on hinges, so that when the pot is placed
in a vase which does not project up materially beyond the pot, the loops can be turned
down so as to be out of sight. The loops may also, with advantage, he made with an
outward curvature, so as to act as hooks, in order that when the flower pot is
introduced into a vase of considerably greater depth, the loops may be hooked on to
the edges of the vase, and thus serve to support the pot in a raised position therein.
The projections on the ring carrying the loops may also be made with hinge-joints,
so as to enable them to be turned outwards to the requisite extent for enabling the
loops to hook on to the vase, when the mouth of this is of considerably larger diameter
than the top of the pot.
The metal ring may be variously constructed for fitting the pot, but by preference
I make it of a simple band of thin metal of moderate depth, and formed with a
taper corresponding to that of ordinary flower pots, so that the band will fit closely
against the sides thereof at any point, near the beaded rim thereof, or the pot may
rest, with such rim upon the top of the band. The ring may also be made of wire,
and if necessary a stirrup may pass down from the same underneath the pot.
The ring may be constructed adjustable in diameter, so as to fit various sized
pots, a clamp or fastening being provided for securing the joint of the ring after
adjustment.
Or, when the ring is formed of a metal band as described, it may be slit in three or
more places so as to form tongues which can then be bent more or less inwards so as
to reduce the size of the opening.
According to another modification, 1 employ in place of a metal ring, a small tray
on which the bottom of the flower pot rests, which tray is provided with two upward
projecting arms terminating in loops, and if necessary provided with means for
attaching their upper ends to the pot.
Dated this 17th day of May 1889
ABEL & IMKAY,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE.. SPECIFICATION.
Appliances for Flower Pots, to Facilitate their Introduction into and
Removal from Ornamental Pots or Vases.
I, JESSIE ENGELBACH, of Fernleigh, King's Road, Richmond, in the County of
Surrey, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is. to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
In introducing ordinary flower pots containing plants into and removing them from
ornamental pots or vases, great inconvenience is frequently experienced owing to the
difficulty of properly laying hold of the pot while performing these operations.
My invention has for its object to provide simple and inexpensive means whereby
this inconvenience and the resulting frequent breakage of the pots owing to their:
slipping from the fingers is obviated. It consists according to one arrangement in
fitting upon the pot a metal ring having two diametrically opposite upward pro-
jections terminating in loops or eyes, which, when the ring is in position on the
pot, project up beyond the rim thereof, and thus enable it to be lifted and lowered
by means of the said loops, which afford a ready and firm hold to the fingers.
The said loops or eyes are by preference made to turn on hinges so that when
the pot is placed in a vase which does not project up materially beyond the pot,
the loops can be turned down so as to be out of sight. The loops may also, with
advantage, be made with an outward curvature, so as to act as hooks, in order
that when the flower pot is introduced into a vase of considerably greater depth,
the loops may be hooked on to the edges of the vase and thus serve to support the pot
in a raised position therein.
The projections on the ring carrying the loops may also be made with hinge joints,.
so as to enable them to be turned outwards to the requisite extent for enabling the
loops to hook on to the vase when the mouth of this is of considerably larger.
diameter than the top of the pot.
The metal ring may be variously constructed for fitting the pot, but by preferenco
I make it of a simple band of thin metal of moderate depth, and formed with a taper
corresponding to that of ordinary flower pots, so that the band will fit closely against
the sides thereof at any point near the beaded rim thereof, or the pot may rest with
such rim upon the top of the band.
The ring may also be made of wire and, if necessary, a stirrup may pass down
from the same underneath the pot.
The ring may be constructed adjustable in diameter so as to fit various sized
pots, a clamp or fastening being provided for securing the joint of the ring after
adjustment.
Or, when the ring is formed of a metal band as described, it may be slit in three
or more places so as to form tongues which can then be bent more or less inwards
so as to reduce the size of the opening.
According to another modification, I employ in place of a metal ring, a small tray
on which the bottom of the flower pot rests, which tray is provided with two upward
projecting arms terminating in loops and provided with means for attaching their
upper ends to the pot.
Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings shew one form of the above described
appliance. Fig. 1 shews a detached perspective view of the same, and Fig. 2 shews
it as applied to a flower pot.
The appliance consists of a metal hoop a made with a taper corresponding to that
of a flower pot and having hinged handles bb at opposite sides thereof, terminating
in wire loops c. The hoop is placed over the pot d as at Fig. 2, to the point where
it fits tightly thereon, and, after lowering the pot into the vase e by means of the
handles, as indicated at Fig. 3, the handles are either hooked over the rim of the
vase e as at Fig. 2, in which case they will support the pot a in a suspended position

page_text: as shewn, or if the pot rests on the bottom of the vase, the hinged loops c of the
handle can be turned down as at Fig. 1 so as to be out of sight.
For removing the pot from the vase, the loops are raised into the dotted position
as at Fig. 2, so that they can be seized by the fingers.
Fig. 3 shews a side view and Fig. 4 shews a plan of another modification in which
the appliance is made of wire.
Fig. shews a construction in which the lower side of the hoop a is slit at three
or more places so as to form tongues a¹ which can be bent inwards, thus enabling
the hoop to fit small sized pots.
Fig. 6 shews a construction of the appliance in which the flower pot rests upon a
tray to which are hinged arms g terminating in hooks or loops and having sliding
pieces with claws h that fit over the edge of the pot when pushed down, and thus
hold the pot securely.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. An appliance for flower pots consisting of a ring or hoop adapted to fit the pot
at any point and provided with two opposite loops or handles for facilitating the
introduction of the pot into and its removal from ornamental pots or vases, sub-
stantially as herein described.
2. In appliances for flower pots such as are referred to in the preceding claim,
constructing the loops or handles with hinge-joints and forming them with hooked
ends so that they can he hooked on to the vase in which the flower pot is placed
and thus support it in a. suspended position therein, substantially as described.
3. An appliance for facilitating the introduction and removal of flower pots into
and from vases, consisting of a tray on which the flower pot stands, and which is.
provided with two hinged arms with loops or hooks at the top, and with means for
securing the arms to the pot, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 15th day of February 1890.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.