Improvements in Means for Attachment to the Edge of a Glass, Flower Pot, or the like, for Holding or Supporting Flowers, Plants, or other objects.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1892-Accepted. 21st Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Attachment to the Edge of a Glass,
Flower Pot, or the like, for Holding or Supporting Flowers,
Plants, or other objects.
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IWALTER JAMES GRIFFITHS 40 Albert Road Stroud Green London, N.
Solicitor's Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
The said invention consists of a piece of metal (preferably iron or steel) bent
at one end in such a manner that two hooks are formed at a distance of a few
inches apart, which hooks will, when pressed on to the edge of a glass or flower
pot, in consequence of the resilience of the metal between the hooks, hold tight on
to the said glass or flower pot. The flower support is constructed as follows:-
After forming the innermost hook, the metal is bent inwards to any required angle
and any required length and then again bent so that it becomes perpendicular, for
any required length, and is then finished off with a hook of any required size
which is bent round and upwards as if it were the thread of a screw, of a cir-
cumference large enough to encircle the stem of a flower or plant. The upper
hook is passed round the stem of the plant or flower and the lower hooks are then
pressed on to the edge of the vessel containing the said plant or flower so that
the metal between the hooks is outside the vessel, when the stem is thus
supported.
Dated this 21st day of March 1892.
WALTER J. GRIFFITHS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Attachment to the Edge of a Glass,
Flower Pot, or the like, for Holding or Supporting Flowers,
Plants, or other objects.
I WALTER JAMES GRIFFITHS of 40 Albert Road Stroud Green London, N.
Solicitor's Clerk 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 :-
The said invention consists of a piece of metal (preferably iron or steel) bent at
one end in such a manner that two hooks are formed at a distance of a few inches
apart, which hooks will, when pressed on to the edge of a glass or flower pot or the
like, in consequence of the resilience of the metal between them, firmly grip the said
glass, flower pot, or the like.
The said invention is constructed as follows:-
At about 1 inches from the end of a straight piece of wire of any desired length
and thickness held horizontally with one end towards the operator, the end so
towards him is bent upwards to a right angle, and this vertical piece, at about half
its length, is bent to the right, and then of an inch (or any required distance)
farther on, bent down again, forming an inverted hook. At about two inches from
this hook, another precisely similar, and parallel with the first is formed. The
direction of the next bend is determined by the use to which the article is to be put.
If it is to support a hyacinth in a glass, or like vessel, the wire is bent sharp up to
a vertical position, and then at the level of the top of the hook, is again bent
horizontally in the same direction as the hooks, and, at a distance of about half an
inch (or as required) from the centre of the glass or like vessel, it is brought to the
vertical. The top of the wire is then bent into the form of a horizontal spiral
hook, of about half an inch in diameter, of one turn only, the top of the spiral thus
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page_text: formed being the same distance in a vertical line above the commencement, as the
diameter of the hook. This hook must exactly encircle the centre line of the glass
or like vessel.
Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings clearly illustrates the said invention.
If the support is intended for use on a flower pot or the like, instead of running
the wire sharp up after forming the second hook, the wire is run out horizontally to
within about half an inch (or as required) of the centre of the flower pot or the
like and is then run up vertically to the required height and finished off with the
spiral hook.
Before fixing on the vessel, the wire between the inverted hooks is slightly
curved.
The invention is applied in the following manner :-
For a hyacinth or similar flower, or cut flowers in a glass vessel or the like, the
upper spiral hook at the top of the support is made to encircle the stem of the
flower, or such like, and the two lower inverted hooks are then pressed on to
the rim of the glass, or like vessel, when it will be found that, owing to the
resilience of the piece of wire between them, the support will firmly grip the glass,
or like vessel, and hold the flower or stem in a vertical position.
For a flower or plant in a flower pot, or like vessel, the method of fixing is
the same, the stem being first encircled, and the lower hooks then pressed on to the
rim of the pot.
Figure 2 in the accompanying drawings clearly illustrates the said invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. That the before-mentioned method of fixing an article to the edge of any
vessel is entirely original, and that I am the inventor thereof.
2. That the application of the said invention as before described, to the support
of plants or flowers in a glass, flower pot, or the like is entirely original, and is my
invention, and in this method of application I claim that the roots of the plant or
flower are not injured, as the support is not pushed into the soil.
3. That the open spiral hook encircling the stem of the flower or plant is
entirely original, and my invention, that it dispenses with tying, is thoroughly
efficient, and easily and quickly put on and removed.
4. That running close to the stem of the plant or flower, as it does, the support
is almost invisible, and therefore no disfigurement.
5. That the whole invention is entirely original, and I am the inventor thereof.
Dated this 19th day of December 1892.
WALTER J. GRIFFITHS.