Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct.; 1886)
Complete Left, 11th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 12th Aug., 1887.
RESERV
I WILLIAM SPURRIER of No. 67 Newhall Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My invention consists of a new or improved flower holder or frame and trainer
for supporting and displaying flowering plants and flowers in the garden conserva-
tory greenhouse and on the table and elsewhere the said holder or frame and trainer
being constructed and used substantially in the following manner.
I take a length of wire preferably of iron or steel and bend it backwards and
forwards so as to form side by side a series of supporting open loops in the same
plane alternate loops being open on opposite sides of the middle line. The open
parts of the loops may be contracted to ensure the better holding of the flowers.
The ends of the wire thus bent are left plain and constitute spikes or fixing pins
which may be inclined at any desired angle to the row of loops. By means of the
said pins the flower holder or frame and trainer may be fixed in the ground or in
pots in greenhouses and conservatories or in pots for table decoration or elsewhere
used for supporting and displaying flowers. The flower holder or frame and trainer
may either be used in a straight form that is of a continuous straight length which
is suitable for use on garden borders or the said holder or frame and trainer may be
bent into an arched or curved figure or into a circular elliptical or angular figure and
its ends jointed together by soldering or otherwise and instead of making a continuous
series of loops in the holder or frame one or more loops may alternate with plain or

page_text: unlooped parts. In addition to or substitution of the fixing spikes or pins at the
ends of the holder or frame and trainer spikes or pins at other parts may be used.
When the holder or frame and trainer is in use the flowers are trained into and
supported by the open loops situated on opposite sides of the holder or frame. The
holder or frame and trainer is readily placed in position for use and when not
required may be removed and reserved for future use.
The supports whether at the ends of the holder or at intermediate parts may be
made separate from the holder and connected thereto by being sprung thereon or
soldered or otherwise fixed thereto.
Dated this Nineteenth day of October 1886
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I WILLIAM SPURRIER of No. 67 Newhall Street, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:
My invention consists of a new or improved flower holder or frame and trainer for
supporting and displaying flowering plants and flowers in the garden conservatory
greenhouse and on the table and elsewhere, the said holder or frame and trainer being
constructed and used substantially in the following manner.
I take a length of wire preferably of iron or steel and bend it backwards and
forwards so as to form side by side a series of supporting open loops in the same
plane alternate loops being open on opposite sides of the middle line. The open
parts of the loops may be contracted to ensure the better holding of the flowers. The
ends of the wire thus bent are left plain and constitute spikes or fixing pins which
may be inclined at any desired angle to the row of loops. By means of the said pins
the flower holder or frame and trainer may be fixed in the ground or in pots in
greenhouses and conservatories or in pots for table decoration or elsewhere used for
supporting and displaying flowers.
The flower holder or frame and trainer may either be used in a straight form, that
is, of a continuous straight length which is suitable for use on garden borders or the
said holder or frame and trainer may be bent into an arched or curved figure or into a
circular elliptical or angular figure and its ends joined together by soldering or
otherwise and instead of making a continuous series of loops in the holder or frame
one or more loops may alternate with plain or unlooped parts.
In addition to or substitution of the fixing spikes or pins at the ends of the holder
or frame and trainer spikes or pins at other parts may be used. When the holder or
frame and trainer is in use the flowers are trained into and supported by the open
loops situated on opposite sides of the holder or frame.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in perspective a straight flower
holder or frame and trainer and Figure 2 a curved flower holder or frame and
trainer made according to my invention; Figure 3 represents a plan of a portion of a
flower holder or frame and trainer made according to my invention.
The said flower holder or frame and trainer consists of a length of wire bent
backwards and forwards so as to form side by side a series of open loops a, a in the
same plane alternate loops being open on opposite sides of the middle line of the
holder as represented at 6 b. The flowers are trained into and supported by the row
of open loops a, a and the open parts b, b of the loops may be contracted to any
required extent to ensure the safe holding of the flowers in the loops. The wire

page_text: at the ends of the row of loops a, a is left plain and the plain ends constitute spikes
or fixing pins c, c which are situated at right angles to the row of loops a, a; or the
said spikes or fixing pins cc may be inclined at any desired angle to the row of loops
and in addition to the end fixing spikes or pins c, c other fixing spikes or pins near
the middle or other parts of the flower holder may be used in case of a long row of
loops.
The vertical or inclined pins or spikes c, c serve to fix the flower holder and trainer
a, a in a horizontal position in the ground or in pots or elsewhere for supporting and
displaying flowering plants and flowers.
Instead of a continuous series of loops a, a as represented in Figures 1 and 2 one
or more loops may alternate with plain or unlooped parts and the holder may be
provided with one loop only and a single fixing pin or support e as illustrated in
Figure 4 or two loops and a fixing pin or support as represented in Figure 5 or four
loops and a fixing pin or support as represented in Figure 6 but I do not limit myself
to any particular number of alternating loops or to the shape of the said loops but the
form of loop represented in Figure 3 answers well in practice.
Instead of giving the flower holder the straight or curved shape represented the
continuous row of loops or loops alternating with plain parts may be bent into a
circular, elliptical or angular or other form and the plain ends of the wire joined by
soldering or otherwise. The fixing pins or supports whether at the ends of the holder
or at intermediate parts may be made separate from the holder and connected
thereto by being sprung thereon or soldered or otherwise fixed thereto.
The holder or frame and trainer made in the ways described is readily placed in
position for use and when not required may be removed and reserved for future use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention:-
A new or improved flower holder a frame and trainer for supporting and
displaying flowering plants in the garden, conservatory, greenhouse and on the table
or elsewhere consisting essentially of a piece or length of wire bent into a single
open loop or bent backwards and forwards so as to form side by side two or a series
of open loops in the same plane, in which loop or loops the flowers are supported,
alternate loops being open on opposite sides of the middle line of the holder and the
series of loops being either continuous or alternating with plain or unlooped parts
substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
Dated this Ninth day of July 1887.
WILLIAM SPURRIER.