An Improved Flower-stand or Apparatus for Supporting Flowers: and Plants in Front of Windows.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Flower-stand or Apparatus for Supporting Flowers:
and Plants in Front of Windows.
I, FRITZ OTTO MEJER, Merchant, of 2 Brühl, Leipzig, in the Kingdom of
Saxony, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object, to support flowers and plants in front of windows
in such a manner, that they can be easily removed, when it is desired to open the
window, and that they require a minimum of floor space.
For this purpose, I support the flowers on a board or tray placed immediately
above or in front of the window sill, and adapted to turn on a vertical axis situated.
right or left of the window.
The said tray or board is provided with a railing and with means for securing it
to the window frame or post, when the tray is in its normal position in front of the
window.
board.
The said vertical axis is preferably formed on a vertical plate fixed to the right
or left post of the window casing, the said plate having an upper and a lower
socket or hinge piece, while the pivots or hinges which enter the said sockets are
formed on
or fixed to a pair of rods or frames supporting the flower tray or
One hinge rod is approximately level with the window sill and fixed to the near
end of the tray, while the other socket piece or pivot is situated vertically above or
below the first, and connected with the further end of the tray by an inclined tie
bar or strut or by a light frame work.
Instead of occupying the whole width of the window, the tray or board may be
divided in the centre, each half forming a separate flower-stand hinged to the
contiguous window post, or to the wall.
Before opening the window, the entire stand is turned on one side by pivoting on
its hinges, or if there are two separate halves, each half is turned on its respective
hinges, one to the right and one to the left.
Instead of using a second hinge pivot or socket piece and an inclined tie rod or
strut, I may apply a movable leg hinged to the under side of the tray or board,
said leg being placed upright, when the stand is turned out, but placed horizontally
against the tray, when the latter is over the sill.
Dated this 12th day of November 1802
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Flower-stand or Apparatus for Supporting Flowers.
and Plants in Front of Windows.
I, FRITZ OTTO MEJER, Merchant, of 2 Brühl, Leipzig, in the Kingdom of
Saxony, 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 :-
My invention has for its object, to support flowers and plants in front of windows
in such a manner that they can be easily removed, when it is desired to open or
clean the window, and that they require a minimum of floor space.
For this purpose, I support the flowers on a board or tray placed immediately

page_text: above or in front of the window sill and adapted to turn on a vertical axis, situated
right or left of the window, or on two axes situated right and left of the same.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a flower tray embodying my invention, and placed
before a closed window, on the inside of the same.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section along line M-M of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the window and plan of the flower tray.
Figs. 4 and 5 represent modifications.
B is the tray (or a board, plate, or table) serving to support the flowers or plants
and placed on the inside of the window closely above the window sill.
The said tray is preferably provided with a railing g and with a pair of hooks a
and forming a pair of hinge pins situated in a vertical axis, as shown by Fig. 1.
The bearings d, d, for the said hinge pins are preferably formed on a vertical plate
fixed to the window casing or to the inside of the wall right or left of the window.
The upper hinge pin is connected with the flower tray by a pair of inclined tie
rods for a light frame, so as to support the far end of the flower tray. The socket
pieces d d may, however, be fixed immediately to the wall or window casing,
instead of being formed or mounted on a vertical plate. If the flower tray is placed
a considerable distance above the window sill, as indicated in Fig. 1 by dotted
lines, the tie rods for frame may be placed below the tray, the upper hinge pin
being approximately level with the tray and connected with the near end of the
same, while the lower hinge pin is situated below the tray and connected with the
far end of the same.
Instead of supporting the far end of the tray by tie rods or struts, I may provide
it with a leg h, which is binged to the bottom of the tray, so that it can be placed
upright or drawn up horizontally, as indicated by Fig. 4, in which the dotted lines
show the tray placed at right angles to the window sill or to the wall.
In the case of large windows, it is advantageous, to divide the flower tray into
two parts, one part being hinged to the wall or window casing on the right side of
the window, while the other is hinged to the left side, as indicated by Fig. 5.
The construction and shape of the flower tray or board may be varied to suit
different requirements and tastes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
A flower tray or stand, placed over the window sill and secured to the wall on
one side or on both sides in such a manner, that it can be turned into the interior of
the room for giving or facilitating access to the window, substantially as described.
Dated this 17th day of December 1892.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.