Improvements in Flower Pot Stands or Supports.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Apr., 1895-Accepted, 24th May, 1895
Improvements in Flower Pot Stands or Supports.
I DAVID OCTAVIUS BAGG, of New Road, Solihull, in the County of Warwick,
Gardener, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in stands or frames for supporting flower
or other similar pots when placed out of doors.
Considerable inconvenience and loss is experienced, when large plants that have
been potted and placed out of doors, being frequently upset and broken by the
wind, or otherwise, and it is primarily to overcome such inconvenience and loss, that
I have invented these my improvements.
I make a stand or support preferably from flat or round or other sectional strip
metal generally iron, and having three, four, or more legs or supports. The purpose
of these legs is that they may be pushed into the ground to any desired depth
when required, and thus give firmness and rigidity to the stand against wind or
other upsetting influence. About midway in the height of these legs, I secure
cross bars, or a plate, which forms a support for the pot, and also ties the stand
together at this point. It is further tied together by a ring of metal which is
secured to the top of the said legs. I may now further attach to the ring, or top
of the stand, strips of metal, preferably carried down inside the stand to the afore-
said cross bars or plate, so as to form a taper shaped frame or support for the pot,
or if desired these may be dispensed with, and the pot rest in the ring forming the
top of the frame or stand, or other means for centralizing its position.
It will be obvious that this my improved staud may be made of cast iron, wood or
other suitable material.
Dated this 21st day of August 1894.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.
Improvements in Flower Pot Stands or Supports.
I DAVID OCTAVIUS BAGG, of New Road, Solihull in the County of Warwick,
Gardener, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in stands or frames for supporting flower
or other similar pots more particularly when placed out of doors.
Considerable inconvenience and loss is experienced, when large plants that have
been potted and placed out of doors, being frequently upset and broken by the
wind, or otherwise, and it is primarily to overcome such inconvenience and loss, that
I have invented these my improvements.
In order to more clearly explain this my invention, I have appended hereunto
an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and numbers of reference.
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page_text: As will be readily seen my invention admits of considerable variation in detail
without any departure from its nature. In Fig. 1, 8, is a circular band of metal
to which are secured the strips 9, 9, 9, having sharpened points at 10, which
are passed into the ground 11. At 12, is a plate or support upon which the pot
may rest.
In some cases as seen in Fig. 2, I may provide a central stem or pillar 9, which
is rivetted or otherwise suitably attached to the plate 12ª, and preferably in such a
manner that the upper part, in which the pot 13, rests, may be turned around or
swivelled if desired without removal from the ground.
Further. I may also provide a second plate or support as seen at 14, in Fig. 3,
upon which may rest a cup or drip pan to catch any dripping from the bottom of
the pot resting upon the plate 12.
If desired my invention may be made from sheet metal as seen in Figs. 4 & 5, in
which the metal is cut to a suitable shape, so that when bent around and rivetted
at 15, it shall form the necessary body 9b, and spikes 9° combined. In this case I
may conveniently form the plate or support to carry the pot, by means of the
parts 12°, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 4, such parts being turned up at right
angles so as to form a table or support for the pot as shown in Fig. 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
A flower or plant pot stand, with or without a swivelling movement, constructed
and arranged substantially as set forth and shown.
Dated this 22nd day of Anril 1895.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.