A New or Improved Plant Support for Flower Pots.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1892-Accepted. 27th Aug. 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Plant Support for Flower Pots.
I, GUSTAV KRÜGER, of 18 Bogislavstrasse, Stettin, Germany, Locksmith,
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 has for its object to make a plant support for flower pots which
will not require to be put into the soil in the pot and thereby possibly injure the
roots of the plant. The new plant support is secured to the outside of the pot.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon
Fig. 1 is a view looking at the under side of the new support.
Fig. 2 is a view looking at the topside of the support.
Fig. 3 shows the support in side view and also shows the method of fixing it
in place.
Fig. 4 shows, in side elevation, a modified form of support.
Figs. 5 and 6 are, respectively, top and bottom views of the support Fig. 4.
Referring to the drawings whereon the same reference letters wherever repeated
indicate similar or like parts.
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The support consists of an iron bart having two slots in it and which is made
to correspond in length with the diameter of the pot. On the bar are two sliding
sleeves which have guide pins & rivetted to them. The pins k project through
the guide slots s. The sleeves h which are made with semi-circular outer ends i
have on their upper sides bent hooks or catches and on their lower sides down-
wardly projecting prongs a for gripping the sides of the pot. The springs e prevent
the sleeves sliding back out of their adjusted position.
The plant-support proper consists of a tube 7 which is secured in the centre of
the bar t. The plant is watered by pouring water into the funnel and down the
tube l. In order that the water passing down the tube may not wash away the
soil from the plant a small rose or perforated plate d is secured to the lower end of
the tube or below the hole in the bar t.
To fix the support in position on the pot, the catches are caught by the fingers
and the sleeves pulled out or pushed in until the prongs a firmly grip the sides
of the pot.
This form of support can be adjusted so as to fit any ordinary size of pot.
The simplified form of support shown at Figs. 4, 5 and 6 consists of a flat bar b
which is secured to the side of the pot by the spring prong The spring c is
secured to the bent part d of the bar. The tube a is inserted in the hole at the end
of the bar as shown. In this form of support the inner part of the bar may be
allowed to rest on the soil in the pot. Two or more of these supports can be
arranged at any position round the pot.
The new supports do not injure the roots of the plant as they are not stuck, as
usual, into the soil. The small supporting tube has a much better appearance
than the present thick sticks or rods.
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. A plant support having a guide bar on which slide adjustable sleeves having
prongs which grip the sides of the pot, substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings annexed.
2. The combination with the appliance set forth in Claim 1 of the tube and

page_text: rose d through which the water is poured when watering the plant, substantially as
hereinbefore described and shown on the annexed drawings.
3. The modified form of plant support, substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings annexed.
Dated this 13th day of July 1892.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.