Improvements in Suspenders for Flower Pots and for like purposes
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
66 Improvements in Suspenders for Flower Pots and for like purposes."
I, EDGAR HARRY LAWTON, of 3 Savage Gardens, London E.C. Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved suspender or attachment for use in con-
nection with flower pots and other articles which require to be suspended, the
object of the invention being to obviate the trouble which exists at present witht
ordinary forms of suspending appliances which require that the wire or cord
shall be wound round the top of the pot and a loop made in connection with the
same.
In carrying my invention into effect I make my hook like suspender in one form
from wire having a long leg or howed stem which I place within the pot or vessel
to be suspended and at the upper end of this bowed or double wire limb I forin
a spring or springs and bend back the free ends of the wire in order to form a
clipping bar to press upon the exterior of the pot preferably beneath the flange or
rim of the same. The springs or coils of the wire formed at the end of the inuer
limb I make of sufficient strength to ensure that the free clipping ends which
engage beneath the pot rim are always kept pressed against the outer surface of
the pot while the inner limb is in contact with the inner surface. By this im-
proved arrangement of hook I am enabled to make a ready attachment of the
suspending chains, wires or cords through the spiral heads of the pin and thus to
very readily make an attachment to any pot for suspending it, and to at the same
time ensure that it can be readily removed without of necessity having to remove
the suspending chains or other devices from which the pot may be hanging.
I modify the form of my clipping ends and also the shape and arrangement of
the inner limb, together with the form of the spring or spiral at the top to suit the
shape of the pot or vessel to which it is to be applied, and to suit the attachments
or hooks which are to be used in connection with the same, and I may make my
clips from metal strip instead of from wire if so desired.
Improvements in Suspenders for Flower Pots and for like purposes.”
I, EDGAR HARRY LAWTON, of 3, Savage Gardens, London, E.C. Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
[Price 8d.]

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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My invention relates to an improved suspender for attachment for use in con-
nection with flower pots and other articles which require to be suspended, the
object of the invention being to obviate the trouble which exists at present with
ordinary forms of suspending appliances which require that the wire or cord shall
be wound round the top of the pot and a loop made in connection with the same.
The accompanying sheet of drawings illustrate the method of carrying my in-
vention into effect as follows,—
Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and side elevations of my improved
suspender.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of a similar suspender in situ on a flower pot.
I make my hook like suspender in the form shown from wire having a long leg
or bowed stem A which I place within the pot or vessel B to be suspended, and at
the upper end of this bowed or double wire limb I form two springs C C and bend
back the free ends D D of the wire in order to form a clipping bar to press upon
the exterior of the pot B preferably beneath the flange or rim E of the same. The
springs or coils C, C, of the wire formed at the end of the inner limb A. I make of
sufficient strength to ensure that the free clipping ends D D which engage beneath
the pot-rim E are always kept pressed against the outer surface of the pot while the
inner limb is in contact with the inner surface. By this improved arrangement
of hook I am enabled to make a ready attachment of the suspending chains, wires
or cords through the spiral heads of the pin and thus to very readily make an
attachment to any pot for suspending it, and to at the same time ensure that it
can be readily removed without the necessity of having to remove the suspending
chains or other devices from which the pot may be hanging.
I modify my clipping ends D, D, in number or form and also the shape and
arrangement of the inner limb A, together with the form of the springs or spirals
CC at the top to suit the shape of the pot or vessel to which it is to be applied and
to suit the attachments or hooks which are to be used in connection with the same, 3
and I may make my clips from metal strip instead of from wire if so desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
1, A suspender for flower pots and like articles consisting of a wire or metal 3
strip bent in such a manner that the one strip forms the limb bearing on the inner
surface of the pots and clipping end or ends bearing on the outside surface of the
pot pressed or forced together by a spiral coil or coils between them..
2. The improvements in suspenders for flower pots and like purposes sub-
stantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described with reference to the 4
accompanying drawings.