Patent ID: 8474178

Claim:
A plant support assembly comprising: a plurality of supports extending generally vertically from a support surface and having upper end portions and lower end portions, said generally vertical supports comprising a plurality of stop members spaced therealong; couplers at said upper end portions of said generally vertical supports, wherein said couplers are configured to join said upper end portion of one of said generally vertical supports to said lower end portion of another of said generally vertical supports; a plurality of cross supports, said cross supports having end portions for engaging said generally vertical supports between said stop members; wherein at least one of said end portions of each of said cross supports releasably engages one of said generally vertical supports between adjacent ones of said stop members, and wherein said stop members are configured to limit movement of said cross support along said generally vertical support; and wherein, when assembled with said couplers joining respective upper and lower end portions together and with at least one cross support engaged with respective generally vertical supports said plant support assembly comprises at least two generally parallel and generally vertical support structures each comprising at least two individual supports coupled together by at least one respective coupler.