Patent ID: 7735259

Claim:
An adjustable plant stake assembly comprising: a plurality of plant stakes, each of said plant stakes being adapted to be erected in a substantially upright manner relative to a support surface, and arranged in spaced-apart relation to one another; a cross brace having a bracket with an end clip on each end that secures the cross brace to two adjacent plant stakes, said end clips being pivotally mounted on an axis that is transverse to a longitudinal length of said bracket to allow said cross brace to be secured to said plant stakes when not perpendicular thereto through pivoting of said end clips to a position that is out of linear alignment with said bracket, said bracket having an outer bracket member and an inner bracket member slidably arranged adjacent one another to adjust an overall length of said cross brace, one of said outer and said inner bracket members having two side walls separated from one another by a spacer to form upper and lower grooves, the other of said outer and said inner bracket members having upper and lower flanges that are received in said upper and lower grooves, respectively, said upper and lower flanges sliding longitudinally in said respective grooves when said cross brace overall length is being adjusted; and a stake anchor having a ground portion that is driven into the ground to hold the anchor, a step used to apply the force necessary to drive the stake anchor, and a plant stake support into which an end of a plant stake is inserted and held in a substantially vertical orientation when the ground portion is in the ground.