Patent ID: 8186101

Claim:
Planter apparatus for supporting live goods, comprising: A) an upwardly open rectangular container for containing soil and live goods planted therein, the rectangular container having a bottom, and a sidewall extending from the bottom to a rim and configured and arranged with an inner peripheral ledge off set from said rim, the inner peripheral ledge having four corners; B) a planter cage frame configured with four downwardly extending legs arranged in spaced relationship with respect to one another, the downwardly extending legs having upper and distal ends, two top ribs each respectively connecting the upper ends of two of the downwardly extending legs, and first transverse rib positioned between each two adjacent downwardly extending legs to thereby join the four downwardly extending legs, the first transverse rib spaced upwardly from the distal ends of said downwardly extending legs, the downwardly extending legs, top ribs and first transverse rib permanently joined together to form a one piece planter cage frame, said planter cage frame receivable on said container with the distal ends of the downwardly extending legs respectively supported on the inner peripheral ledge of the container sidewall at the four corners thereof and with the to ribs extending diagonally across the rectangular container; and C) two clips arranged for releasable attachment to said first transverse rib and to said rim at opposed positions thereon for retaining said planter cage frame and said container together, thereby configuring a single cooperative planter assembly that is liftable by grasping one or both top ribs.