Patent ID: 7802399

Claim:
A plant stand comprising: a base having a circular metal wire ring and at least one chord segment; where the circular ring has a center and where the radius of the circular ring is sized to fit in the bottom of a garden pot and sized to precisely fit the garden pot, and; where each chord segment connects two points on the circular wire ring; a plurality of locking arms, each having an upright segment and a horizontal segment; where the upright segment of each locking arm extends upward from the circular ring and is angled radially outward at an angle to conform to an inner wall of the garden pot; and where the horizontal segment extends radially inward and joins together with all of the other locking arms at a point above the center of the circular wire ring, and; a main shaft, joined with the horizontal segments of the locking arms above the center of the circular ring and extending vertically above the point where the locking arms are joined together, and; a support bar affixed between said base and the horizontal segment of one of said locking arms.