Patent ID: 7143543

Claim:
An apparatus for supporting and displaying an ornamental plant pot above a ground surface, said apparatus comprising: a unitary and single body having directly abutted and confronting lower end portions registered orthogonal to a ground surface, said lower end portions having rectilinear shapes and extending vertically upwardly from the ground surface and terminating at a predetermined height thereabove, said body further having a top portion monolithically formed with a top edge of said lower end portions, said top portion having a heart shape and extending vertically upwardly from said lower end portions wherein said top portion is disposed coplanar with said lower end portions; a pair of coextensively shaped support rods directly conjoined to said lower end portions and said top portion of said body wherein said support rods are coextensively shaped and uniformly confront a longitudinal length of said body; a base plate having planar top and bottom surfaces directly engaged with a bottom edge of said lower end portions and the ground surface; and an anchor rod directly conjoined to said bottom surface of said base plate and oriented orthogonal thereto, said anchor rod extending vertically down and away from said base plate and being coplanar with said lower end portions of said body, said anchor rod being nested below the ground surface for maintaining said body at a fixed position during inclement weather conditions; wherein said support rods comprise monolithically formed upper and lower regions, said lower regions having longitudinal lengths greater than longitudinal lengths of said upper regions, said upper regions being vertically offset from said lower regions wherein said upper regions flange outwardly and away from a top edge of said lower regions; wherein said upper regions maintain continuous and uniform contact with said top portion of said body for preventing said body from undesirably bowing outwardly and away from said lower end portions when a plant pot is attached to said top portion of said body.