Patent ID: 8375632

Claim:
An adjustable height planter system comprising an adjustable height planter assembly, a vertical support structure, said vertical support structure being tubular and having a cross-section shape from the group consisting of circular and noncircular, raising and lowering means for controllably moving the planter assembly relative to the support structure along a continuum of heights, from a lowest position to a highest position, a tether assembly having a first portion and a second portion, the tether assembly operably coupling the adjustable height planter assembly to the raising and lowering means, a pulley at a raised height, said tether assembly extending from said raising and lowering means over said pulley to said adjustable height planter assembly, said adjustable height planter assembly being coupled to and suspended from the second portion of the tether assembly, and said second portion of the tether assembly being external to the vertical support structure, and said first portion of the tether assembly being internal to the vertical support, and said raising and lowering means being configured to move the planter assembly along a continuum of heights, from the lowest position to the highest position by controllably adjusting the tether assembly from which the planter assembly is suspended, and said planter assembly comprising a planter container and being configured to substantially surround a portion of the vertical support structure and hold contents comprising a plant in a planting medium, said planter container having a top that is substantially-uncovered and remains substantially uncovered throughout the entire range of motion, including at the highest position, allowing the contents to be exposed throughout the entire range of motion, and said planter assembly including a channel through which the surrounded portion of the vertical support extends, and said planter assembly further comprising a drainage aperture, said drainage aperture being positioned and sized to automatically release from the planter assembly liquid accumulated in the planter container while contents are held in the planter container.