Patent ID: 7966768

Claim:
An apparatus for growing of plants comprising: an elongated container in which plants are grown, said container, having a longitudinal axis and including an elongated horizontal bottom and a surrounding substantially vertical wall member attached to said bottom; said surrounding wall member being defined by a container inverted u-shaped upper rim and; a pair of outrigger members mounted under said bottom, adjacent opposite respective longitudinal ends thereof, each of said outrigger members including a) a central elongated section connected against and extending across said bottom and perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; b) means for connecting said section against said bottom, c) lateral elongated feet which extend a substantial distance horizontally from respective outer ends of said central elongated section beyond opposite longitudinal sides of said bottom for engaging with a base surface and stabilizing said apparatus from sideways tipping, each of said lateral elongated feet including an upstanding wall which engages against said wall member of said container whereby said container is laterally trapped to stabilize said apparatus; d) a longitudinally oriented foot which is connected to and extends horizontally from the midpoint of the length of said central elongated section beyond a longitudinal end of said bottom and said longitudinal foot having a means for removably mounting a vertical stake therein; a staking system interconnected with said foot and said upper rim for supporting the plants grown in said container including e) a single rigid vertical stake mounted by and extending upwardly from each mounting means of said longitudinally oriented foot, and f) a rigid horizontal stake extending above said container and having opposite ends mounted respectively to said rigid vertical stakes; g) means for removably mounting said opposite ends respectively to said vertical stakes whereby growing plants may be attached to and supported by said system as they grow up to said rigid horizontal stake, and h) clamping in means for securing intermediate portion of each of said single rigid vertical stakes to its respective adjacent portion of said inverted u-shaped upper rim.