Plant husbandry – Tree supports – Props
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-25
2001-09-04
Jordan, Charles T. (Department: 3644)
Plant husbandry
Tree supports
Props
Reexamination Certificate
active
06282836
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to tree supports and more particularly pertains to a new adjustable support system for trees for stabilizing limbs and a trunk of a tree.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of tree supports is known in the prior art. More specifically, tree supports heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art tree supports include U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,649,666 to Ness et al.; 4,519,162 to Stuckey; 5,341,593 to Foreman; 4,803,802 to Strumbos; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 335,802 to Klump; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 332,729 to Sessions.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new adjustable support system for trees. The inventive device includes a stake portion having a tapered lower end and a planar upper end. The tapered lower end penetrates a recipient surface adjacent to a tree. A support pole couples with the planar upper end of the stake portion. A plurality of support collars are slidably coupled with the upper section of the support pole. Each of the support collars have a peripheral flange extending outwardly thereof. The peripheral flange has a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures therethrough. A plurality of support cables are provided with each having inner ends securable to the apertures of the peripheral flange of the support collars. Outer ends of the support cables are looped with rubber hosing disposed thereon for engaging a tree limb.
In these respects, the adjustable support system for trees according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of stabilizing limbs and a trunk of a tree.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of tree supports now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new adjustable support system for trees construction wherein the same can be utilized for stabilizing limbs and a trunk of a tree.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new adjustable support system for trees apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the tree supports mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable support system for trees which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tree supports, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a stake portion having a tapered lower end and a planar upper end. The tapered lower end penetrates a recipient surface adjacent to a tree. A support pole is provided having an upper section and a lower section. The lower section telescopically receives the upper section. An open lower end of the lower section couples with the planar upper end of the stake portion. The upper portion has a plurality of apertures therethrough along a length thereof. The lower portion has a pair of radially opposed screws extending inwardly thereof for mating with two of the plurality of apertures to fix a height of the upper section with respect to the lower section. A plurality of support collars are slidably coupled with the upper section of the support pole. The support collars each have four radially disposed screws extending inwardly thereof for engaging the upper section of the support pole. Each of the support collars have a peripheral flange extending outwardly thereof. The peripheral flange has a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures therethrough. A plurality of support cables are provided with each having inner ends securable to the apertures of the peripheral flange of the support collars. Outer ends of the support cables are looped with rubber hosing disposed thereon for engaging a tree limb.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable support system for trees apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the tree supports mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable support system for trees which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tree supports, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable support system for trees which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable support system for trees which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable support system for trees which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such adjustable support system for trees economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable support system for trees which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable support system for trees for stabilizing limbs and a trunk of a tree.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable support system for trees which includes a stake portion having a tapered lower end and a planar upper end. The tapered lower end penetrates a recipient surface adjacent to a tree. A support pole couples with the planar upper end of the stake portion.
Goode Clifford E.
Goode Sadie M.
Jordan Charles T.
Palo Francis T.
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