Plant husbandry – Plant supports – Cage
Patent
1988-03-15
1989-08-22
Hafer, Robert A.
Plant husbandry
Plant supports
Cage
47 47, 47 31, 47 23, A01G 1706, A01G 1300, A01G 1310
Patent
active
048583804
ABSTRACT:
A guard structure for tomato plants which is characterized by a first enclosure having a selected cross-sectional area and height and shaped from wire mesh with supporting legs extended into the ground to anchor the first enclosure in a vertically upright configuration and a second enclosure of larger cross-sectional area, also constructed of wire mesh and provided with a hinged wire mesh lid, which second enclosure is stacked on top of the first enclosure. The enclosures are designed to be placed over one or more tomato plants, such that the first, or lower enclosure protects the lower portion of the stem or vine of the plant and the second, or upper enclosure protects the upper portion of the plant, including the fruit, from birds and animals. The hinged wire mesh lid facilitates opening the second enclosure of the guard structure to retrieve the fruit as the fruit ripens within the enclosures. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the second enclosure is cylindrical in shape and the first enclosure is tapered from a smaller diameter at the bottom to a larger diameter at the top thereof, in a funnel configuration to better facilitate access to the tomatos growing therein.
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Cofsky Lynda M.
Hafer Robert A.
Harrison John M.
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