Self-rotating hanging plant support

Details Self-rotating hanging plant support Self-rotating hanging plant support

1995-04-24

1996-08-20

Melius, Terry Lee

Plant husbandry

Receptacle for growing medium

Hanging support

47 39, A01G 902, A47G 702

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055466982

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for supporting and rotating a hanging plant, including a housing with an upper hook fixedly attached to a top surface thereon. A lower hook extends from a bottom surface of the housing, and is for hanging and supporting a plant thereon. There is a light sensing mechanism, disposed on the outside of the housing, for detecting the amount of ambient light incident upon the housing, along with a rotary mechanism, disposed within the housing, for periodically rotating the lower hook whenever the amount of ambient light detected by the light sensing mechanism exceeds a threshold value. The rotary mechanism further includes a DC motor stationed within the housing, a reduction gearing assembly connected to an output shaft of the motor, and a vertically disposed shaft, rotatingly coupled to the reduction gearing assembly and connected to the lower hook.

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patent: 4969290 (1990-11-01), Skoretz
patent: 5315784 (1994-05-01), Henehan

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