Plant husbandry – Plant supports – Vertical
Patent
1995-10-06
1997-01-21
Melius, Terry Lee
Plant husbandry
Plant supports
Vertical
47 45, A01G 1706, A01G 1714
Patent
active
055950191
ABSTRACT:
A support for a plant has a rod with at least two spaced apart brackets, the uppermost bracket being proximate the upper end of the rod. One or more cages has means thereon adapted to cooperate with the brackets to connect the cage substantially concentrically about the rod. The depth of the uppermost cage from its top to its connecting means is greater than the distance from the uppermost bracket to the upper end of the rod, so that the top of the uppermost portion of the cage extends significantly above the top of the rod.
Preferably, each of the cages has a plurality of substantially horizontal loops fixed in spaced-apart relationship by a plurality of substantially vertical legs. The loops of each cage are substantially circular and each sequentially higher loop preferably has a diameter greater than an immediately preceding loop of the cage. Furthermore, a lowermost loop of each cage has a diameter greater than an uppermost loop of an immediately preceding cage so that the cages are easily nested in each other.
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Catalano Frank J.
Downs Joanne C.
Melius Terry Lee
Zingerman Scott R.
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