HANGING FLOWER BASKET TOOL

OUTIL POUR PLACER DES POTS DE FLEURS SUSPENDUS SUR LEURS SUPPORTS

English Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A tool for lifting a suspended flower pot
that fastens about the bottom and sides of a suspended
flower pot so as to lift it on or off its suspended
support. The tool is in the form of a pole fitted
at its working end with a ring of the general outer
diameter of a flower pot, with the ring joined by
two L-shaped support rods which extend into an axial
end hole in the pole.

Claims

The embodiments in which an exclusive property or
privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A tool for lifting a suspended flower pot
onto or off a suspension support comprising
a pole section, and
a jaw section attached by a shank section of the
jaw section of the pole section,
said jaw section formed of a ring member fixed to
a pair of spaced opposed L-shaped leg members which are
joined to the said shank section, in which the shank section
of the jaw section fits within an axial hole of the pole
section, together with adjustable clamping means to fix the
shank section in position to the pole section, with
each L-shaped leg member formed of a first leg
section that extends from the attached ring member generally
perpendicular to the plane of the ring member, and a second
leg section that extends generally perpendicular to the first
leg section and perpendicular to a shank member to which it
is joined, with both shank members joined along their length
to form the said shank section and extending generally along
an axis perpendicular to the center of the ring member, such
that the bottom of a flower pot being lifted may rest on said
second leg sections and against the ring member encircling
the mid-section of said flower pot and with the shank section
and pole section extending below the bottom of the lifted
flower pot.
4.

Description

S~l~v~P~Y OF TI~ I~J~NTION
My invention is a tool for lifting æ sus~ended
flower pot that fastens about t'ne bottom and sides of
a suspended flower pot so as to liM it on or off its
suspended support The tool is in the form of a pole
fitted at its working end with a ring of the i~eneræl
outer diameter of æ flower pot, with the rin_ joined
by two L-shaped support rods which extend into an
axial end hole in the pole.
By means OL n~T invention, a flower pot or
basket may be lifted above the head of the person
holding the tool to fasten to a hool~, or reædil~
removed from a hoo~, as desired.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRA~-INGS
The objects and leatures o~ the invention may
be understood with reference to the followinO detailed

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description of an illustrative embodiment of the
invention, taken together with the accompanying drawings
in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention
in use,
FIG. 2 is an elevation view of the invention;
and
EIG. 3 i~ a plan view of the invention.
DESCRIPTION OF T~E PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in
which similar reference characters denote similar
elements throughout the serveral views FIGS. 1-3
illustrate the tool 10 formed of a hollow pole 11 with
the jaw unit 14 slidably mounted in the axial hole 12
. of pole 11 and fixed in poæition by thumbscrew ~
laterally threaded in the wall of pole 11 that bears
against the shank section 16 of ~aw unit 14.
Jaw unit 14 is formed of an open ring 21
mounted in a plane perpendicular to the axis of pole
11 and shank section 165 with ring 21 fitted on its
perimeter to two L-shaped support rods 18. Each support
rod 18 i6 formed of a firæt leg 22 fixed to ring 21
and extending generally perpendicular to the plane of
the ring 21 towards and joining a second leg 23, that
extends generally parallel to the plane of rim 21,
towards and joining the third leg 24 that extends in
the axial direction of shank 16 and pole 11 away from
ring 21, The two legs 24 arP joined together to form
the shank section 16 of jaw unit 14, Brace members

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26 may join the ring 21 with each first leg 22,
and ring 21 is of a diameter to fit loosely about the
mid-section 30 of a flower pot 40, with legs 22 of a
length to enable legs 23 to rest against the bottom
39 of a pot, the mid-section 31 of which is encircled
by ring 21.
Tool 10 may be formed of many combinations of
different size jaw sections 14 to fit about pots of
different sizes.
Legs 22 may extend in tapered fashion from the
perimeter of a ring 21 to legs 23 which are shorter
than the radius of ring 21 to fit about tapered
pots.
Since obvious changes may be made in the specific
embodiment of the invention described herein, such
modifications being within the spirit and scope of the
invention claimed, it is indicated that all matter
contained herein i8 intended as illustrative and not
as limiting in scope.