Plant stake and centering means therefor

Claim 1

FOR USE IN CENTERING AND SUPPORTING A PLANT TO GROW IN SOIL MATERIAL SURROUNDING AND EMBRACING A ROOT SYSTEM IN A POT HAVING A MOUTH, A FORESHORTENED BASE WITH A HOLE, AND UNIFORMLY TAPERED INTERIOR SIDE WALL OF FRIABLE MATERIAL CONNECTING THE MOUTH AND BASE, AN IMPROVED PLANT SUPPORT FOR POTS, COMPRISING A COMBINATION; A PLANT STAKE OF FIBROUS MATERIAL, AN OPEN FLOORWORK IN THE POT, AND MEANS CONNECTING THE STAKE TO THE FLOORWORK IN UPSTANDING RELATION; SAID FLOORWORK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTED MEMBERS EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM A CENTRAL ZONE AS SEEN IN PLAN TO TERMINAL ENDS DEFINING AN AREA SLIGHTLY ENLARGED WITH RESPECT TO THE AREA OF THE POT BASE, BASE FLOORWORK BEING NESTABLE AS A TRANSVERSE OPEN FLOOR AT JUST ABOVE THE PLANE OF SAID BASE, SAID TERMINAL ENDS BEING SHARP TO SCRAPE THE INTERIOR WALL ON PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE FLOORWORK TO MOVE IT TOWARD THE BASE TO SCRAPE THE INTERIOR WALL FROM A PLANE JUST ABOVE THE PLANE OF NESTING AND TO BITE INTO THE INTERIOR WALL TO RESIST REMOVAL OF THE COMBINATION FROM THE POT.