Terrarium and stand therefor

Claim 1

A terrarium formed of components that may be packaged and shipped in a knock-down disassembled condition and readily assembled by the user, said components including a pair of separately formed semi-spherical shaped members comprising an upper semi-spherical shaped member and a lower semi-spherical shaped member, each said semi-spherical shaped member molded of plastic material in the same first mold cavity, each having interfitting rims whereby the two semi-spherical shaped members are positioned and joined one above the other to form a single hollow globular bowl-shaped member, with said interfitting rims extending within the exterior surfaces of said semi-spherical shaped members so that the two semi-spherical shaped members when joined form a continuous exterior surface at their juncture which does not extend outwardly of said surface, said upper member having a central opening at the top thereof, said lower semispherical shaped member having a horizontal planar wall at the bottom thereof, said components including a stand for supporting said single hollow globular bowl-shaped member, said stand formed of a pair of identical but separately formed bell-shaped hollow sections each molded of plastic material in the same second mold cavity and each having an outer annular edge at one end with a cross wall at the opposite end, one of said bell-shaped sections being above and inverted with respect to the other, said bellshaped sections being secured together at said cross walls, by fastening means, the lower walls of said lower spherical-shaped member seated within the upper one of said bell-shaped hollow sections without being fastened thereto, with the globular wall surface engaging the wall surface of said upper bell-shaped section immediately adjacent the outer annular edge thereof, with said horizontal planar wall positioned within said upper bellshaped section and below the annular outer edgE of said upper bell-shaped section.