US4048754A
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Window box planter with tool-free quick set-up and hanging adjustment
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-07-08
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Granted: 1977-09-20
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Expires: 1996-07-08
Abstract
Abstract A plant-holding type window box has wedge-tight spring-lock assembly-securance system providing rapid, tool-less set-up for use and knockdown for shipping or storage; plural hangers incrementally adjust in pre-spaced holes and screw-adjust in depth in coaction with screw adjustable stand-offs to mount the unit securely to all usual building-structure configurations; conveniently large and accessible assembly wedges so-relate visually to the wall members that the wall structure as a whole appears unitary when assembled; economical straight-cut fabrication is employed throughout to hold all edges of two-level plant pot holding structure.
Inventors
- 👤 Leon E. Laux
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 16:02
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47H; A47H27/00; A01; A01G; A01G9/00; A01G9/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
In a window box having front, back and end walls, plant holding means, and hanging and standoff means, the improvement comprising: at least one of the end walls and plant holding means being between the front and back walls for securance thereto, a member proximate each end of the window box extending horizontally thereacross, means for wedging one end of a said member for supportively drawing the front and back walls toward each other and thereby effecting said securance, the means for wedging including said member having a shank extending through the front and back walls, a wedge, means at the first end of the shank for engagement by the wedge, and mean at the second end of the shank for preventing the shank from being drawn through.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
In a window box having front, back and end walls, plant holding means, and hanging and standoff means, the improvement comprising: at least one of the end walls and plant holding means being between the front and back walls for securance thereto, a member proximate each end of the window box extending horizontally thereacross, means for wedging one end of a said member for supportively drawing the front and back walls toward each other and thereby effecting said securance, the means for wedging including said member having a shank extending through the front and back walls, a wedge, means at the first end of the shank for engagement by the wedge, and mean at the second end of the shank for preventing the shank from being drawn through.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
In a window box a recited in claim 1, said means for engagement including a loop in the shank, and a respective end wall being within the loop in the shank and between the front and back walls.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
In a window box as recited in claim 2, the wedge having a large end tapering out from the front wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
In a window box as recited in claim 3, the wedge having at least one end even with a vertical extent of the front wall, the front wall having extension beyond the end wall proximate the wedge and having an incline at the proximate front wall end corresponding to the wedge taper.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
In a window box as recited in claim 4, the wedge and front wall being coextensive in height and the proximate back wall end having an incline corresponding to the wedge taper.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
In a window box as recited in claim 5, the means at the second end of the shank including the shank loop having at the rearward end vertically extending structure engaging the back wall, the vertically extending structure forming less than a right angle with the shank, the wedge being proportioned for resiliently drawing the vertically extending structure toward an angle perpendicular to the shank upon assembly.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
In a window box as recited in claim 6, the plant holding means including an upper and a lower tray, the front and back walls having grooves for receiving edges of all said trays and end walls and the end walls having grooves for receiving edges of all said trays.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
In a window box as recited in claim 1, the plant holding means comprising an upper tray and a lower tray, means securing all said trays, each of the trays having a multiplicity of laterally spaced holes therethrough.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
In a window box as recited in claim 8, hanging means having a laterally tending portion for detachable securance to additional structure, and a vertically tending portion therefrom adjustably positionable downwardly through respective holes in the upper tray and the lower tray, and means for securing the lower end of the vertically tending portion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
In a window box as recited in claim 9, the additional structure comprising horizontal eye-type structure, and the hanging means having at the upper end a downward hook flaring out toward the horizontal at the terminus.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
In a window box as recited in claim 10, the means for securing the lower end including a threaded terminal portion thereof, a threaded block engageable with the threaded terminal portion in height adjustable relation, and a standoff having projection beyond the back wall and adjustable connection with the threaded block.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
In a window box as recited in claim 11, the standoff projecting through the rear wall.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
68 words
In a window box as recited in claim 6, a first end of the vertically extending structure extending to the upper edge of the back wall and having a portion forwardly extending thereover, and a second part of the vertically extending structure extending to the lower edge of the back wall and having a portion forwardly extending thereunder, all said forwardly extending portions securing the back wall therebetween.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1980-09-19 | 1981-03-21 | 1981-09-20 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1984-09-19 | 1985-03-21 | 1985-09-20 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1988-09-19 | 1989-03-21 | 1989-09-20 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |