IP Library Granted Patent US 11,627,705
Granted Patent B2
US 11,627,705 · App. 16/878,918 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Hanging planter with obscured attachment point

Inventor: Fred Joseph Ryan (Newtown, CT)
Assignee: CLASSIC HOME & GARDEN, LLC
A01G9/024A01G27/005
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Patent No.
US 11,627,705
App. No.
16/878,918
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A planter includes a wall and a rim formed at an open end portion of the wall. A set of holes is formed through the wall and is disposed on a surface beneath the rim. The surface beneath the rim includes a shape to obscure a view of the hole below the rim.

Claims (28)

1. A planter, comprising:

a wall that includes a set of holes through a surface of a top portion of the wall;

a rim formed at an open end portion of the wall, above the set of holes; and

a hanger assembly including a set of attachment features, each attachment feature having two arms that branch from a common point at the attachment feature, including:

a first arm that is configured to engage an inner surface of the planter at a first height; and

a second arm that extends around the rim and includes an internally facing hook, at a distal end portion, that hooks under the rim and passes through a respective hole in the set of holes and bends toward the rim to secure the planter in a hanging arrangement,

wherein each first arm has a point of contact with the inner surface of the planter that is between the rim and the respective hole in the set of holes and each second arm terminates at a height between the point of contact of a respective first arm and the respective hole in the set of holes.

2. The planter as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second arm engages an external surface of the planter at a second height that is farther from the rim than the first height.

3. The planter as recited in claim 1 , wherein the hanger assembly includes a one piece monolithic construction.

4. The planter as recited in claim 1 , wherein the rim includes a smooth contour such that the set of holes provide the only attachment points for the hanger assembly to secure the planter.

5. The planter of claim 1 , wherein each second arm includes a curved length that extends from the common point to a respective hole from the set of holes and the internally facing hook at a distal end of the curved length.

6. The planter as recited in claim 1 , wherein the hanger assembly further includes:

a top hook; and

a set of cables attached at a proximal end to the hook, wherein each of the attachment features is at a distal end of a respective cable of the set of cables.

7. The planter as recited in claim 6 , wherein the set of cables includes four cables.

8. The planter as recited in claim 7 , wherein the set of cables is attached to the top hook in a linear arrangement.

9. The planter as recited in claim 8 , wherein a first pair of the attachment features have the first arm pointing in a same first direction and a second pair of the attachment features having the first arm pointing in a same second direction, opposite to the first direction.

10. The planter as recited in claim 1 , wherein the rim has an outside diameter that is larger than an outside diameter of a section of the top portion of the wall that includes the set of holes.

11. A planter, comprising:

a wall that includes a set of holes through a surface of a top portion of the wall;

a rim formed at an open end portion of the wall, above the set of holes; and

a hanger assembly including:

a top hook;

a set of cables attached at a proximal end to the hook, each cable including a respective attachment feature at a distal end, each attachment feature having two arms that branch from a common point at the attachment feature, including:

a first arm that is configured to engage an inner surface of the planter at a first height; and

a second arm that engages an external surface of the planter at a second height that is farther from the rim than the first height and that extends around the rim and includes an internally facing hook, at a distal end portion, that hooks under the rim and passes through a respective hole in the set of holes and bends toward the rim to secure the planter in a hanging arrangement,

wherein each first arm has a point of contact with the inner surface of the planter that is between the rim and the respective hole in the set of holes and each second arm terminates at a height between the point of contact of a respective first arm and the respective hole in the set of holes.

12. The planter as recited in claim 11 , wherein the first arm engages the inner surface of the planter with a distal end, the distal end including a portion having a thickness that is greater than a thickness of a middle portion of the first arm.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2024
From: CLASSIC HOME & GARDEN, LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 067634/0964 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2024
From: CLASSIC HOME & GARDEN, LLC
To: TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067494/0708 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2020
From: RYAN, FRED JOSEPH
To: CLASSIC HOME & GARDEN, LLC
Reel/Frame 052712/0149 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15485393 · Apr 12, 2017
Provisional Application 62325232 · Apr 20, 2016
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