DE8914479U1 - Trellis kit - Google Patents

Description

Trellis kit

The invention relates to a kit of trellises for forming transportable, transplantable, overgrown column arches and the like with the help of climbing plants according to the preamble of claim 1.

It is known to train climbing plants, such as ivy, to the above-mentioned shapes on stationary trellises. The trellises in the desired shape and size were made of wood, steel or other materials and installed in a stationary position, flush with the ground, and planted. By guiding the plant shoots and cutting them, the desired shapes could then be achieved over the course of several years. However, this meant that a half-finished impression had to be tolerated for years and

It is also known to provide long, narrow troughs with appropriately wide trellises and to plant climbing plants over them, which then serve as mobile wall segments for various purposes in the garden for framing or dividing up spaces. The narrow troughs with overgrown trellises are, however ^, suitable for transplanting.

The present invention makes it possible to pre-cultivate these plant forms in containers and to transport and plant them on site in a finished state. This object is achieved by the characterizing features of claim 1, wherein a dimensionally stable basket-shaped frame accommodates a commercially available plastic container with holes all around, in which suitable climbing plants are planted and cultivated. With the help of holes in the outward-facing legs on the bottom of the basket-shaped frame, transport locks can be attached to pallets when transporting planted trellises, or a permanent anchoring at the final location of the kit. A band-shaped ring on the bottom of the frame accommodates the grid container and at the same time serves to stabilize the shape of the frame.

Details of the invention are explained in more detail with the help of embodiments shown in the drawing. They show:

Figure 1 a kit for climbing plants with basket-shaped frame, grid container, column-shaped trellis and attached globe light,

Figure 2 shows a construction kit according to Figure 1 with a mounted lattice ball and

Figure 3 shows a kit with a trellis in the form of half an arch.

Figures 1-3 show a three-dimensional illustration of a kit for climbing plants according to the invention. It consists of a stable climbing frame (1) welded together from flat steel, which is screwed onto a dimensionally stable steel frame (2). The base (3) of the basket-shaped frame (2) consists of flat steel sections (5) welded together radially and provided with holes (4), to the ends of which U-shaped sections (6) pointing upwards at right angles are welded.

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The sections (5) and (6) each form the legs of the basket-shaped frame (2). A ring (7) bent from flat steel is welded to the basket base (3) for stabilization and to accommodate a grid container (8), whereby the holes (4) remain free for anchoring to the ground. The climbing plants are planted out and cultivated in the grid container (8). To protect the roots from light and to avoid soil substrate loss, an opaque film (8a) is shrunk onto the outside of the grid container (8), which together with the grid container (S) forms the container for the plants and the transport packaging. It is removed before planting at the destination so that the roots can grow through the holes in the grid container (8) into the surrounding soil.

Climbing frames (1) such as columns or v-sections for a plant arch are screwed onto holes (9) at the upper end of the U-shaped external sections (6) of the frame (2). In Figures 1 and 2, the climbing frame (1) consists of a plant column (10) which has further holes (11) at its upper end for receiving end elements (12) to be covered with climbing plants. These end elements can be designed as a lattice-shaped ball, as a cone, dome, crown, pyramid, disc and the like, as shown in Figure 2.

W Another purpose of the invention is to make the plant columns (10) into supports for lights. For this purpose, in the

A cable protection pipe (13) is embedded in the grid container (8). The cable protection pipe (13) is guided in the column (10) and a cable connection box (14) is provided for its fastening, which also finds its place inside the column (10) and is screwed to holes (15) in two webs of the column with tabs (16). A height-adjustable lamp base (18) is mounted on the end of the column to accommodate a ball lamp (17). Likewise, lamps in the form of spotlights with downward-directed light cones can be mounted in the segments of the closing element (12), e.g. the grid ball, using holes (26) in the webs of the base of this element.

The plant column (10) according to Figures 1 and 2 has a band-shaped ring (19) at its lower end, with which it can be screwed to the upper ends of the four U-iron sections (6).

In a modification, Figure 3 shows the attachment of a trellis (1) in the form of a half-arch (20) to the basket-shaped frame (2). The trellis (1) here consists of two angle brackets (22) connected to one another by steel rungs (21). The fastening of the half-arch (20) to the upright frame (2) takes place here together with the flat steel sections (5) of the base (3) via the anchoring holes (4) and at the end of a U-iron section (<&) to which a central web (23) of the half-arch (20) is screwed into the hole (9). The arch half (20 5) can be screwed to a second arch half (20) placed opposite it at its upper end using holes (24). Larger arch widths or passage widths can also be achieved using intermediate elements (25) of any length.

Claims (7)

« 1. Kit of climbing frames for forming transportable, transplantable structures such as columns, pyramids, spheres and the like with the aid of climbing plants which are planted in a container which is to be firmly connected to the respective climbing frame, characterized in that the climbing frame (1) can be screwed onto a dimensionally stable, basket-shaped frame (2) , the base (3) of which consists of several legs (5, 6') directed radially outwards from the centre of the base and angled upwards at the ends, which on the one hand can be anchored to the ground via holes (4) on a base plate or a foundation and on which a band-shaped ring (7) is attached for stabilisation and for receiving a root-permeable grid container (8). 2. Kit according to claim 1, characterized in that the frame (2) accommodates a commercially available root-permeable grid container (8), onto which an opaque film (8a) is shrunk for root protection and for plant transport during plant cultivation, said film being to be removed before transplanting. 3. Kit according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the trellis (1) in the form of a column (10), a pyramid or an archway half (20) at holes in the frame (2) (9) are to be screwed onto these. 4.. Kit according to claim 3, characterized in that the trellis (IJ) in the form of a column (10) has at its lower end a band-shaped ring (19) which is to be fastened to the upper ends of the legs (5. 6) of the basket-shaped frame (2). 5. Kit according to claim 4, characterized in that the SSuIe (10) of the trellis (1) is to be screwed at its upper end to a closure element (12) in the form of a crown, dome, ball, cone, disc or the like by means of bores (11) to form a trellis (1). 6. Kit according to claim 5, characterized in that a lamp base (18) for a fixed or portable lamp (17) can be mounted on the upper end of the column (10) and a cable connection box (14") and a cable protection pipe (13) extending into the grid container (8) can be mounted in the column (10). 7. Kit according to claim 3, characterized in that the trellis (1) in the form of an arch is to be screwed at the lower end through the holes (4) on the bottom (3) of the basket-shaped frame (2) and the connection of two arch halves (20) as well as a widening of the arch with the help of an intermediate element (25) are to be screwed together through holes (24) at the upper ends of the arch halves.