TWM654193U - Plants supporting shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

A plant support frame includes a support unit. The support unit includes at least one frame at least a portion of which is bent and extended. At least one of the frames includes a plurality of frame members that are separably connected to each other. At least one of the frame members is formed with a plurality of through holes spaced apart from each other. The feature of the new model is that since at least a portion of the bent frame does not extend completely straight, the shape of the new model is closer to the natural posture of the bent and extended branches of trees in nature compared to existing products. In addition to being conducive to plants leaning and growing in a more natural way, which can make the plants healthier, it can also make the gardening landscaping look more natural and have more changes.

Description

Plant support

The present invention relates to a plant-planting product, in particular to a plant supporting frame.

Climbing plants are plants that have thin stems and are difficult to support their own weight, so they need to cling to other plants or objects to get sunlight. Climbing plants is a general term, but there are actually many different species. Climbing plants are also favored by gardening enthusiasts because of their diversity.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , Taiwan Patent Publication No. 134146 discloses a conventional plant support frame 1, including a straight cylindrical frame 11. The frame 11 includes two frame members 111 that are split apart from each other and are semi-cylindrical in shape. Each of the frame members 111 is formed with a plurality of long holes 112 extending in straight lines. The plant support frame 1 can be used for a climbing plant to climb as shown in FIG. 2 . However, since the plant support frame 1 is a straight cylindrical body, its shape is different from the branches of trees in nature, and is not in line with the natural growth and climbing conditions of climbing plants, and further improvement is needed.

The purpose of the present invention is to improve at least one disadvantage of the prior art.

The novel plant support frame includes a support unit. The support unit includes at least one frame body at least a portion of which is bent and extended. At least one of the frames includes a plurality of frame members separably spliced together. At least one of the frame members is formed with a plurality of through holes spaced apart from each other.

The effect of the present invention is that at least a portion of the bent frame is not completely straight, so the shape of the present invention is closer to the natural posture of the bent and extended branches of trees in nature compared to existing products. In addition to being conducive to plants leaning and growing in a more natural way, making the plants healthier, it can also make the gardening landscaping look more natural and have more changes.

3 , 4 , and 5 , an embodiment of the novel plant support frame includes a base unit 2 , a support unit 3 extending upward from the base unit 2 , and an accessory unit 4 disposed on the support unit 3 .

The base unit 2 includes a central assembly portion 21 located in the center, an eccentric assembly portion 22 not located in the center, and a seat body portion 23 surrounding the central assembly portion 21 and the eccentric assembly portion 22 and having a disc-shaped appearance.

Each of the central assembly portion 21 and the eccentric assembly portion 22 is in a circular ring shape and forms three assembly blocks 24 spaced at equal angles from each other for assembly and connection of the bracket unit 3 (see FIG. 4 , which is not fully clearly shown due to the viewing angle).

The base portion 23 is formed with a plurality of through holes 25 and through holes 26 that are spaced apart from each other and pass through the base portion 23 vertically.

Each through hole 25 includes a plurality of wide hole sections 251 which are spaced apart from each other and extend in an arc shape, and a plurality of narrow hole sections 252 which connect the wide hole sections 251 and extend in an arc shape. Each through hole 26 is in the shape of a single circular hole.

The support unit 3 includes a plurality of frames 31 assembled and connected to each other. In the first embodiment, two of the frames 31 are in the shape of curved and unbranched tubes and connected to each other up and down. The remaining one of the frames 31 is in the shape of a curved and trifurcated (Y-shaped) tube.

In the present embodiment, each of the frames 31 includes two frame members 32 that are spliced together opposite to each other. However, in other embodiments of the present invention, the frame 31 may also include three or more frame members 32 of smaller size, and the frame members 32 are spliced together in pairs.

A plurality of hook portions 321 (see FIG. 4 ) are formed around one of the frame members 32 of each frame 31, and a plurality of hook holes 322 (see FIG. 4 ) are formed on both sides of the other frame member 32. The hook portions 321 and the hook holes 322 of each frame 31 are used to allow the frame members 32 to be separably connected together to form a respective frame 31.

Each of the frame members 32 is formed with a plurality of through holes 323 spaced apart from each other. Some of the through holes 323 are continuous holes 324, and the other ones of the through holes 323 are single holes 325.

Each of the connecting holes 324 includes a plurality of wide hole areas 324a which are spaced apart from each other and extend in an arc shape, and a plurality of narrow hole areas 324b which connect the wide hole areas 324a and extend in an arc shape. Each of the single holes 325 is in the shape of a single circular hole.

Referring to FIGS. 5, 6, 7, and 8, each of the frames 31 includes at least one first assembly end 33 and one second assembly end 34 defined by the corresponding frame members 32 and having a circular cross-section. Specifically, the unbranched frame 31 includes one first assembly end 33 and one second assembly end 34 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The three-pronged frame 31 includes two first assembly ends 33 and one second assembly end 34 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. In other embodiments of the present invention, the three-pronged frame 31 may also include one first assembly end 33 and two second assembly ends 34.

Each of the first assembly ends 33 includes at least three arc-spaced blocks 331. Each of the second assembly ends 34 includes three arc-spaced L-shaped grooves 341. By means of the aforementioned design of the blocks 331 and the grooves 341, the second assembly end 34 of each frame 31 can be detachably assembled with the first assembly end 33 of another frame 31.

5, 7, and 9, each of the first assembly ends 33 further includes four fan-shaped positioning ribs 332 protruding inward from the inner circumference. The positioning ribs 332 cooperate to define a cross-shaped positioning space 333 suitable for a core wire 5 to pass through.

3 , 4 , and 10 , the accessory unit 4 includes a positioning fork 41 that can be detachably inserted into one of the frames 31 , and a hangtag 42 that can be detachably hung on one of the frames 31 .

The positioning fork 41 is U-shaped and can be separately inserted into the through hole 323. Specifically, the positioning fork 41 can be inserted into the wide hole areas 324a of the same through hole 323 as shown in FIG3. Alternatively, the positioning fork 41 can also be inserted into the wide hole areas 324a of different through holes 323, or into the wide hole area 324a of one through hole 323 and one of the single holes 325.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5, and 9, when using this embodiment, the separated frame members 32 can be filled with a substrate such as sphagnum moss or culture soil as shown in Fig. 4, and then the core wire 5 can be arranged in one of the frame members 32 of each frame body 31, and then the frame members 32 can be snap-fitted and assembled together to form the frame bodies 31, so that the core wire 5 can be conveniently buried in the substrate as shown in Fig. 9. In other words, the advantage of each frame body 31 including the frame members 32 that can be separably spliced together is that it is convenient to fill the substrate and arrange the core wire 5.

In addition, the positioning ribs 332 can not only assist in positioning the core wire 5 in the positioning space 333 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 9 , but also prevent the core wire 5 from being squeezed by the matrix and deviating during the filling process.

Next, the frames 31 are assembled together in such a manner that a first assembly end 33 corresponds to a second assembly end 34, and the frame 31 located at the bottom is inserted into one of the eccentric assembly portion 22 and the central assembly portion 21 of the base unit 2 to complete the assembly.

Referring to Figures 3, 4, and 10, when used, this embodiment can be placed on a potted plant for plants with softer branches planted in the pot to lean on, or for climbing plants that cannot stand on their own to climb. Since the frames 31 of this embodiment are curved and extended rather than just straight, this embodiment can simulate the branches of trees in nature, allowing plants to grow in a more natural way, which is beneficial to the health of the plants.

Another feature of this embodiment is that, since each of the first assembly ends 33 includes three clamping blocks 331 (see FIG. 5 ), and each of the second assembly ends 34 includes three clamping grooves 341 (see FIG. 6 ), each of the frames 31 can be clamped with another of the frames 31 at different angles (orientations), thereby being able to change to different extension configurations as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 10 . Similarly, the base unit 2 includes both the central assembly portion 21 and the eccentric assembly portion 22, which can also allow this embodiment to change to more different configurations.

In addition, when the present embodiment is used with climbing plants, since the climbing plants cannot lean on the present embodiment by themselves at the beginning, the stems of the climbing plants can be positioned on the present embodiment through the positioning fork 41 of the accessory unit 4 as shown in FIG. 10 . The narrow hole areas 324b of each connecting hole 324 are not conducive to the fork legs of the positioning fork 41 passing through, so each narrow hole area 324b can assist in limiting the positioning fork 41 in a respective wide hole area 324a. In addition, the hanging tag 42 of the accessory unit 4 can be used to identify the type of plant planted with the present embodiment.

In summary, the utility of the novel plant support frame is that: since the frame 31, which is at least partially bent, does not extend completely straight, the shape of the novel plant support frame is closer to the natural posture of the bending and extending branches of trees in nature compared to existing products. In addition to being conducive to plants leaning and growing in a more natural way, which can make the plants healthier, it can also make the gardening landscaping look more natural and have more changes.

The above is only an embodiment of the present invention and cannot be used to limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention. In addition, simple equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the patent specification should also be covered by the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

2: Base unit 21: Central assembly section 22: Eccentric assembly section 23: Seat body 24: Assembly block 25: Through hole 251: Wide hole section 252: Narrow hole section 26: Through hole 3: Bracket unit 31: Bracket body 32: Bracket component 321: Hook section 322: Hook hole section 323: Through hole 324: Connecting hole 324a: Wide hole area 324b: Narrow hole area 325: Single hole 33: First assembly end 331: Block 332: Positioning rib 333: Positioning space 34: Second assembly end 341: Groove 4: Accessory unit 41: Positioning fork 42: Hanging tag 5: Core wire

Other features and functions of the present invention will be clearly presented in the implementation method of the reference drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a three-dimensional exploded view, illustrating an existing plant support frame; Figure 2 is a front view, illustrating the existing plant support frame; Figure 3 is a three-dimensional view, illustrating an embodiment of the present plant support frame; Figure 4 is a three-dimensional exploded view, illustrating the embodiment; Figure 5 is an incomplete three-dimensional view, illustrating a first assembly end of one of the frames of the embodiment; Figure 6 is an incomplete three-dimensional view, illustrating a second assembly end of one of the frames of the embodiment; Figure 7 is a three-dimensional view, illustrating another frame of the embodiment; Figure 8 is a three-dimensional view, illustrating another frame; FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway cross-sectional view illustrating the use of the embodiment; and FIG. 10 is a three-dimensional view illustrating the use of the embodiment.

2: Base unit

21: Central Assembly Department

22: Eccentric assembly part

23: Seat body

24: Assembly block

25: Through hole

251: Wide hole section

252: Narrow hole section

26:Through hole

3: Bracket unit

31: Frame

32: Frame parts

321: Hook section

322: Hook hole

323:Piercing

324: Connecting holes

324a: Wide hole area

324b: Narrow hole area

325: Single hole

33: First assembly end

331: Card block

332: Positioning ribs

34: Second assembly end

4: Accessories unit

41: Positioning fork

42:Tag

Claims (13)

A plant support frame, comprising: A support unit, including at least one frame body at least a portion of which is bent and extended, at least one of which includes a plurality of frame members separably spliced together, and at least one of the frame members is formed with a plurality of through holes spaced apart from each other. A plant support frame as described in claim 1, wherein the support unit includes a plurality of frames, at least one of which is in the shape of a bent and unbranched tube, and at least another one of which is in the shape of a bent and trifurcated tube. The plant support frame as described in claim 1 also includes a base unit on which the support unit can be assembled. A plant support stand as described in claim 3, wherein the base unit includes an eccentric assembly portion that is not located in the center and on which the support unit can be set. A plant support frame as described in claim 3 or 4, wherein the base unit includes a central assembly part located in the center and capable of mounting the support unit. A plant support frame as described in claim 1, wherein the support unit includes a plurality of frames, each of which includes a first assembly end and a second assembly end with a circular ring cross-section, each of the first assembly ends includes a plurality of blocks spaced arcuately from each other, and each of the second assembly ends includes a plurality of grooves spaced arcuately from each other, and the second assembly end of each frame can be detachably assembled with the first assembly end of another frame. A plant support stand as described in claim 6, wherein each of the grooves is L-shaped. The plant support frame as described in claim 1 also includes a positioning fork that can be detachably inserted into one or more of the through holes. The plant support frame as described in claim 1 also includes a tag that can be detachably hung on at least one of the frames. A plant support frame as described in claim 1, wherein some of the through holes are connected holes, each of the connected holes includes a plurality of wide hole areas spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of narrow hole areas connecting the wide hole areas. A plant support as described in claim 10, wherein another number of the through holes are single holes. The plant support frame as described in claim 10 also includes a positioning fork that can be detachably inserted into several of the wide hole areas. The plant support frame as described in claim 1 is suitable for use with a core wire, wherein at least one of the frames is suitable for the core wire to pass through, and includes a plurality of positioning ribs protruding inward from the inner circumference, and the positioning ribs are suitable for cooperating to position the core wire.

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