US107073A - Improvement in flower-pots, vases, and baskets - Google Patents

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THOMAS MCcLnNlE, 0F 4 H ARTFCRD, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent A' 107,07 3, dated September 6, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLOWER-POTS, VASES, AND BASKETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making' part of the same.

vTo all ywhom t may concern:

Beit known that I, THOMAS McCLUxln, ct the city and county ot'Hartbrd and State of Connecticut,

have invented certain new and usci'ul Improvement-s in Flower-Baskets, Vases, Pots, &c.; and toen-able others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, I will proceed to describe, referring to the drawing, in which the saine letters indicate like parts in each ot' the tigures.

This invention relates to an attachment to the bottom or under side of a banging basket, pot, or ljowcrstand, which both renders it useful and ornamental.

1t consists of a metal plate, havingan opening near its center, and'provded with an elastic or spring clasp or holder to hold a glass reservoir, so that it can be easily and quickly removed and replaced, the object of which is to catch the drip ti'oln the pot or vase, and also to allow the vapor therefromv to ascend through said opening to the earth in the stand, vase, or basket, thus-avoiding extreme wet or elvtrelne drouth, which is so hurtful to plants.

- There niust necessarily be a hole or holes in the bottom of the basket, vase, or stand, butV the apparatus can be fastened to the bottoni, where only one hole is provided, in tlie center of the bottom.

It has been objectionable to have hanging baskets or vases in a .roorn or veranda because'of the drippings. To obviate this objection is the production ot' this improvement..

1n the accompanying drawing- Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations of this invention.

Figure 3 is a sectional side elevation ot' this invention.

Figure 4 is a piece of sheet-metal, showing how it is. tirst cut to be toi-ined into Aone utf these elasticrspring-clasp holders, by means ot' which the globe or reservoir is held closely to the under side of the bottom of the pot or vase, and so that it can be easily and quickly attached and detached therefrom when desirable.

a is a potor vase for growingtlower-plants, formed of one piece ot' wood, or of fancy-work or sprigs or sprouts.

b is an earthen or metal lining arranged inside of the body ot' the vase or basket'.

c is a concave drip-plate, whichis arranged on the bottoni of the basket, and conducts wastewater to its center oritice, thence yto the drip-reservoir.

l is an elastic spring holder, the prongs c of which are bent S-shape, so that the neck f ot' the reservoir or globe g lnay be pushed over the bilge portion hof the. elastic spring-holder prongs e, and be held closely thereby to the bottoni or under side or the basket or vase.

lhis holder is secured to the bottoni or under side of the vase or basket by ine-ans of screws, or by wiring through the oritice in the bottom.

l sometimes arrange a washer ot' India rubber or other' suitable material between the, bolderplate, (near its outer edge) and the bottoni of the vaso or basket, to prevent water ti'oln dripping over its edge, (see iig. 4.) y

The upper end, or, this reservoir-plate is formed concave, to conduct the drip-water toward its center oritice, and into the body thereot'; thus this reservoir or globe can be easily and quickly removed and replaced at pleasure.

, The urn or vase 'i is turned or formed of one piece ot' wood, and is provided with ornamental pendants k.

l believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantage ot' this invention, so as to enable others skilled in the art to Ina-ke and use the same therefrom. p

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The elastic spring holder d, the vase or basket and globe or reservoir g, constructed and arranged substantially as set tol-th.

THOMAS MCCLUNI'E. [11. s.]

\Vitnesses: y

ALBERT H. NORTH, J. W. Buss.'

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