US594474A - Plant-protector - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

L. G. HUNTER. PLANT PROTECTOR.

No. 594,474. Patented Nov. 30,1897.

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NITED STATES LAURA G. HUNTER, OF EWING, ILLINOIS.

PLANT- PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,474, dated November 30, 1897.

Ap li ation filed March 2'7, 1897. Serial No. 629,534. (No model.)

have invented a new and useful Plant-Pro tector, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plant-protectors, its object being to provide a protector which will be cheap and durable and one which cannot easily be displaced by wind, rain, &c.

WVith these ends in view the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the various parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved plant-protector. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the several figures.

The main body of the protector (indicated by 1) is made of heavy waterproof paper, preferably about the thickness of heavy pasteboard. The protector is cylindrical in form, and its upper end is closed and is preferably convex in its outer surface, as indicated at 2. The lower end of the paper body is open, and secured to this lower end is a strip of tin 3, bent into cylindrical form. This tin may fit either inside or outside of the paper body, as preferred, or its edge may be inserted into the body of the paper protector, as indicated in the drawings in Fig. 3.

4 represents a piece of wire bent to substantially U shape, with its looped end 5 fitting over the convex end of the protector and its parallel arms 6 extending down the sides of the protector opposite each other. The arms extend below the bottom edge of the tin strip 3 for a purpose to be hereinafter referred to. The middle portion of the looped end 5 of the wire is bent outwardly to form a handle 7, by means of which the protector can be moved from place to place. The wire is secured in place on the cover by a series of wire staples, (indicated by 8,) and similar staples secure the upper edge of the tin cylinder to the lower edge of the paper protector, as indicated at 9. It is of course to be understood that any other suitable fastening dethe protectors may be of any suitable size to adapt them for the special kind of plant to be protected.

In using the protector it is placed over the plant and the ends of the wire arms and the tin strip are forced downwardly into the ground. In this manner the protector cannot easily be blown out of position by the wind and no special fastening devices are required to keep it in place. By using the waterproof paper the protector will not be affected by rain, and it will consequently last for a long time.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A plant-protector, comprising a cylindrical main body portion made from heavy waterproof paper with its upper end closed, a sheetmetal cylindrical extension secured to the lower end of the paper cylinder, a wire bent to substantially U shape with its loop fitting over the closed end of the paper cylinder and forming a handle, and its arms extending down the sides of the protector at opposite points and extending beyond the lower end of the sheet-metal cylinder, and devices to secure the parts together, substantially as described.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LAURA G. HUNTER.

Witnesses:

H. RICHESON, D. H. HOUSE.

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