US2171397A - Plant protector - Google Patents

Description

Aug. 29, 1939. H. GRIESBACHER PLANT PROTECTOR Filed Aug. 1, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet l mm H m (In M mm Inventor A itomeys H. GRIESBACHER PLANT PROTECTOR Aug. 29, 1939.

Filed Aug. 1, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 In ventor A iiorney;

Patented Aug. 29, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August 1,

1 Claim.

tion with the accompanying drawings wherein:

15 Figure 1 is an elevational view illustrating the application of the invention.

Figure 2 is an elevational View of the protector.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the protector.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an elevational view showing the anchor plate from one side of the latter, and

Figure 6 is an elevational view of the blank from which the anchor plate is formed.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals it will be seen that the protector comprises an anchor plate 5 and a wire 6.

The plate 5 is formed from a single blank of metal or other suitable material cut, shaped and dimensioned to provide a substantially rectangular body sharpened to a point 1 at one end and pressed out to provide longitudinal strengthening or reinforcing ribs 8.

Adjacent the upper end thereof the plate 5 has spring clips 9 struck out therefrom while at about the center of the plate there is struck out therefrom a spring clip Ill.

The wire 6 is of any suitable length and in 1938, Serial No. 222,529

actual practice is bent into a substantial U, and adjacent the closed end of the U is disposed at one side of the plate 5 with the wire at the bight 9 of the U engaged with the clip In and the legs of the U engaged with the clips 9 as 5 clearly shown whereby to detachably secure the wire to the plate so as to extend upwardly from the plate.

When set up for use the legs of the wire 6 are curved to diverge as they approach the open end 10 of the U and are also curved longitudinally out of the plane of the plate 5 and consequently away from the plant or shrub I I as clearly shown in Figure 1.

Obviously any desired number of protectors may be used the protectors being arranged either in the form of a circle, or semi-circle about the plant II as suggested in Figure 1, with the anchor plate 5 embedded in the ground and the wire 6 extending upwardly and curved away from the plant so as not to interfere with the plant and yet at the same time protect the plant from dogs.

It is thought that a clear understanding of the construction, utility and advantages of a protector embodying the features of the present invention will be had without a more detailed. description.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A protector of the character described comprising an anchoring plate provided on one side thereof with spring clips and a wire bent into the form of a U and having the bight portion of the U engaging one of the clips and the leg portions of the U engaging other of the clips in a manner detachably securing the wire to the anchor plate at the closed end of the U.

HANS GRIESBACHER.

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