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Plant support

Granted 24 Oct 2000 · no office action yet

Assignee: Ballard Robert C

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Inventors: Robert C. Ballard · Examiner: Robin V. Taylor · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
104895
filed 13 May 1999
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US D432371
granted 24 Oct 2000

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective drawing showing front…

FIG. 1 is a perspective drawing showing front, rear, side and top views of a number of my plant supports arranged with interconnecting rods to support a plant and wherein the matter shown in dashed line comprises no part of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective drawing in enlarged view showing front and top views of the vertical stake;

FIG. 3 is a plan drawing in a more enlarged view showing a rear view of the vertical stake; and,

FIG. 4 is a drawing showing a top view of the ground plate and wherein the bottom view is identical.

The plant stake(s) are shown fragmented to indicate indeterminate length.

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D08/1

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