Multisection hanging pot and method

Claim 1

A multiple section hanging planter comprising in combination: a. an upper planter section having a top peripheral rim defining a top opening to the planter cavity and having a lower annular perimetric edge portion, b. means forming a closure for the upper section including a second section having an upper annular perimetric edge portion which underlyingly is mated with the lower perimetric edge portion of the upper section, c. means for suspending the planter to form a hanging planter, d. one of said edge portions having a plurality of circumferentially spaced notches which extend vertically for a distance away from the other section said distance being greater than any overlap of said mated edge portions, said notches opening to the line of the mated edges of said edge portions between said notches so that said notches provide a horizontal opening extending substantially entirely across the diameter of said planter which is unobstructed by the walls of either section whereby plants on the interior of the planter can extend and grow horizontally through said notches, and e. means to releasably latch said upper and lower sections together.

Claim 10

The method of providing a hanging pot and plant assembly with stems and branches of the plant protruding from apertures in the sides of the pot and over the top of the pot including the steps of providing a plurality of vertical stackable pot sections including an upper section and a lower section each having annular walls forming an interior cavity, the upper section having a lower annular perimetric edge, and the lower section having an upper perimetric edge mated with said lower perimetric edge along a mating line, at least one of the sections having a plurality of open ended circumferentially spaced, vertically extending notches open to the mating line at the mating edge of the one section and which notches provide an unobstructed opening in horizontal direction substantially entirely across the diameter of the interior cavity, planting a plant in the interior of the lower section spaced from the annular wall of the lower section, placing stems and branches of the planted plant generally laterally extending from the lower section, attaching the upper section to the lower section with lower perimetric edge of the upper section overlying the upper perimetric edges of the lower section and with the stems and branches protruding generally horizontally through said notches with the open edge of the notches of one section being closed by the mating edge of the other section to enclose the stems and branches extending through such slots, and extending plant stems and branches of plants on the interior of the pot out over the top of the upper section.

Claim 11

The method of providing a hanging pot and plant assembly with stems and branches of the plant protruding from apertures in the sides of the pot and over the top of the pot including the steps of providing a plurality of vertical stackable pot sections including an upper section and a lower section each having annular walls forming an interior cavity, the upper section having a lower annular perimetric edge, and the lower section having an upper perimetric edge mated with said lower perimetric edge along a mating line, at least one of the sections having a plurality of open ended circumferentially spaced, vertically extending notches open to the mating line at the mating edge of the one section and which notches provide an unobstructed opening in horizontal direction substantially entirely across the diameter of the interior cavity, planting a plant in the interior of the lower section spaced from the annular wall of the lower section, placing stems and branches of the planted plant generally laterally extending from the lower section, attaching the upper section to the lower section with lower perimetric edge of the upper section overlying the upper perimetric edges of the lower section and with the stems and branches protruding generally horizontally through said notches with the open edge of the notches of one section being closed by the mating edge of the other section to enclose the stems and branches extending through such slots, and extending plant stems and branches of plants on the interior of the pot out over the top of the upper section.