US 12,219,908 B2
Metal planter assembly
Robert Glen Allen, Mesquite, TX (US)
Assigned to Colmet LLC, Garland, TX (US)
Filed by Collier Metal Specialties, Ltd, Garland, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/003,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/892,288, filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0059125 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A01G 9/02 (2018.01); F16B 5/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01); A01G 9/00 (2018.01)
CPC A01G 9/02 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0056 (2013.01); F16B 5/02 (2013.01); A01G 2009/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metal planter assembly, comprising:
a plurality of identical wall sections, each wall section comprising:
a planar side portion, having an inside and an outside;
a planar first end portion and a planar second end portion extending from opposite ends of the side portion; and,
the end portions being angularly disposed towards the inside of the side portion;
each first end portion having a first edge;
each second end portion having a second edge;
a first V-shaped notch located on the first edge of the first end portion;
a second V-shaped notch located vertically beneath, in vertically reversed orientation, to the first V-shaped notch;
the first edge extending vertically between an outermost end of the first V-shaped notch and an outermost end of the second V-shaped notch to form a tab on the first end portion;
a third V-shaped notch located on the second edge, and in vertically reversed orientation, to the first V-shaped notch;
a fourth V-shaped notch located vertically beneath, in vertically reversed orientation, to the third V-shaped notch;
the second edge extending vertically between an innermost end of the third V-shaped notch and an innermost end of the fourth V-shaped notch to form a slot on the first end portion;
the first and third V-shaped notches forming a first square orifice and the second and fourth V-shaped notches forming a second square orifice when the first end portion of the adjacent wall section is placed in coplanar abutment with the second end portion; and,
the first and second square orifices receivable of a fastener to secure the adjacent wall sections together.