Abstract: A golf ball having a body with a spherical outer surface having a first shape, first diameter, and first hardness which cooperatively cause the golf ball to have a first performance characteristic. At least a portion of the spherical outer surface is made from a material that changes from at least one of the first shape, first diameter, and first hardness upon being immersed in water continuously for a time period less than one hundred eighty days so that the golf ball has a second performance characteristic that is different than the first performance characteristic.

Abstract: A golf ball having a body with a spherical outer surface having a first shape, first diameter, and first hardness which cooperatively cause the golf ball to have a first performance characteristic. At least a portion of the spherical outer surface is made from a material that changes from at least one of the first shape, first diameter, and first hardness upon being immersed in water continuously for a time period less than one hundred eighty days so that the golf ball has a second performance characteristic that is different than the first performance characteristic.

Abstract: An article hanger with a frame defining a receptacle for an article and a bracket assembly on the frame through which the article hanger is maintainable in a hanging position on an upwardly facing surface on a support. The bracket assembly includes a first bracket element on the frame and a second bracket element that is joinable to the first bracket element so that at least one of the first and second bracket elements defines a downwardly facing surface that is abuttable to an upwardly facing surface on the support, with the article hanger in the hanging position. The second bracket element has a depending portion which defines an edge which faces the receptacle and is spaced from the receptacle a distance. There is an opening in at least one of the first and second bracket elements and a fastener which is extendable through the opening to maintain the first and second bracket elements in joined relationship.

Abstract: The combination of a growing medium for a horticultural product, a horticultural product within the growing medium, and a sensor having a body made up of a porous material that changes in physical appearance with a change in the amount of moisture retained by the porous material. In an operative state, the first part of the sensor body resides within the growing medium and a second part of the body remains visible to allow a user to ascertain through the appearance of the second part of the sensor the amount of moisture in the growing medium.

Abstract: A display stand having a first shelf for an article to be displayed, a first base for supporting the first shelf in a display position relative to a support for the display stand with the first shelf and first base having a combined vertical plan outline, a second shelf for an article to be displayed, and first structure cooperating between the second shelf and at least one of the first shelf and first base for guiding repositioning of the second shelf relative to the at least one of the first shelf and first base between a) a first position wherein a substantial portion of the second shelf resides outside of the combined vertical plan outline of the first shelf and first base, and b) a second position wherein the second shelf resides substantially entirely within the combined vertical plan outline of the first shelf and first base.

Abstract: An article hanger having a frame defining a support for an article, with the support facing upwardly with the article hanger in a display state/orientation. First structure is provided for connecting the frame to an upright support. The first structure includes a bracket and second structure cooperating between the bracket and frame for selectively placing the frame and bracket in a) a first relative position wherein the frame and bracket cooperatively define a U shape with a first width for straddling an upright support to maintain the article hanger in the display orientation and b) a second relative position wherein the frame and bracket cooperatively define a U shape with a second width for straddling an upright support to maintain the article hanger in the display orientation. The first and second widths are different.

Abstract: A railing hanger is provided for hanging a plant from a deck rail. The railing hanger has a pair of substantially parallel planar brackets each including a pair of integral oppositely opening hooks. An upwardly opening hook on one bracket is joined with an upwardly opening hook on the other bracket by a plurality of transverse U-shaped stiffeners. The brackets and the stiffeners collectively define an upwardly opening container for receiving a plant. A downwardly opening hook on each bracket is selectively self connecting to the top of the railing and resists movement of the container laterally away from the rail. In an installed position, the container is spaced laterally from the railing and the bottom wall of the container is substantially horizontal. A rearwardly extending leg on the railing hanger prohibits movement of the container toward the rail.

Abstract: A system and method for packaging a plurality of sections of bed dividers which form a boundary between adjacent landscaping areas. Each section includes an elongated divider structure having an enlarged upper portion and a flange portion extending lengthwise along the upper portion and depending downwardly therefrom for insertion in the ground. A plurality of the bed divider sections are arranged in an elongated stack of juxtaposed sections. Another of the bed divider sections is arranged lengthwise along at least one side of the stack in such a manner that its flange portion is generally perpendicular to the flange portions of the plurality of bed divider sections in the stack. All of the bed divider sections are held in this arrangement whereby the stack of bed divider sections rigidify the package in one transverse direction, and the side bed divider section rigidifies the package in the opposite transverse direction.