Patents by Inventor Jesse H. Straw

Jesse H. Straw has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4825589
    Abstract: A useful device in combination with a conventional type hanging plant support for quickly and easily lowering a potted plant from its uppermost hanging position for servicing and returning. The device provides a surface on which a potted plant is placed and embodies a spring powered reel below the supporting surface with three cables of suitable strength partially wound thereon extending out of and equally spaced about its perimeter to form part of the total support, thus providing means of lengthening the support as the reel unwinds and thereby lowering the plant for attention. Associated with the reel is a locking device or latch so that the suspended plant may be locked into any desired position within its total vertical movement. The assembly and locking device can be grasped and actuated at a point centrally below the support so that rectilinear vertical movement to any desired elevation is readily achieved and maintained without tilting, disturbing, or spilling the contents of the supported pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Inventors: Jesse H. Straw, David L. Straw