ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,303, issued on May 13, was assigned to Evans Manufacturing Co. LLC (North Lakewood, Wash.).
"Plant support" was invented by Rodney G. Long (North Lakewood, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a supporting bracket component of a support system for temporarily supporting a plant via a fixed a fixed structure of vertical poles which support at least one substantially horizontal support cord, the support system comprising: a substantially vertical alignment wire having a top end and a bottom end; a curve greater than 180deg in the top end of the vertical alignment wire forming a hanging hook portion configured to be ...