SUPPORT FOR VINE PLANTS, MADE OF EMBOSSED SHEET METAL

摘要

The invention refers to a support suitable for sustaining a vine plant for the purpose of allowing the growth thereof with the stem not set on the ground. The support (1) is made of sheet metal, is nearly rectilinear and comprises a first section (3) at which the support is connectible to the ground, a second section (4) at least partially curved and with length less than that of the first section, and a third section (5) aligned with the first section and having a length less than that of the latter. The support is bendable, in an anelastic manner, at the second section in a manner so as to rotate the first and the third section with respect to each other, mutually approaching them to form a seat in which an element arranged transverse to the support (such as for example a support wire) is housable and connectible to the latter. The sheet metal constituting the support is embossed at the first section. The support has a nearly circular cross section at the first section. This conformation is, for example, obtainable by bending a strip of sheet metal on itself, around an axis directed longitudinally. The support has a nearly C-shaped cross section at the second and third section. This conformation is, for example, obtainable starting from the conformation of the first section, by compressing the strip of sheet metal and opening the longitudinal edges thereof. The ends of the C (corresponding to said longitudinal edges) face each other and are arranged at a sufficiently wide mutual distance so as to allow an at least partial housing of the first section in the third section when the support is bent at the second section.