Usually attached to a ceiling hook or upper-wall bracket, a spring-loaded Retractable Pot Hanger-also called retractable plant hanger, hanging-plant pulley, retractable plant-hook pulley-is a ratcheting pulley-and-hand-brake system that lets one access a suspended planter (or bird feeder, bird house, wind chime, etc.). To lower, one tugs on the device's cord, and the weight of the pot/object causes the spring to unwind and descend it to a convenient level. To raise, pulling again on the cord releases the spring tension, retracting the pot/object back up to its original place. (Available under such brand names as Alsa, Dewel, Easy-Reach, Hilitand, Kaylee, Kitwinney, Lythor, Ogrmar, Riverstone, Tihood.)