Support stand assembly
OwnerThomas Victor Garitiinventor
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Abstract
A stand device having a housing with a base and an upper body, the upper body having a top opening for receiving the bottom of a tree and having an upstanding sidewall extending in a circumferential arrangement to define an inner chamber with a chamber height. The assembly having a securement assembly with at least one adjustable strap residing along a generally horizontal plane with a tightening mechanism, the tightening mechanism having at least one engagement surface aligned with a mating surface of the strap, wherein movement of the actuator forces said engagement surface against the mating surface of the strap to reduce the diameter of the strap loop. The assembly further having a horizontally extending tube that has an upward curved portion with an opening located at or below the height of the inner chamber.
Claims25
A tree stand assembly, comprising:
- a housing having a base and an upper body, said upper body having a top opening configured for receiving an extent of a bottom or trunk of a tree, said upper body of the housing further having an upstanding sidewall extending from at least a portion of the base wherein said sidewall has an extent with a circumferential arrangement to define an inner chamber having a chamber height between the bottom of the sidewall and said top opening;
- a securement assembly with at least one adjustable strap residing along a generally horizontal plane within said inner chamber, and a tightening mechanism;
- said strap having a loop segment with a diameter configured to surround a tree base, wherein movement of the strap across said tightening mechanism reduces said diameter of the loop segment such that the strap engages directly with an outer surface of the tree base;
- wherein said loop segment of the strap has a first portion engaged with a stationary slot of the sidewall, and said loop segment has a second portion engaged with said tightening mechanism.
A stand assembly comprising:
- a base, a wall, and a securement assembly;
- said securement assembly having two adjustable straps, each said strap arranged as a loop residing generally along a respective horizontal plane;
- each said strap having a first end segment engaged with a tightening mechanism secured to the wall and a second end portion engaged with a slot of the wall located generally opposite the tightening mechanism;
- said tightening mechanism of each said strap comprising a rotatable threaded body and an actuator;
- wherein an extent of the first end segment of each said strap has a plurality of slits aligned to engage with the rotatable threaded body of the respective tightening mechanism, and wherein rotation of the threaded body forces the first segment of the strap through the tightening mechanism to reduce the size of the loop of said strap, such that the strap engages directly with an outer surface of an object secured to the base by the securement assembly.
A stand assembly, comprising;
- a body having a circumferential wall having an inner area, and a securement assembly;
- said securement assembly comprising at least one elongated strap residing along a generally horizontal plane and a tightening mechanism, said strap having an extent arranged as a loop within said inner area, and said strap being secured by engagement with a slot located at a first position along said wall, and said tightening mechanism is positioned at a second location along said wall, said first position is generally opposite said second location within said inner area of the circumferential wall;
- said tightening mechanism having a housing and an actuator, said housing having a torque mechanism and an inner passageway for receiving an extent of said strap, said actuator being connected to the torque mechanism such that manipulation of the actuator forces an engagement surface of the torque mechanism against a mating surface of the strap to force movement of the strap through the inner passageway and thereby reduce the length of the strap loop, such that the strap engages directly with an outer surface of an object secured to the body by the securement assembly within the inner area.
A decorative tree stand assembly having a securement mechanism for engaging a lower portion of a tree in upright position, and having a base and at least one circumferential wall forming an inner chamber having an upper opening positioned at a height above the base, said wall having a side opening in fluid communication with said inner chamber and with an elongated tube extending radially outward from the wall, said tube having an inner passageway between a proximal end at said side opening of the wall and a distal end positioned an extent outward from the wall, wherein an extent of the distal end of the tube includes an upward curved portion leading to a terminal end, said distal end further having an upper tube opening, wherein said upper tube opening is located at a height that is not greater than said height of the inner chamber.
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