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US 12,017,843 B2Granted
Artificial tree and methods for packing thereof
OwnerAlexis Bouchard-Amyotteinventor
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Abstract
An artificial tree; it has a hollow receptacle for presentation as a decorative tree container; a core support; and branches connected or connectable to the core support, wherein the core support is connectable to the hollow receptacle and the branches are connected to the core support when the tree artificial tree is assembled for displaying the branches over the hollow receptacle, and wherein a hollow interior of the hollow receptacle is dimensioned to receive and store the branches and the core support therein when the artificial tree is disassembled, for at least one of storage and transportation of the disassembled artificial tree.
Claims10
A modular artificial tree decoration comprising:
- a pot defining a hollow receptacle reaching a base of the pot;
- a core support comprising:
- detachable members that assemble into a trunk;
- and
- a rod-shaped supporting member for mounting the detachable members forming the trunk to the base of the pot with a diameter that is different from a diameter of a detachable member of the detachable members that connects with the rod-shaped supporting member;
- branches connected or connectable to the detachable members of the core support;
- and
- a spacer configured to fit around the rod-shaped supporting member to center the core support with respect to the hollow receptacle, to bear against an inner surface of the pot and that is dimensioned to act as an obstacle that prevents the detachable members from sliding down into the hollow receptacle due to the diameter of a detachable member of the detachable members that connects with the rod-shaped supporting member being different from the diameter of the rod-shaped supporting member;
- wherein the rod-shaped supporting member connects within the hollow receptacle to the base of the pot and the detachable members are attachable to one another, and fitted to the rod-shaped supporting member to extend upwardly from the pot and to form the trunk with the branches extending from the trunk, the spacer bearing within the hollow receptacle against an inner surface of the pot and preventing the detachable members forming the trunk from sliding down into the hollow receptacle due to the diameter of the detachable member of the detachable members that connects with the rod-shaped supporting member being different from the diameter of the rod-shaped supporting member;
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- wherein the detachable members of the core support are configured to detach from one another and from the supporting member and to be stored, with the branches, in the hollow receptacle of the pot, the pot dimensioned to receive and contain the detached detachable members, the supporting member, the spacer and the branches, for at least one of storage and transportation of the modular artificial tree decoration that is disassembled.
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A method of unpacking and assembling a modular artificial tree decoration for display, comprising:
- opening a lid from a pot acting as a vessel for storage, revealing a hollow receptacle of the pot;
- from the hollow receptacle of the pot, removing a spacer, detachable members of a core support and branches;
- fitting the spacer onto a rod-shaped supporting member connected to a base of the pot while the spacer bears on an inner wall of the pot;
- connecting the detachable members of the core support, with the branches connected to the detachable members of the core support, together to form a trunk;
- and
- fitting the connected detachable members onto the rod-shaped supporting member where the spacer acts as an obstacle that prevents the detachable members from sliding down into the hollow receptacle due to the diameter of a detachable member of the detachable members that connects with the rod-shaped supporting member being different from the diameter of the rod-shaped supporting member, and the detachable member connected to a base of the pot.
3 more elements
A modular artificial tree decoration comprising:
- a pot defining a hollow receptacle reaching a base of the pot;
- a core support comprising:
- detachable members that assemble into a trunk;
- and
- a rod-shaped supporting member for mounting the detachable members forming the trunk to the base of the pot;
- branches connected to the detachable members of the core support;
- and
- a spacer configured to fit around the rod-shaped supporting member to center the core support with respect to the hollow receptacle, to bear against an inner surface of the pot and that is dimensioned with spaces or openings to accommodate the detachable members with the branches once received within the hollow receptacle with the spacer contained therein;
- wherein the rod-shaped supporting member connects within the hollow receptacle to the base of the pot and the detachable members are attachable to one another, and fitted to the rod-shaped supporting member to extend upwardly from the pot and to form the trunk with the branches extending from the trunk, the spacer bearing within the hollow receptacle against an inner surface of the pot to center the supporting member with respect to the pot;
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- wherein the detachable members of the core support are configured to detach from one another and from the supporting member and to be stored, with the branches, in the hollow receptacle of the pot, the pot dimensioned to receive and contain the detached detachable members, the supporting member, the spacer and the branches, the spaces or openings of the spacer accommodating the detachable members with the branches placed within the hollow receptacle, for at least one of storage and transportation of the modular artificial tree decoration that is disassembled.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.