Apparatus to prevent pets climbing a christmas tree
OwnerNancy A. Rossinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus to prevent a pet climbing up a Christmas tree includes a screen member having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size. The screen member is formed from a pre-selected material. An aperture, having a second predetermined size, is formed through the screen member at a predetermined location for receiving therein a trunk of such Christmas tree. A slit is formed through the screen member beginning at an outer edge thereof and extending to an edge of a perimeter of such aperture to enable placing the screen member around the trunk. There is further a mechanism engageable with each of the screen member and a bottom branch of the Christmas tree for connecting such screen member to such Christmas tree beneath bottom the bottom branches thereof.
Claims16
An apparatus to prevent a pet climbing up a Christmas tree, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a screen member having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size, said screen member being formed from a pre-selected material;
- (b) an aperture, having a second predetermined size, formed through said screen member at a predetermined location for receiving therein a trunk of such Christmas tree;
- (c) a slit formed through said screen member beginning at an outer edge thereof and extending to an edge of a perimeter of said aperture to enable placing said screen member around such trunk;
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- (d) a means engageable with each of said screen member and a bottom branch of such Christmas tree for connecting said screen member to such Christmas tree beneath bottom branches thereof.
In combination with a decorated Christmas tree, the improvement comprising an apparatus to prevent a pet climbing up said Christmas tree, said apparatus including:
- (a) a screen member having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size, said screen member being formed from a pre-selected material;
- (b) an aperture, having a second predetermined size, formed through said screen member at a predetermined location for receiving therein a trunk of such Christmas tree;
- (c) a slit formed through said screen member beginning at an outer edge thereof and extending to an edge of a perimeter of said aperture to enable placing said screen member around such trunk;
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- (d) a means engageable with each of said screen member and a bottom branch of such Christmas tree for connecting said screen member to such Christmas tree beneath bottom branches thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.