US 2020/0345092 A1Published application

Combustion-resistant artificial tree

AssigneeWillis Electric Co., Ltd.

InventorJohnny CHEN

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Abstract

A combustion-resistant branch assembly for an artificial tree, the branch assembly including a first branch portion including a first rod having a main portion intermediate a first end portion and a second end portion; a first group of sub-branches attached to the first branch portion, each sub-branch of the first group of sub-branches including a member having a first end portion; and a first winding, including a combustion-resistant strand, wrapped about the first end portion of the first rod of the first branch portion and the first end portion of each sub-branch of the first group of sub-branches, thereby attaching the first group of sub-branches to the first branch portion.

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Dependent claims

A method of manufacturing a combustion-resistant branch assembly, the method comprising:

connecting a first end portion of a first group of sub-branches to a first branch portion, the first branch portion including a first rod having a main portion intermediate a first end portion and a second end portion, and each sub-branch of the first group of sub-branches including a flexible member having the first end portion and a second end portion and a strip of artificial foliage attached along a portion of the flexible member, the strip having a plurality of polymer strands extended outwardly from the flexible member;
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winding a combustion-resistant wire latitudinally about the first branch portion and the connected first end portion of each sub-branch of the first group of sub-branches, thereby attaching the first group of sub-branches to the first branch portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/519,933Filed 23 Jul 2019
Priority: 18 Nov 2015
Published: 5 Nov 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A41G 1/007
Artificial flowers, fruit, leaves, or trees ; Garlands: artificial trees
A47G 33/06
Christmas trees: artificial Christmas trees
A47G 33/04
Religious or ritual equipment in dwelling or for general use: christmas trees
A41G
Artificial flowers

Family

Application62/256,805Us provisional application · filed 18 Nov 2015
Application15/349,457Continuation · filed 11 Nov 2016
Application16/519,933Continuation
US 10,357,071 B2Related patent
US 11,490,671 B2Related patent
US 2017/0135430 A1Published application
US 2020/0345092 A1This patent

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