Tree shelters
OwnerGraham F. Hurlstoneinventor
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Abstract
A tree shelter 10 comprises a twin-walled tubular extrusion of UV-degradable polypropylene formed with an out-turned lip or flange 28 at its upper end and a longitudinal V-section channel receiving a stake 26 which is securable therein by two ratchet-locking cable ties 32.
Claims7
A tree shelter comprising an elongate body continuous in a circumferential direction and an integral channel, wherein said body and a wall of said channel form an elongate tubular enclosure for surrounding a tree and said channel is for receiving a stake, wherein said enclosure is open at opposed ends, said enclosure is made of an unperforate plastic material which allows light to pass therethrough, and upper and lower ends of said channel are substantially coterminous with respective opposed ends of said body and said channel is arranged to receive said stake remote from said enclosure for stabilizing said shelter against said stake and for preventing fumes from said stake from entering said enclosure.
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