Christmas tree stand

A Christmas tree stand comprising:

• an elongate cannister;
• a free-floating push plate;
• push plate adjusting means;
• and
• two support legs;
• said push plate being disposed within said canister, and said support legs being attached to said canister, wherein said cannister has interconnected panels comprising a rear wall, two parallel side walls, two converging walls, and a bottom in sealing relationship with the lower end of said walls, said interconnected walls defining a tube having a generally pentagonal transverse cross-section, the interior of said tube being adapted to receive the lower trunk of said tree, and wherein said push plate is dimensioned to be received and moved within said tube, parallel to said side walls, and wherein further, said adjusting means comprises a crank having a threaded end, said threaded end extending in threaded engagement through said rear wall into the interior of said cannister, against said push plate, said crank being operable to move said plate against said trunk, thereby moving said trunk toward the corner formed by the conjuncture of said converging walls, and wherein still further, said support legs are elongate members connected to said cannister at an angle by anchoring structure so as to enable said cannister to be supported in a generally vertical position, the connection being adjustable so that the angle can be varied to conform the disposition of said legs to a surface on which said stand rests, and to compensate for crooked tree trunks, said anchoring structuring comprising two vertical slotted tracks located on the exterior of each of said side walls, the tracks on each of said side walls being connected to one of said legs by fasteners, one end of which is adapted to be retained by, and moved within said tracks, while the other end of said fasteners is adapted to be inserted through a hole passing through said leg and to be retainably secured in that position.