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US 5,489,452 AGranted
Method and manufacture of creating an ornamental tree
OwnerLeonard S. Case, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method and manufacture of creating an ornamental miniature tree comprising a decorated pine cone that has been treated with a fire retardant, strung with miniature holiday lights and uprightly attached to a base.
Claims18
An ornamental miniature tree comprising
- a. a pine cone having scales and a stem,
- said pine cone having certain of its root scales removed to define the stem thereof;
- b. a base having a flat bottom surface;
- c. a means for attaching the stem of the pine cone to the base,
- said pine cone being uprightly positioned on said base;
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- d. said pine cone being treated with a fire retardant.
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A method of manufacturing an ornamental miniature tree, which comprises:
- a. flattening a bottom surface of a base and contouring a centrally disposed portion of an upper surface thereof;
- b. removing certain root scales of a pine cone to define a stem having an exposed end;
- c. contouring the exposed end of the stem to match said centrally disposed portion of the upper surface of the base, so that the pine cone may be uprightly positioned there;
- d. treating said pine cone with a fire retardant;
- e. positioning said pine cone uprightly with the exposed root end of the stem in contact with the centrally disposed portion of the upper surface of the base;
- f. attaching the exposed end of the stem to the centrally disposed portion of the upper surface of the base.
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A method of manufacturing an ornamental miniature tree, which comprises:
- a. removing certain root scales of a pine cone to define a stem having an exposed end;
- b. treating said pine cone with a fire retardant;
- c. flattening a bottom surface of a base, drilling a centrally disposed bore transverse to the flat bottom surface, and contouring a centrally disposed portion of an upper surface thereof;
- d. drilling an axial borehole in the stem of the pine cone and contouring the exposed end of the stem to match said centrally disposed portion of the upper surface of the base, so that the pine cone may be uprightly positioned thereon;
- e. arranging concentrically said axial borehole of the stem and said bore of the base for receipt of a screw;
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- f. attaching the base to the pine cone by connecting the axial borehole of the stem to the bore of the base with the screw.
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A method of manufacturing an ornamental miniature tree, which comprises:
- a. removing certain root scales of a pine cone to define a stem having an exposed end;
- b. treating said pine cone with a fire retardant;
- c. flattening a bottom surface of a base, drilling a centrally disposed bore transverse to the flat bottom surface, and contouring a centrally disposed portion of an upper surface thereof;
- d. drilling an axial borehole in the stem of the pine cone and contouring the exposed end of the stem to match said centrally disposed portion of the upper surface of the base, so that the pine cone may be uprightly positioned thereon;
- e. arranging concentrically said axial borehole of the stem and said bore of the base for receipt of a dowel;
- f. applying glue to the dowel;
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- g. attaching the base to the pine cone by connecting the axial borehole of the stem to the bore of the base with the dowel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.