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US 5,702,086 AGranted
Portable tree holding device
OwnerRandy D. Huntinventor
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Abstract
A new Portable Tree Holding Device for creatively and innovatively holding a Christmas tree or the like in a vertical upright position. The inventive device includes a snow sled with runners, a water cup, a cup support supported by a support base, and sled boards with internal arcuate ends and internal arcuate sides. An object of the present invention is to provide a new Portable Tree Holding Device that is capable of watering the tree to keep it fresh while providing a clever, new, ornamental look.
Claims10
A Portable Tree Holding Device comprising:
- a snow sled stand with sled runners, a water cup, a cup support supported by a support brace, and sled boards each having internal arcuate ends and internal arcuate sides;
- wherein the sled runners are fastened to the sled boards by vertical supports;
- wherein the sled boards further include a center board, a hole left side board, a hole right side board which collectively define an aperture for receiving the water cup;
- wherein the center board further comprises a rear center board and a front center board each having an arcuate end portion for defining said aperture and wherein the hole left side board and the hole right side board each have an arcuate side portion for defining said aperture;
- wherein the water cup comprises a base tube forming a vertical wall for surrounding the lower end of a tree trunk;
- wherein the lower end of the base tube further comprises a cup bottom mounted to the tube base;
- and
- wherein the base tube includes an upper end and a base support rib and a plurality of base tighteners rotatably mounted in said upper end for advancing into abutment with a tree trunk inserted into said base tube.
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A portable tree holding device comprising:
- a tree transport apparatus for transporting a tree along the ground, said transport apparatus comprising
- a substantially planar platform;
- a pair of sled runners mounted to said platform for supporting said platform in an elevated condition above the ground;
- and
- a tree trunk mounting means for supporting a tree on said platform in a substantially vertical orientation and comprising a mounting cup removably mountable to the trunk of a tree to be transported on said transport apparatus, said mounting cup being mounted on said platform for removability of said cup from said platform in an upwards direction without requiring removal of said mounting cup from the trunk of a tree.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.