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US 5,848,493 AGranted
Apparatus for attaching a flower to Christmas tree
OwnerEkkehart Gasperinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for attaching a flower to a Christmas tree includes a container that defines an aperture at an upper end. An attaching mechanism projects from the container and attaches the container to the Christmas tree. The apparatus keeps the flower fresh while attached to the Christmas tree by maintaining a stem of the flower immersed in water that is held in the container.
Claims17
An apparatus for removably attaching a flower to a branch of a Christmas tree, comprising:
- a container assembly including a container and a saucer, the container defining an aperture at an upper end, the saucer disposed at a bottom of the container and extending from an axis of the container beyond a periphery of the container;
- means for removably attaching the container assembly to the branch of the Christmas tree, the means for removably attaching disposed beneath the saucer.
A method of removably attaching a flower having a stem to a branch of a Christmas tree, comprising:
- inserting the stem of the flower into a container assembly that includes a container and a saucer such that the stem of the flower extends into the container via an aperture at an upper end of the container, the saucer being disposed at a bottom of the container and extending from an axis of the container beyond a periphery of the container;
- removably attaching the container assembly to the branch of the Christmas tree with a means for removably attaching that is disposed beneath the saucer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.