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US 6,129,325 AGranted
Christmas tree stand
OwnerHermann Niklasinventor
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The novel Christmas tree stand has fixing elements (104) mounted in a housing. The fixing elements are moved, by supplying a pressure medium to annular bellows (16), from an opened position into a position to surround the trunk of the Christmas tree (17) from all sides. The fixing elements (104) are designed so as to ensure the automatic centering adjustment of the trunk. The expanding, flexible bellows (16) ensures that all of the fixing elements abut the trunk even if the cross-section is not circular and the bark is rough, thereby safeguarding the stability of the Christmas tree (17) in its upright position. The upper portion together with the base portion (101) forms the housing that is designed as a one-part moulding (103) in which an annular cup (105) supporting the bellows (16) and a receiving sleeve (106) holding the Christmas tree (17) by a centering mandrel (20) are installed and protected by a bottom plate. The receiving sleeve (106) is connected to a water reservoir via the supply line (119). The invention also comprises embodiments with two fixing systems for particularly high Christmas trees.
A Christmas tree stand with a housing comprising a hemispherical upper portion with an opening for receiving a Christmas tree, a base portion, a fixing bell, and a stand base connected thereto, and equipped with arcuately shaped fixing elements arranged in annular form and adapting to the shape of the upper portion, and being slidably guided on an inner surface thereof, and which, together with a holding element, maintain the Christmas tree, characterized in that the fixing elements are movable by annular, expanding bellows that may be filled with a pressure medium and which presses against ends of the fixing elements.
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