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US 6,350,499 B1Granted
Suspended Christmas tree
OwnerRichard D. Babcockinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible Christmas tree designed to be suspended in mid-aid from overhead. The tree comprises a central rope threaded through alternating sections of hollow rigid trunk sections and individual or grouped cross members having centered holes. Cross members have a decreasing length and girth as seen from the bottom of the tree to the top. Each cross member is rotated about the rope to resemble the branches of the Christmas tree.
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A collapsible Christmas tree, comprising:
- a) a rope having upper and lower ends,
- b) a knot or an object attached to the lower end of the rope,
- c) a plurality of hollow rigid vertical segments sized to fit over the rope, and
- d) a plurality of cross members, each cross member having a centered hole large enough to permit passage of the rope through the centered hole,
- in which the entire tree may be suspended in the air by attaching the upper end of the rope overhead and letting the cross members and the hollow vertical segments hang on the rope, held by the knot or object attached at the lower end of the rope, such that the rope alternately passes through the vertical segments and the cross members, and each cross member is rotated around the rope, wherein the cross members are arranged in a plurality of clusters, the cross members of any such cluster having equal lengths.
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A collapsible Christmas tree, comprising:
- a) a rope having upper and lower ends,
- b) a knot or an object attached to the lower end of the rope,
- c) a plurality of hollow rigid vertical segments sized to fit over the rope, and
- d) a plurality of cross members, each cross member having a centered hole large enough to permit passage of the rope through the centered hole,
- in which the entire tree may be suspended in the air by attaching the upper end of the rope overhead and letting the cross members and the hollow vertical segments hang on the rope, held by the knot or object attached at the lower end of the rope, such that the rope alternately passes through the vertical segments and the cross members, and each cross member is rotated around the rope, wherein at least one cross member is adapted to receive a candleholder or candle.
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A collapsible Christmas tree, comprising:
- a) a rope having upper and lower ends,
- b) a knot or an object attached to the lower end of the rope,
- c) a plurality of hollow rigid vertical segments sized to fit over the rope, and
- d) a plurality of cross members, each cross member having a centered hole large enough to permit passage of the rope through the centered hole,
- in which the entire tree may be suspended in the air by attaching the upper end of the rope overhead and letting the cross members and the hollow vertical segments hang on the rope, held by the knot or object attached at the lower end of the rope, such that the rope alternately passes through the vertical segments and the cross members, and each cross member is rotated around the rope, wherein the hollow vertical members are wood.
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A collapsible Christmas tree, comprising:
- a) a plurality of segments of shafts which form a shaft having an upper end, and
- b) a plurality of cross members, each cross member having a centered hole large enough to permit passage of the shaft through the centered hole,
- in which the entire tree may be suspended in the air by attaching the upper end of the shaft overhead and letting the cross members hang on the shaft downward, such that the shaft segments and the cross members alternate with each other, and each cross member is rotated around the shaft, wherein the cross members are arranged in a plurality of clusters, the cross members of any such cluster having equal lengths.
A collapsible Christmas tree, comprising:
- a) a plurality of segments of shafts which form a shaft having an upper end, and
- b) a plurality of cross members, each cross member having a centered hole large enough to permit passage of the shaft through the centered hole,
- in which the entire tree may be suspended in the air by attaching the upper end of the shaft overhead and letting the cross members hang on the shaft downward, such that the shaft segments and the cross members alternate with each other, and each cross member is rotated around the shaft, wherein at least one cross member is adapted to receive a candleholder or candle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.