Illuminated stand for artificial tree
AssigneeBoto (Licenses) Limited
InventorCheung Chong Kao
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Abstract
A stand (8) for supporting an artificial tree of a type having a plurality of optical fibers comprises: a housing (4) having a base (3) and a sidewall defining one or more windows (6), a screen (9) in each window (6), an internal light source (54), a decorative image-bearing material (38) or shape arranged between the light source and the screen, and a tree trunk supporting sleeve (20).
Claims16
A stand for supporting an artificial tree of a type having a plurality of optical fibres which extend to a lower end of a trunk of the tree, the stand comprising a housing, a trunk supporting member which, in use, receives the end of the trunk of a tree, an internal light source in the housing, one or more screens supported on the housing and a decorative image-carrying medium between the light source and the screen or screens, the light source being arranged to illuminate, in use, both the screen or screens and optical fibre ends when the trunk is supported in the supporting member.
A stand for supporting an artificial tree of a type having a plurality of optical fibres which extend to a lower end of a trunk of the tree, the stand comprising:
- (a) a housing having a base and a sidewall defining one or more windows;
- (b) a screen member in each window;
- (c) an internal light source;
- (d) a decorative image-bearing material or shape arranged between the light source and the screen members;
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- (d) a tree trunk supporting member;
- the internal light source being directed at the trunk supporting member to illuminate the optical fibre ends of the trunk when the trunk is supported in use in the tree trunk supporting member and arranged to illuminate the image-bearing material and the screen members.
A stand for supporting an artificial tree of a type having a plurality of optical fibres, the stand comprising a housing, a trunk supporting member which, in use, receives the end of the trunk of a tree, an internal light source in the housing, one or more screens supported on the housing and a decorative image-carrying medium in the form of a sheet of transparent material bearing a decorative image thereon between the light source and the screen or screens, a wheel rotatably mounted within the housing having a periphery at which the image-carrying medium is supported, wherein the wheel has a plurality of protrusions, and wherein the sheet of image-bearing material has a plurality of openings which receive the protrusions of the transparent sheet.
A stand for supporting an artificial tree of a type having a plurality of optical fibres, the stand comprising a housing, a trunk supporting member which, in use, receives the end of the trunk of a tree, an internal light source in the housing, one or more screens supported on the housing, a decorative image-carrying medium between the light source and the screen or screens, an electronic sound recording and play-back means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.