US20030148045A1

US20030148045A1 - Christmas tree structure

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Publication number: US20030148045A1
Application number: US10/060,358
Authority: US
Inventors: Sun-Hsien Tsai
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-02-01
Filing date: 2002-02-01
Publication date: 2003-08-07

Abstract

The present invention relates to a Christmas tree structure. The main trunks have numerous branches; the main trunks and the branches are pre-assembled. The upper end of the tree trunks has a male protrusion; the bottom end of it has a bottom rigid arm connector. Through the upper male protrusion of the main trunks connected into the bottom rigid arm connector of the main trunks, it is to form a shape of the Christmas tree by connecting several main trunks together one layer after another. There is a space near the pivotal end of the branch between branches and branches; therefore, it can be hung all kinds of ornaments or tinseled all sorts of ribbons on each main trunk. There is a circular hole on the treetop for the star ornament as well as the lights.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a Christmas tree structure, more particularly to a pre-assembled tree with a plurality of branches out of an artificial Christmas tree, through an upper male protrusion of a main trunk connected to the a bottom rigid arm connector of the main trunk, to form a shape of the Christmas tree by connecting several main trunks together. Due to the main trunk does not have a height limit, the user can make his or her decision for the number of layers connected, by hanging all kinds of ornaments and tinseling all kinds of ribbons, silk ribbons, ornamental fabrics in the space near the pivotal end of the branch, plus all kind of ornaments. It can construct and decorate the Christmas tree rapidly without worrying its branches being taking off or tearing off in the process of decorating the tree; the ornaments being hanging in do not let the branches go down so that it can keep the shape of the Christmas tree being complete, magnificent, and strong.

2) Description of the Prior Art

In term of the Christmas tree, the main trunk is the most basic and important part of it; at the present, the ones used most traditionally are, first, the real trees, second, the plastic Christmas trees (as shown on FIG. 1), in which they are to classify the layers of the branches by size and connect to the trunks one by one in order to construct the main trunk. However, these kinds of the real trees or the artificial trees bring lots of troubles and time-consuming in the process of decoration, as the reasons are listed below:

1. Used the real tree as the main trunk of the Christmas tree for decoration, it ruins the growth of the main trunk because of chopping down the tree and influencing the ecology.

2. The branches of the real tree are fragile, which are very easy to be broken off, if being careless, in the process of decoration; or, when the hanging ornaments are way too heavy, the branches go down, which shortens the lifetime of the real tree.

3. The real tree is unmovable, but it only can be decorated at the same spot. If the tree real needs to be moved, it needs to be chopped down by ruining the environmental ecology, causing the loss of the underground dirt and water, bringing a larger green house effect, and creating the change of the earthly environment eventually.

4. Prior to the assembly, the layers of the branches for the artificial tree needs to be classified by size, assigned numbers for different layers, and connect one layer to another into a through-orifice of the trunk. While the hanging ornaments are way too heavy and the branches are easy to be taken off, it is not very ideal.

5. The artificial tree made by plastic is way too light; once there is a wind blowing or a power from outside, it falls down easily.

6. For every usage, the branch of the plastic tree needs to be assembled by the numbered layers, and then the decoration can be preceded. According to the numbers assigned for the layers, they are wrapped and stored by the sizes of the branches after each usage. It is a time-consuming assembly beforehand the display and an effort consuming afterwards. While requiring both the time and the efficiency nowadays, it is worthwhile for making an improvement. In the frequent process of assembly and storage, it is easy to damage the trunk, the branches, and the leaves.

7. As the real tree, the plastic Christmas tree cannot have exceeding ornaments in numbers and weight, which lets the branches being broken off and bent, and deformed of the main trunk.

The present inventor has been engaging in designing, manufacturing, researching, developing, and promoting this kind of product with lots of experiences for many years, as he strives to study, improve, and invent actively the present invention and eventually succeeds.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide pre-assembled and complete branches with a main trunk, along with an upper male protrusion and a bottom rigid arm connector; it is to connect the upper male protrusion with the bottom rigid arm connector in order to form the shape of a Christmas tree by connecting several trunks together.

The secondary objective of the present invention is to have the upper male protrusion of the main trunk connect to the bottom rigid arm connector of the main trunk in order to construct the main trunk of a strong Christmas tree rapidly.

The other objective of the present invention is to create a space near the pivotal end of the branches among trunks in order to tinsel ribbons, decorated fabrics, and strings of beans on the branches for having a more magnificent Christmas tree.

Another objective of the present invention is to have a circular hole in the upper male protrusion of the treetop; all kinds of stars, lights, and assorted ornamental balls can be inserted into.

The further objective of the present invention is to have a rigid support receiving aperture in the upper male protrusion of the treetop, goes through the whole main trunk down to the bottom rigid arm connector, in order to let the electrical wires go through the holes in the upper male protrusion, while decorating the lights in the most upper of the treetop.

The objective of the present invention other than the reasons mentioned above and its detailed structure are specified in details by the following explanation; at the same time, the technical content of the present invention is revealed further by referring the figures attached.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional Christmas tree. [0019]
FIG. 2 is a perspective exploded view of the conventional Christmas tree. [0020]
FIG. 3 is a perspective exploded view of a Christmas tree of the present invention. [0021]
FIG. 4 is an exploded diagram of a Christmas tree of the present invention. [0022]
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a preferred decorative structure of a Christmas tree for the present invention. [0023]
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a preferred decorative light-supporting structure of a Christmas tree for the present invention. [0024]
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second preferred decorative light-supporting structure of a Christmas tree for the present invention.[0025]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the [0026] main trunk 10 of the present invention is consisted of several trunks 20. The main trunk is pre-assembled. The end of the branches for the main trunk 20 has a plurality of branches 21, with a upper male protrusion 23 and a bottom rigid arm connector 24; by connecting the upper male protrusion 23 of the main trunk 20 to the bottom rigid arm connector 24 of the main trunk 20, it is to form the shape of a Christmas tree 10 consisted of a plurality of the main trunks 20. It does not have the height limit and can be adjusted by the height required of the user; by connecting the upper male protrusion 23 of the main trunk 20 to the bottom rigid arm connector 24 and creating a space near the pivotal end of the branch 25 between the main trunk 20 and the main trunk 20, it can be hung in all kinds of ornaments 30 on the branches 21 of the main trunks 20. In the meanwhile, the ribbons 40 can be tinseled on the space near the pivotal end of the branch between the main trunk 20 and the main trunk 20 to construct a complete and magnificent Christmas tree 10.
Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the treetop of the Christmas [0027] tree 10 can have a circular hole 22 to hang the upper ornaments 50 (such as stars, lights, and assorted ornamental balls), which is for an easy decoration of the Christmas tree 10.
The [0028] main trunk 20 and the branches of the Christmas tree 10 is pre-assembled; the structure of the branches 21 for the main trunk 20 is very strong, which can undertake the weight of the ornaments 30 and the ribbons 40 and neither let the branches 21 of the main trunk 20 being deformed, bent, or broken off while hanging in the ornaments 30 or tinseling the ribbons 40, nor lose or break the main trunk 20 and the branches 21 in the process of disassembly, in which it can keep the completeness and the magnificence of the Christmas tree 10 effectively.
Referring FIG. 5, the [0029] upper male protrusion 23 of the main trunk 20 for the present invention has a rigid support receiving aperture 26, which goes through down to the bottom rigid arm connector 24 of the main trunk 20; it lets the center of the Christmas tree 10 become a throu-hole shape. When the lights 60 of the main trunk 20 in the upper part of the Christmas tree 10, the electrical wires 61 of the lights 60 can go through the rigid support receiving aperture 26 in the center of the main trunk 20 down to the most bottom part of the adjuster 70, which lets the lights 60 can have the lights and music.
The present invention is a pre-assembled Christmas tree with a plurality of branches consisted outside of the main trunk; there are the upper male protrusion and the bottom rigid arm connector in the main trunk. It is to connect the upper male protrusion of the main trunk to the bottom rigid arm connector. Its advantage is that there is no a height limit and it can increase or reduce the number of layers according to the user's requirement. Due to the main trunk and the branch is pre-assembled, which can undertake more weights of the ornaments and does not let the branches being bent, broken off, or deformed while hanging all kinds of ornaments on the branches. Because of the characteristics of pre-assembly for the main trunks and the branches, it saves time and efforts while assembly; at the disassembly, the branches are not being lost and can be used again and again. [0030]

Claims

1. A Christmas tree structure comprised of a plurality of main trunks, wherein:

the said main trunks are pre-assembled, in which their ends have a plurality of pre-assembled branches with an upper male protrusion and a bottom rigid arm connector; by connecting the upper male protrusion to the bottom rigid arm connector, a plurality of the main trunks are connected together to construct the shape of a Christmas tree with a space near the pivotal end of the branches in order to hang all kinds of ornaments on the branches of the main trunks.

2. The Christmas tree structure in accordance with claim 1, the treetop of the Christmas tree can have a rigid support receiving aperture, which can allow the decoration of the upper ornaments.

3. The Christmas tree structure in accordance with claim 1, the upper male protrusion of the main trunk can have a rigid support receiving aperture, which goes through the bottom rigid arm connector of the main trunk and lets the center of the Christmas tree become throu-hole shape; by doing so, when the lights on the main trunks of the Christmas tree is on, the electrical wires of the lights can go through the main trunks and connect to the adjuster of the most bottom part to let the lights on and the music coming out.