Christmas tree holder

• US 4,261,138 A
• Filed: 10/17/1979
• Issued: 04/14/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: St. George Syms, John G.
• Original Assignee: St. George Syms, John G.
• Inventors: St. George Syms, John G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bagwill, Robert E.
• Application Number:
  US06/085,786
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 47/40.5, 248/523-524
• US Class Current: 47/40.5
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2033/124 comprising wedges
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2033/1286 comprising watering means, e.g. a water reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 33/12 Christmas tree stands sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/2238

Abstract

A Christmas tree holder comprises a container 1 resembling a bucket or flower pot, stabilizing feet 5 detachably connected to the container and a cover 7 seated in the open mouth of the container, the cover having a central aperture 12 which accommodates the trunk of a Christmas tree. Four serrated wedges 15 are provided which engage recesses 13 provided in the aperture 12 of the cover 7 and the Christmas tree trunk to secure the Christmas tree in position. Radially inwardly directed flanges are provided at the base of the interior of the container to locate the bottom of the trunk of the Christmas tree. Holes 14 are provided in the cover to enable the container 1 to be filled with water.

Claims

1. A holder for holding a Christmas tree comprising a hollow container;

a removable cover for the container, said cover defining a substantially circular aperture having substantially rectangular recesses in the periphery thereof; and

a plurality of wedge members each being adapted lockingly to engage said cover in one of said rectangular recesses, and the trunk of a Christmas tree located to pass through the aperture into the container, thereby to secure the Christmas tree in position.

2. A holder according to claim 1, wherein each wedge member is of substantially right triangular shape, each wedge member having an included angle of substantially ten degrees.

3. A holder according to claim 2, wherein the faces of each wedge member are adapted to engage the tree and said cover are serrated.

4. A holder according to claim 2, wherein the face defined by the hypotenuse of each wedge is adapted to slide in one of said rectangular recesses selectively into and out of locking engagement with said cover.

5. A holder according to claim 1, wherein said container is provided with stabilizing feet detachably connected to the container.

6. A holder according to claim 1, wherein said container is provided with radially inwardly directed flange means on the interior thereof to locate the base of a tree trunk.

7. A holder according to claim 1, wherein the components are all of moulded plastic material.

8. A holder according to claim 1, wherein the cover is substantially a friction fit within an open mouth of the container.

9. A holder for holding a Christmas tree comprising a hollow container, a removable cover for the container defining an aperture, and wedge means adapted to project into said aperture and into locking engagement with, respectively, said cover and the trunk of a Christmas tree located to pass through the aperture, thereby to secure the tree in position, said container being provided with radially inwardly directed flange means on the interior thereof adapted to locate the base of the tree trunk centrally in the container.

10. A holder according to claim 9, wherein said wedge means comprise a plurality of wedge members, each wedge member being of substantially right triangular shape, the faces of each wedge member adapted to engage the tree and said cover being serrated.

11. A holder according to claim 10 provided with stabilizing feet detachably connected to the container.

12. A holder for holding a Christmas tree comprising a hollow container, a removable cover for the container defining an aperture, and wedge means adapted lockingly to engage in said aperture and against the trunk of a tree located to pass through the aperture into the container, thus to secure the tree in position, said cover having a substantially circular outer periphery defining at least one notch therein, and the container having an open mouth, which open mouth is substantially circular and has at least one inwardly directed protrusion corresponding to said notch, the arrangement being such that the cover may be inserted into the mouth of said container when said notch and said protrusion are co-aligned, with the cover being movable downwardly below the level of the protrusion, the cover subsequently being rotatable so that the notch and protrusion are not co-aligned, the cover thus being locked in position in the container.

13. A holder according to claim 12, wherein the container is provided with means on the interior thereof to locate the base of a tree trunk, said locating means comprising radially inwardly directed flange means.

14. A holder according to claim 13, wherein all the component parts of the Christmas tree holder are moulded of plastic material.

15. A holder for holding a Christmas tree comprising a hollow container, a removable cover for the container, said cover defining a substantially circular aperture having substantially rectangular recesses in the periphery thereof;

and a plurality of wedge members each being adapted to extend into one of said rectangular recesses and lockingly to engage both said cover and the trunk of a Christmas tree located to pass through the aperture into the container, thus to secure the Christmas tree in position, each wedge member being of substantially right triangular shape, the faces of each wedge member adapted to engage the tree and said cover being serrated, said cover having a substantially circular periphery defining at least one notch therein, and the container having an open mouth which is substantially circular, and having at least one inwardly directed protrusion corresponding to said notch, the arrangement being such that the cover may be inserted into the mouth when said notch and said protrusion are co-aligned, with the cover being moved downwardly below the level of the protrusion, the cover subsequently being rotated so that the notch and protrusion are not co-aligned, the cover thus being locked in position.

16. A holder according to claim 15, wherein the container is provided with stabilizing feet detachably connected to the container, and the container is provided with radially inwardly directed flange means on the interior thereof to locate therein the base of a tree trunk, and wherein all the component parts of the Christmas tree holder are made of plastic material.