Detachable swivelling structure

• US 4,895,339 A
• Filed: 09/02/1988
• Issued: 01/23/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Chu Ven-Chung, Yang Chen
• Original Assignee: Chu Ven-Chung, Yang Chen
• Inventors: Yang, Chen, Ven-Chung, Chu
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin-Shue, Alvin C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): OLSON, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/240,092
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• Field of Search: 248/511, 248/519, 248/521, 248/522, 248/523
• US Class Current: 248/522
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 33/126 allowing the tree to rotate or vibrate thereon
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/08 Foot or support base

Abstract

It is a detachable swivelling structure, which is particular a swivelling structure for mounting a swivelling Christmas tree. The swivelling structure comprises a round base, four supporting legs to be assembled at a perpendicular angle one another or disassembled, a lid, and a turning base. After the four supporting legs being assembled together, they are mounted under the round base so as to have a larger base to hold the swivelling tree in a stable manner.

Claims

1. A detachable swivelling structure comprising a round base, four supporting legs being perpendicularly engaged together and being secured to said round base, a lid fixed on said round base, the upper portion of said lid fixedly mounting a bush, a series of ribs spaced around the periphery of said bush for rendering stability to said bush mounted on said round base, a turning base swivellingly secured in said bush, the bottom of said round base being provided with two channels disposed into a cross, and each of said channels being provided with two positioning pins, one of said pins being located near the circumference of said round base, while the other pin is located near the center of said round base, both sides of said positioning pin near the circumference of said round base having two movable tenons, respectively, a driving device being mounted inside said round base for driving said turning base, each of said supporting legs having a free end formed into a curved shape, while the other end of such supporting leg is provided with a tenon-and-mortise assembly, lateral sides of each of said supporting legs being provided with two vertical grooves, each of said supporting legs being furnished with a positioning pin hole, the upper portion of said turning base defining a pivotal sleeve provided with a number of transversely threaded openings, a corresponding number of hook screws passing through said openings for fastening a Christmas tree in said turning base, the lower portion of said turning base having a spindle for receiving driving power from said driving device.

2. A detachable swivelling structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tenon-and-mortise assembly of each supporting leg comprises a left tenon, a L-shaped mortise having the same shape as that of said left tenon, a right tenon, and a notch beside said left tenon having the same size as that of said right tenon;

and a positioning pin hole being provided in the central part of said tenon-and-mortise assembly.