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Foldable artificial christmas tree

  • US 6,333,083 B1
  • Filed: 04/08/2000
  • Issued: 12/25/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A foldable artificial Christmas tree for allowing for quick and easy assembly and disassembly comprising, in combination:

  • a plurality of sections couplable together to form a Christmas tree, each of the sections including;

    a central pole portion;

    a plurality of collars each having a central opening for receiving the central pole portion therein, each of the collars having a generally circular configuration, the collars each having an outer periphery, each of the collars having a plurality of radially extending apertures disposed within the outer periphery thereof in a spaced relationship, each of the radially extending apertures having opposed side walls, the opposed side walls having an inverted U-shaped bracket secured therebetween, the bracket including an upper horizontal segment and a pair of opposed vertical segments, the opposed vertical segments having a support bar extending therebetween whereby the support bar is parallel with the upper horizontal segment;

    a plurality of branches foldably coupled with the plurality of collars, each of the branches having a limb portion, the limb portion having an inner portion and an outer portion, the outer portion having a plurality of artificial pine needles extending outwardly therefrom, the inner portion having a downwardly turned portion secured thereto, the downwardly turned portion being receivable between the support bar and the upper horizontal segment of the bracket of the collars.

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