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Collapsible artificial tree

  • US 9,040,130 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2012
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A collapsible artificial tree comprising in combination:

  • a trunk of elongate form between a first end and a second end;

    a plurality of limbs pivotably attached to said trunk;

    said limbs adapted to pivot from a first position to a second position;

    said first position closer to horizontal than said second position when said trunk is oriented substantially vertically; and

    a base having a ground support portion adapted to rest upon an underlying surface, said base including a riser extending upwardly from the ground support portion, said riser adapted to support each of said first end or said second end of said trunk, such that when the first end is supported by the riser with the second end substantially vertically above the first end the limbs are in the second position closer to the trunk than the first position.

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