U.S. patent application number 10/639450 was filed with the patent office on 2005-02-17 for plane christmas tree for displaying.
Invention is credited to Hsu, Chin-Fu.
Application Number | 20050037157 10/639450 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 34135883 |
Filed Date | 2005-02-17 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050037157 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hsu, Chin-Fu |
February 17, 2005 |
Plane Christmas tree for displaying
Abstract
A suspensible flat Christmas tree comprises at least one
triangular frame, a hanger mounted on a top of the Christmas tree,
a stand for supporting the at least one frame in an upright
position, and at least one branch wrapped and interlaced on the
frame and defining a plurality of hanging cavities for hanging
gifts therein.
Inventors: |
Hsu, Chin-Fu; (Tao Yuan
Hsien, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE
3458 ELLICOTT CENTER DRIVE-SUITE 101
ELLICOTT CITY
MD
21043
US
|
Family ID: |
34135883 |
Appl. No.: |
10/639450 |
Filed: |
August 13, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
428/18 ;
428/19 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47G 33/06 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
428/018 ;
428/019 |
International
Class: |
A41G 001/00 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A plane Christmas tree for displaying, comprising: a triangular
frame formed with two side rods and a bottom rod connected to the
side rods; at least a branch wrapped and interlaced on the frame
and defining a plurality of hanging cavities for hanging gifts,
each branch formed a wire and needles wrapped on the wire; and a
supporting device for supporting the frame in an upright
position.
2. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 1, wherein
the supporting device is a hanger connected on a top of the frame
for hanging the Christmas on a wall.
3. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 1, wherein
the supporting device is a stand, comprising a pole connecting to a
center of the bottom rod, a base demountably connected with a
distal end of the pole.
4. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 1, wherein
the stand comprises a pivoting ring connected to a distal end of
the pole, at least three clamping seats isogonally extending from
the pivoting ring, and at least three legs respectively pivoted on
the clamping seat to form the base, thereby the stand is foldable
and the legs are conveniently changing into an upright type when
the Christmas tress is hanged on the wall.
5. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 1, wherein
each rod is formed with a plurality of cutouts thereon.
6. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 1, wherein
the rods of the frame are demountable for storing compactly and
delivering conveniently.
7. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 1 further
comprising a plurality of beams interlaced and mounted in the frame
for strengthening the structure, wherein the branch is wrapped on
the beams.
8. A plane Christmas tree for displaying, comprising: at least two
triangular frames of equal size or different size stacked with a
predetermined portion thereof and connected to each other in an
upper and lower manner, each frame formed with two side rods and a
bottom rod connected to the side rods; at least one branches
wrapped and interlaced on the frames and defining a plurality of
hanging cavities for hanging gifts, the branch formed with a wire
and needles wrapped on the wire; and a supporting device for
supporting the frame in an upright position.
9. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 8, wherein
the supporting device is a hanger connected on a top of the frame
for hanging the Christmas on a wall.
10. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 8, wherein
the supporting device is a stand, comprising a pole connecting to a
center of the bottom rod, a base demountably connected with a
distal end of the pole.
11. The plane Christmas tree for displaying in claim 8, wherein
each rod is formed with a plurality of cutouts thereon.
12. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 8, further
comprising a plurality of connecting joints for connecting the
rods, thereby the rods of the triangular frames are demountable for
storing compactly and delivering conveniently.
13. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 8, further
comprising at least two triangular frames identical to the at least
two triangular frames, and the two sets of the triangular frames
intersecting to form right angles and define four displaying
spaces.
14. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 13, further
comprising a plurality of displaying plates connected to the bottom
rods of the triangular frames for displaying goods thereon.
15. A plane Christmas tree for displaying, comprising: at least
three triangular frames of equal size, each frame formed with a
side rod, a vertical rod, and a bottom rod connected together, and
the vertical rods connected together and defining at least three
displaying spaces; at least one branches wrapped and interlaced on
the frames and defining a plurality of hanging cavities, wherein
each branch is formed with a wire and needles wrapped on the wire;
and a supporting device for supporting the frame in an upright
position.
16. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 15, wherein
each side rod is saw-shaped and is formed with at least one
horizontal bending portion, and a plurality of displaying plates
are respectively affixed on the adjacent bending portions for
displaying goods thereon.
17. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 15, further
comprising a plurality of hooks respectively on the vertical rods
for connected the frames together.
18. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 15, wherein
the plane Christmas tree comprises four triangular frames connected
together.
19. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 15, wherein
the supporting device is a stand, comprising a pole connecting to
the vertical rod, a base connected with a distal end of the
pole.
20. The plane Christmas tree for displaying as in claim 15, further
comprising a plurality of holders for holding the displaying
plates.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a plane Christmas tree,
especially to an artificial Christmas tree that is designed for
displaying.
[0003] 2. Description of Prior Art
[0004] It has become popularly for those who celebrate a specific
holiday, such as Christmas, to decorate their houses with a tree.
In the case of Christmas, it is traditional to use an evergreen
tree for this purpose, and for centuries such trees have been grown
and cut down or dug up live, transported to a selling area, and
bought and brought home by the celebrants. Due to the nature of the
marketplace, this has often resulted in either a large glut or
shortage of such trees available at Christmas, and it has always
resulted in a disposal problem after the holiday of enormous
proportions.
[0005] There have been further problems caused by the trees drying
out indoors and losing their needles or becoming fire hazards. As a
result of this, imitation trees of a plastic such as polyvinyl
chloride were introduced and have become popular. While resolving
many of the former problems, these plastic trees are expensive,
require careful and bulky storage, and have to be carefully and
time-consuming for erecting and use. As houserooms continue to
become smaller, the main problem with plastic trees as with natural
trees, is that they require a considerable amount of floor space
for their use and this often is not possible, or at the very best
causes inconvenience.
[0006] In an effort to deal with this space problem, designs of
half-round trees made of plastic have been recently introduced.
These half-round trees are designed to hang on a wall, and as a
result the space problem has been alleviated but the problems of
storage and erection persist.
[0007] It was against this background that the present invention
was developed as a plane Christmas tree that occupying less space,
even can be hanged on the wall to use no floor space. The present
invention also is demountable for compact storage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] An object of the present invention is to provide a plane
Christmas tree that occupying less space, it can be hanged on the
wall to not occupy floor space, an other object of the present
invention is designing into a demountable type for compact
storage.
[0009] In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention
provides a suspensible flat Christmas tree comprises a triangular
frame formed with two side rods and a bottom rod connected to the
side rods; a stand for supporting the frame in an upright position,
comprising a pole connecting to a center of the bottom rod, a base
demountably connected with a distal end of the pole; and at least a
branch wrapped and interlaced on the frame and defining a plurality
of hanging cavities for hanging gifts, each branch formed a wire
and needles wrapped on the wire.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] The invention will be better understood and objects other
than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration
is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such
description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
[0011] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a suspensible flat Christmas
tree according to the present invention;
[0012] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the present invention
according to another embodiment of a frame;
[0013] FIG. 3 is a assembling perspective view of the suspensible
flat Christmas tree;
[0014] FIG. 3A is a perspective view of the present invention
according to another embodiment of arranging of a branch;
[0015] FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the present invention
according to a third embodiment;
[0016] FIG. 4A is a perspective view according to another
embodiment of a stand of the present invention;
[0017] FIG. 5 is an exploded view according to a fourth embodiment
of the present invention;
[0018] FIG. 5A is a perspective view according to another
embodiment of a stand of the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the present invention with
beams;
[0020] FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the present invention with
another embodiment of the beams;
[0021] FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the present invention
according to third embodiment of the frame;
[0022] FIG. 9 is an exploded view of another embodiment of the
plane Christmas tree;
[0023] FIG. 10 is an assembled view of another embodiment of the
plane Christmas tree; and
[0024] FIG. 11 is an assembled view of the plane Christmas tree
with displaying plates.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0025] Referring to the FIG. 1, the present invention of a
suspensible flat Christmas tree 1 comprises a triangular frame 2, a
stand 3 for supporting the frame 2 in an upright position, and at
least a branch 26 wrapped and interlaced on the frame 2 and
defining a plurality of hanging cavities 27 for hanging gifts
28.
[0026] The triangular frame 2 is formed with two side rods 22 and a
bottom rod 24, and the bottom rod 24 is connected to the side rods
22. The stand 3 comprises a pole 32 connecting to a center of the
bottom rod 24, a base 34 demountably connected with a distal end of
the pole 32. Each branch 26 is formed with a wire 261 and needles
262 wrapped on the wire 261. A hanger 20 is connected on a top of
the frame 2 so that the suspensible flat Christmas tree can be
hanged on the wall to use no floor space.
[0027] Referring to the FIG. 2, is another embodiment of the frame,
for more stably supporting the frame 2, the pole 32' is extending
to the top of the frame 2.
[0028] Referring to the FIGS. 3 and 3A, are assembling perspective
view of the suspensible flat Christmas tree. The at least one
branch 26 is horizontally and vertically crisscrossed and wrapped
on the frame 2. The at least one branch 26 also can be crisscrossed
and paralleled to the side rods 22 of the frame 2'.
[0029] Referring to the FIGS. 4 and 4a, is another embodiment of
the frame and stand, for the branch 26 stably wrapped on the rods,
each rod 22a is formed with a plurality of cutouts 222a thereon for
preventing the branch 26 from sliding.
[0030] The stand 3a comprises a pivoting ring 33a connected to a
distal end of the pole 32a, at least three clamping seats 35a
isogonally extending from the pivoting ring 33a, and at least three
feet 34a respectively pivoted on the clamping seat 35a to form the
base, so that the stand 3a is foldable and the legs 34a are
conveniently changing into an upright type when the Christmas tress
is hanged on the wall.
[0031] Referring to the FIGS. 5 and 5A, for compact storage and
delivering conveniently, the frame is designed in a demountable
way. The frame 2b further comprises a plurality of joints 21b for
connecting the side rods 22b and the bottom rod 24b, wherein the
stand 3b is screwing to the bottom rod 24b, and the pole 32b is
screwing to the base 34. The bottom rod also can be divided into
two sections 24c and connecting to the pole 32c via a T-shaped
joint 242c.
[0032] Referring to the FIGS. 6 and 7, the suspensible flat
Christmas tree further comprises a plurality of beams 21 interlaced
and mounted in the frame 2 for strengthening the structure, wherein
the branch 26 is wrapped on the beams 21. The beams 21 are
horizontally and vertically crisscrossed and mounted on the frame
2. The beams 21' also can be crisscrossed and paralleled to the
side rods 22 of the frame 2.
[0033] Referring to the FIG. 8, is another embodiment of the
present invention of a suspensible flat Christmas tree. The
Christmas comprises at least two triangular frames 2, at least one
branch 26, and a hanger 20 mounted on a top of the Christmas tree.
The at least two triangular frames 2 are of equal size or different
size (in this embodiment, there are three frames 2) stacked with
some portion thereof and connected to each other in an upper and
lower manner. Each frame 2 is formed with two side rods 22 and a
bottom rod 24 connected to the side rods 22. The at least one
branch 26 is wrapped and interlaced on the frames 2 and defining a
plurality of hanging cavities 27 for hanging gifts. The hanger 20
is mounted on the top frame 2 for hanging the Christmas tree 1 on a
wall. The Christmas tree 1 further comprises a stand 3 having a
pole 32 connecting with the bottom rods 24 of the frames 2 and
extending to a top of the top frame and a base 34 connected to a
distal end of the pole.
[0034] Referring to the FIGS. 9 and 10, which are an exploded view
and an assembled view of another embodiment of the plane Christmas
tree of the present invention. A plane Christmas tree 1' for
displaying comprises at least three general triangular frames 5 of
equal size (in this embodiment are four frames), at least one
branches 26 (not shown, this embodiment is shown with beams for
strengthening the structure, and the branches could be wrapped
thereon) are wrapped and interlaced on the frames 5 and defining a
plurality of hanging cavities, and a supporting device 6 for
supporting the frame 5 in an upright position. Each frame 5 is
formed with a side rod 51, a vertical rod 52, and a bottom rod 53
connected together, and the vertical rods 52 are connected together
and defining at least three displaying spaces. Wherein each side
rod 51 is saw-shaped and is formed with at least one horizontal
bending portion 512, and a plurality of displaying plates 7 are
respectively affixed on the adjacent bending portions 512 for
displaying goods thereon. The plane Christmas tree for displaying
further comprises a plurality of hooks 54 respectively affixed on
the vertical rods 52 for connected the frames 5 together. Wherein
the supporting device could be a stand 6 comprising a pole 62 that
is connecting to the vertical rod 52, a base 64 connected with a
distal end of the pole 62. Each hook 54 has an engaging portion 542
that is formed on an end and a hole 544 that is formed on another
end thereof.
[0035] The plane Christmas tree 1' for displaying further comprises
a plurality of holders 57 assembled on the bending portions 512 for
supporting the displaying plates 7. The holder 57 could be
rod-shaped or U-shaped with two side protrusions 58 protruding from
two ends of the holder 57, so that the side protrusions 58 could
engaging into through holes 76 formed on edges of the displaying
plates 7. The pole 62 of the stand 6 further comprises a plurality
of longitudinal recesses 68 that are formed thereon for receiving
the corresponding vertical rods 52 of the frame 5, a tip 66 which
is protruding from a top thereof for engaging stably with rings 55
assembled on the frame 5.
[0036] Referring to the FIG. 11, which is an assembled view of the
plane Christmas tree with displaying plates. The plane Christmas
tree not only is for decorating, but also, to stores, the plane
Christmas tree could be used for displaying festival decorations
thereon. Moreover, by combining the plane Christmas trees to be a
cubical Christmas tree for displaying goods thereon and for
seasonally adorning or advertising of stores or restaurants.
[0037] Although illustrated and described herein with reference to
certain specific embodiments, the present invention is nevertheless
not intended to be limited to the details shown. Rather, various
modifications may be made in the details within the scope and range
of equivalents of the claims and without departing from the
invention.
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